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objective understand differences demandpreferenceand tendency elderly care services urban rural areas pearl river delta prdand provide reference planning balanced allocation elderly care resources urban rural areas methods using multistage stratified random sampling methodwe selected 7 community health service centers 2 prefecturelevel cities prd conducted questionnaire survey elderly care service demandpreferenceand tendency among 1919 regular residents aged 60 years attended centers results total 641 urban elderly residents 334 1278 rural elderly residents 666 surveyed prdthe urban rural elderly residents showed differences child number 243379p0001willingness purchase socialized elderly care services 2104141p0001and attitudes concept raising child avoid elderly hardship 265632p0001the proportion 718 rural elderly residents prefer familybased elderly care higher 571 urban elderly residents 241373p0001the proportion 622 urban elderly residents clearly expressing willingness choose institutions elderly care higher 440 rural elderly residents 257007p0001compared familybased elderly carethe willingness choose institutional communitybased inhouse elderly care low among urban elderly residents surplus monthly household income balanced income expenditureurban malesthose college education background aboveand purchased socialized elderly care services tended prefer communitybased inhouse elderly carein rural areasthe elderly residents local household registry prone choose institutional communitybased inhouse elderly carewhile one child satisfied current living conditions less willing choose communitybased inhouse elderly care conclusions suggested urbanrural differences elderly care service demandpreference tendency fully considered planning allocation urban rural elderly care resourcesefforts remain made develop diversified social elderly care services tailored characteristics urban rural areas