S Irudaya Rajan | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

In this book the authors present a comprehensive account of the different dimensions of elderly life in India. A unique feature of this book is the demographic assessment ( based on projections of the elderly in 25 states and 7 union territorial) of the number of India's elderly up to the year 2021. Using Census data, their socio-economic characteristics, such as, level of literacy, work, sex ratio, marital and health status, rural-urban distribution, and living arrangements are discussed.