Older Persons in Southeast Asia : An Emerging Asset /

The rapid Asian fertility transitions of the last few decades will lead to population ageing in the coming decades in one country after another. Societies can choose how they will respond to the rising share of the elderly, but there is no choice about the inevitable demographic trend. In this impor...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ananta, Aris (Editor), Arifin, Evi Nurvidya (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Older people > Social conditions.
Older people > Medical care.
Older people > Economic conditions.
Aging > Government policy.
Personnes âgees > Soins medicaux > Asie du Sud-Est > Congres.
Personnes âgees > Asie du Sud-Est > Conditions sociales > Congres.
Personnes âgees > Asie du Sud-Est > Conditions economiques > Congres.
Vieillissement > Politique gouvernementale > Asie du Sud-Est > Congres.
Older people > Medical care > Southeast Asia > Congresses.
Older people > Southeast Asia > Social conditions > Congresses.
Older people > Southeast Asia > Economic conditions > Congresses.
Aging > Government policy > Southeast Asia > Congresses.
Southeast Asia.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The rapid Asian fertility transitions of the last few decades will lead to population ageing in the coming decades in one country after another. Societies can choose how they will respond to the rising share of the elderly, but there is no choice about the inevitable demographic trend. In this important volume, ably edited by Evi Nurvidya Arifin and Aris Ananta, demographers, economists, sociologists, and anthropologists analyse the implications of population ageing for family and community ... The rapid Asian fertility transitions of the last few decades will lead to population ageing in the coming decades in one country after another.
Physical Description:1 online resource (425 pages).
ISBN:9789812309457

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