Population bulletin of the United Nations. Special issues nos. 42/43, 2001 : living arrangements of older persons : critical issues and policy responses

Part 1. Report on the technical meeting on population ageing and living arrangements of older persons: critical issues and policy responses -- Chapter 1. Forum session -- Chapter 2. Demographic and policy dimensions of population ageing and living arrangements of older persons -- Chapter 3. Living arrangements and the well-being of older persons in the past -- Chapter 4. Living arrangements and family support -- Chapter 5. Adapting to rapid societal transformation -- Chapter 6. Poverty, health and living arrangements of older persons -- Chapter 7. Future research directions -- Chapter 8. Synopsis of the discussions -- Chapter 9. General conclusions of the meeting -- Annex 1. Agenda -- Annex 2. List of participants -- Annex 3. List of documents -- Part 2. Background papers -- The demography of population ageing / Barry Mirkin and Mary Beth Weinberger, Population Division -- Living arrangements of older persons / Alberto Palloni -- Living arrangements and well-being of older persons in the past / Steven Ruggles -- Living arrangements of older persons and family support in less developed countries / Jay Sokolovsky -- Living arrangements of older persons and family support in more developed countries / Jenny de Jong Gierveld, Helga de Valk and Marieke Blommesteijn -- Impact of persion reform on the living arrangements of older persons in Latin America / Paulo Murad Saad, Population Division -- Political, social and economic crises and living arrangements of older persons: the case of Ukraine / Vladislav V Bezrukov and Natalia A. Foigt -- Extremely rapid ageing and the living arrangements of the elderly: the case of China / Zeng Yi and Linda George -- Rapid urbanization and living arrangements of older persons in Africa / Nana Araba Apt -- Living arrangements and the health of older persons in developed countries / Emily Grundy -- Living arrangements and the health of older persons in developing countries: evidence from rural Bangladesh / Mohammed O. Rahman -- Living arrangements of older persons and poverty / Peter Lloyd-Sherlock -- Living arrangements, poverty and the health of older persons in Africa / Mapule F. Ramashala -- Living arrangements and well-being of the older population: future research directions / Victoria A. Velkoff -- Note on statistical analysis and microsimulation for studying living arrangements and intergenerational transfers / Douglas A. Wolf.

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At head of title : Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Includes bibliographical references.

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