Population Ageing in India

""Delves deep into the socioeconomic layers of elderly health, work participation and contribution to income generation, national policy in practice and policy initiatives in Asian countries"--Provided by publisher"--

List of contents

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.

About the author

G. Giridhar is former Director, UNFPA – CST, Bangkok and UNFPA Representative in Thailand.K. M. Sathyanarayana is National Programme Officer, Population and Development, United Nations Population Fund, New Delhi.Sanjay Kumar is National Programme Officer, Monitoring and Evaluation, United Nations Population Fund, New Delhi.K. S. James is a Professor at the Population Research Centre, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore.Moneer Alam is Professor of Economic Demography, Population Research Centre, Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi.

Product details

• Authors: Moneer James Alam, G. Giridhar, G. Sathyanarayana Giridhar
• Assisted by: Moneer Alam (Editor), Alam Moneer (Editor), G. Giridhar (Editor), Giridhar G. (Editor), K S James (Editor), K. S. James (Editor), K.S. James (Editor), Sanjay Kumar (Editor), Sanjay (Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Kumar (Editor), Kumar Sanjay (Editor), K M Sathyanarayana (Editor), K. M. Sathyanarayana (Editor), Sathyanarayana K. M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.07.2014
• EAN: 9781107073326
• ISBN: 978-1-107-07332-6
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, India, Sociology: family & relationships, Social research & statistics, Population & demography, Population and Demography, Sociology: Death & Dying, Sociology: Birth