Research Article

Content Analysis of Elderly Education Policies in China: From the Perspective of Policy Instruments (1982–2021)

Table 4

Distribution of elderly education policy instruments in the X dimension.

Type (percentage)Name of the instrumentsBasic analysis unit codeFrequencyPercentage (%)

Supply-based 88 (30.14%)Education investment5-7-6-4, 6-3-15, 6-3-1, 9-3-4-2, 9-4-2-1……165.5
Resource allocation3-3-6-3, 3-3-6-6, 6-3-5, 6-3-8, 8-2-3……3512.0
Resource construction14-2-2, 17-2-2, 19-5-4-6, 20-2-3, 29-4-2……217.1
Team construction11-6-1, 11-6-2, 30-3-5-1, 30-3-5-2, 30-4-5-1……134.4
Technical support20-3-1, 30-3-3-2, 46-2-5-231.0

Environment-based 187 (64.04%)Policy and strategy3-2-1, 4-1-11, 5-1-4, 6-3-1, 7-2-3……5518.8
Goal programming3-3-6-5, 8-2-4, 9-3-2-1, 14-3-2-1, 30-3-1-2……155.1
Standardized management6-3-3, 7-6-3, 8-2-2, 9-3-4-7, 12-10-1……268.9
Implementation guidance3-3-4, 5-4-15, 6-2-1, 7-4-1-1, 17-3-2-3……5418.5
Incentive guidance7-4-1-4, 8-4-1, 9-3-4-4, 11-6-3, 12-10-2……3110.6
Platform and publicity30-3-1-11, 30-3-5-4, 30-5-5-1, 35-5-6-2, 43-3-1-3, 48-4-1-762.1

Demand-based 17 (5.82%)Purchase services30-3-4-110.3
Industry-driven30-3-4-510.3
Value-leading30-3-2-7, 30-3-2-8, 30-4-5-2, 30-4-5-3, 39-2-1-351.7
Honor-driven8-2-5, 14-6-2, 25-2-4-3, 29-3-4-6-2, 30-4-2-5……103.4