Population Ageing in India

Herausgeber: Giridhar, G.; Alam, Moneer; James, K S; Kumar, Sanjay; Sathyanarayana, K M

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study creates a holistic research base by looking at the demographics of the ageing population and reviewing existing studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781107073326
• ISBN-10: 1107073324
• Artikelnr.: 41098391

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction G. Giridhar, K. M. Sathyanarayana and K. S. James
1. Demographics of population ageing in India Lekha Subaiya and Dhananjay W. Bansod
2. Elderly workforce participation, wage differentials and contribution to household income Sakthivel Selvaraj, Anup Karan and S. Madheswaran
3. Living arrangements of elderly in India: policy and programmatic implications K. M. Sathyanarayana, Sanjay Kumar and K. S. James
4. Health status of elderly in India: trends and differentials Moneer Alam and Anup Karan
5. The national policy for older persons: critical issues in implementation S. Irudaya Rajan and U. S. Mishra
6. Policy initiatives on population ageing in select Asian countries and their relevance to the Indian context Mala Kapur Shankardass
7. Studies on ageing in India: a review S. Siva Raju
About the editors and contributors
Index.