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Deprivation and poverty among elderly in India

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Title Deprivation and poverty among elderly in India
 
Contributor Rajan, S Irudaya
Mishra, U S
 
Subject Economics
Poverty
 
Description Population ageing is one of the most discussed global phenomena in the present century. It is generally referred to in terms of the growing share of older individuals in the total population. India has the second highest count of elderly population, which is to the tune of 77 million. The vulnerability and deprivation of the elderly in matters of health, economic dependence and familial support is of much concern under the evolving conditions of socio-economic transformation. Vulnerability arises primarily due to lack of
newlinepreparedness to accommodate the expected risks, which become inevitable with various
newlineforms of dependence, be it physical, economic, familial or emotional. The present study is founded on the observation that aging reduces welfare and that
newlineconsequently various forms of deprivation become imminent with increasing age. The
newlinestudy considers consumption poverty alongside various forms of material and nonmaterial
newlinedeprivation including the deprivation in accessing health care. It unfolds the
newlinedynamics of poverty and deprivation that are conditioned by familial and social
newlinecircumstances. The study also includes a specific case study of Kerala, the most
newlinedemographically transformed state, to reflect on the aspects of vulnerability among the
newlineelderly that may evolve with time in other states of India. Another significant feature of this case study is that it attempts to highlight the response to changing societal
newlineconditioning in relation to care for the elderly.
Bibliography p. 156-174 and Appendix included
 
Date 2013-11-26T12:26:38Z
2013-11-26T12:26:38Z
2013-11-26
n.d.
24/08/2009
2009
 
Type Ph.D.
 
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10603/13287
 
Language English US
 
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Rights university
 
Format 174p.
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Coverage Economics
 
Publisher Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Department of Economics
 
Source INFLIBNET