Ageing Profile in Bangladesh: A Micro-Survey Study

ISBN-13: 9783846582459 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 104 str.

K.M. Mustafizur Rahman

Opis

This study is based on census and survey data. Estimate of some indicators of population ageing on the basis of census data and it is observed that the size of the elderly people is growing day by day and their annual growth rate exceeds the overall growth rate, the dependency of aged persons on the population of working age group is also increasing day by day. It is also observed that the significant (positive) effect of marital status and respondents monthly income and also significant (negative) effect of work status and economic condition on living arrangement. The study also reveals that the significant (positive) effect of abuse of the elderly and significant (negative) effect of respondents sex and work status on the health status of the elderly population followed by respondents age, educational status, marital status, familys monthly income and present physical condition have significant (positive) effect on the abuse of the elderly population.

O autorze

He is currently working as a Research Associate at a research organization and M.Phil Fellow at the department of Population Science and Human Resource Development in Rajshahi University, Bangladesh. He has completed his B.Sc. (Honors) and M.Sc. degree in Population Science and Human Resource Development from same department of this University.