Abstract: This study utilized data from the China Social Comprehensive Survey(CGSS)from 2010 to 2017 to analyze the influencing factors and changing trends of elderly peoples perception of elderly care responsibilities.The results indicate that:firstly,individual characteristics have the greatest absolute impact on the cognition of elderly care responsibilities among urban elderly people,while family environment has the greatest absolute impact on the cognition of elderly care responsibilities among rural elderly people.At the same time,the relative impact of macro policies on the perception of elderly care responsibilities in rural areas has begun to emerge.Secondly,the traditional concept of raising children and preventing aging among rural elderly people has not fundamentally changed.The trend of urban elderly people choosing to rely on their own retirement is becoming increasingly evident.Finally,both urban and rural elderly people have a negative attitude towards relying on the government for elderly care,even though the governments support for elderly care is slowly increasing.In addition,this article discusses the direction of future elderly care design and some exposed issues based on research conclusions.

Key words: cognition of elderly care responsibility, concept transformation, realistic dilemmas, relative effects, changing trends