There was diminishing support to older people because of rural-urban migration of able-bodied men and women; and there was an increasing burden on older persons resulting from their caring for growing numbers of HIV/AIDS sufferers and war orphans.
身强力壮的农村男女迁往城市，使老年人得到的支助日益减少；而艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者和战争孤儿的不断增加，又使老年人的负担日益加重。