A Profile of Elderly Women Living in Old Age Homes - A study in Kerala

The UN defines a country as ‘ageing’ where the proportion of people over 60 years reaches 7 per cent. India exceeded that rate of proportion with 7.8 per cent in 2001 and India comes under the purview of the UN definition of ‘ageing country’. The number of elderly is 77 million in 2001 but is expect...

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Main Author: J. Suhara Beevi
Format: Printed Book
Published: INTERN A TION AL RESEAR CH INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES 2010
Subjects:
AGED WOMEN; > GLOBAL ECONOMY; > CONTRACT TEACHERS; > TRIBAL PARTICIPATION; > CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;
Online Access:http://10.26.1.76/ks/005502.pdf
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