Demographic aspects of older women in Indonesia
Recent years witnessed the number of older people aged 60 years and older keeps growing worldwide. Recognizing that the world population is ageing, the United Nations designated 1999 as “The Year of the Older Persons”.This article aims to describe the growth of older women in Indonesia.Although curr...
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| description | Recent years witnessed the number of older people aged 60 years and older keeps growing worldwide. Recognizing that the world population is ageing, the United Nations designated 1999 as “The Year of the Older Persons”.This article aims to describe the growth of older women in Indonesia.Although current older persons aged 60 years and older comprise a relatively small portion of the population in Indonesia, the percentage is projected to rise significantly.Using a secondary data analysis, various sources of existing records related to older persons in Indonesia are reviewed.Like other parts of the world, majority of the older persons in Indonesia are women.
This paper describes some demographic aspects of older women in Indonesia with special reference to growth, life expectancy, marital status and labor force participation. |
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| spelling | uum-173792016-02-29T00:03:11Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/17379/ Demographic aspects of older women in Indonesia Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim Ab. Rahman, Asyraf Astina, Komang Budijanto, , HM Sociology Recent years witnessed the number of older people aged 60 years and older keeps growing worldwide. Recognizing that the world population is ageing, the United Nations designated 1999 as “The Year of the Older Persons”.This article aims to describe the growth of older women in Indonesia.Although current older persons aged 60 years and older comprise a relatively small portion of the population in Indonesia, the percentage is projected to rise significantly.Using a secondary data analysis, various sources of existing records related to older persons in Indonesia are reviewed.Like other parts of the world, majority of the older persons in Indonesia are women. This paper describes some demographic aspects of older women in Indonesia with special reference to growth, life expectancy, marital status and labor force participation. American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information (AENSI Publisher) 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/17379/1/ANAS%20401-404.pdf Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim and Ab. Rahman, Asyraf and Astina, Komang and Budijanto, , (2013) Demographic aspects of older women in Indonesia. Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences, 7 (4 (S)). pp. 401-404. ISSN 1995-0772 http://www.aensiweb.com/old/anas_special_2013.html |
| spellingShingle | HM Sociology Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim Ab. Rahman, Asyraf Astina, Komang Budijanto, , Demographic aspects of older women in Indonesia |
| title | Demographic aspects of older women in Indonesia |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Demographic aspects of older women in Indonesia |
| title_short | Demographic aspects of older women in Indonesia |
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| topic | HM Sociology |
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