中文摘要：

随着我国老龄化进程加快，空巢老人的数量迅猛增加，对空巢老年人的研究也逐渐增多。现有研究普遍认为，空巢老年人的数量巨大，并且呈不断上升的趋势；空巢老年人内部差异巨大，不同类型的空巢老年人的生活现状、健康情况、家庭关系存在很大的不同；现有空巢老年人的研究中，定量居多，定性研究偏少，静态调查偏多，动态调查较少。对于空巢老年人这一特殊群体，需要学术界更多的关注。

英文摘要：

With China’s accelerating process of aging, the number of empty nesters elderly increases rapidly. In the current study, it’s a common sense that the number of empty nests elderly is large, and there is a rising trend. Secondly empty nest elderly have a great heterogeneity. Finally, the researches of empty nest elderly are rich in quantitative but poor in qualitative, dynamic investigation are also in need. For this special group of the elderly, academia needs more attention. This article aims to provide a reference for future research empty nest elderly.