ISBN:
9789811577406
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (271 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.260954
Keywords:
Older people-India
;
Older people
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- About the Authors -- 1 Prologue to Ageing Research -- Abstract -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The State of Affairs -- 1.3 The Knowledge Pool -- 1.3.1 The National Sample Survey, Round 60, 2004 -- 1.3.2 The National Sample Survey, Round 71, 2014 -- 1.3.3 The LASI Pilot Survey 2010 -- 1.3.4 The LASI Survey 2016 -- 1.3.5 The Indian Human Development Surveys, I (2004) and II (2011-12) -- 1.3.6 SAGE Waves 0(2002-2004), 1(2007-2010), 2(2014-15), and 3(2018-19) -- 1.3.7 The Longitudinal Kerala Ageing Survey I (6 Waves)-2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2019 -- 1.3.8 The Longitudinal Kerala Ageing Survey II (3 Waves)-2013, 2016 and 2019 -- 1.3.9 Kerala Institutional Ageing Survey (KIAS) 2006 -- 1.3.10 Building a Knowledge Base on Population Ageing in India (BKPAI) -- 1.3.11 The National Family Health Surveys I (1992-93), II (1998-99), III (2005-06) and IV (2015-16) -- 1.4 Organization of the Book -- 1.5 Summing up -- References -- 2 The Demographics of Ageing -- Abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Magnitude -- 2.2.1 Persons Aged 60 Years and Above -- 2.2.2 Nonagenarians and Centenarians -- 2.3 Differentials -- 2.3.1 Age Differentials -- 2.3.2 Sex Differentials -- 2.3.3 Sex Ratio -- 2.3.4 Rural-Urban Distribution -- 2.4 Measures of the Ageing Process -- 2.4.1 Broad Age Structure -- 2.4.2 Median Age -- 2.4.3 The Index of Ageing -- 2.4.4 Dependency Ratios -- 2.5 Social and Economic Dimensions -- 2.5.1 Literacy -- 2.5.2 Marital Status -- 2.5.3 Economic Conditions -- 2.5.4 Living Arrangements -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Economic Dependence and Physical Disability: Supporting Mechanisms and Coping Strategies -- Abstract -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Conceptual Framework -- 3.3 Economic Dependency -- 3.4 Disability of the Elderly -- 3.5 The Double Burden: The Co-existence of Economic Dependency and Disability.
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