LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 11 : 11 November 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

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Economic Well-being of the Aged in Rural Tamil Nadu: A Study of Gender Difference with Reference to Madurai District, Tamilnadu

R. Hariharan, Ph.D. Candidate
N. Malathi, Ph.D.

Abstract

The elderly in the rural areas are suffering due separation or loneliness resulted through urbanization and emergence or increase of nuclear families. The elderly are differing from not only in their socio-demographic, economic and health characteristics but also differ by their gender roles in various aspects of life.

This paper explores the gender differentials of the rural aged population in their socio-demographic, economic and health characteristics in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu. The data, collected from 160 aged persons in four villages of Madurai district selected through a disproportionate stratified random based on the number of households reveal that most of the rural male aged were older and married, while most female aged were old and widowed. Male aged mostly lived with their spouses and female aged with their children. Marital status was found to be the most positive significant variable to an increase in economic well-being of the rural aged, and living arrangement found to be negative significant one.

Keywords: Economic well-being, Gender, Madurai, Rural aged, Tamil Nadu, etc.

Introduction

India has not yet come out with an appropriate policy framework to provide social security for the aged. According to projections by the UN Population Division, there will be two elderly persons for every child in the world by 2050. This implies that the aged 60 and above, which currently constitute less than 20% of the population will account for 32% of the population by 2050.

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R. Hariharan, Ph.D. Candidate
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
Annamalai University
Annamalai Nagar – 608 002
Tamil Nadu, India
ramuhariharan@yahoo.com

N. Malathi, Ph.D.
Professor and Head
Department of Economics
Annamalai University
Annamalai Nagar 608 002
Tamil Nadu, India
ecoau.hod@gmail.com
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