Global distributions of older population by Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim, Ab. Rahman, Asyraf, Astina, Komang, Budiyanto,

“…Out of these numbers, those aged 60 years and older is growing worldwide.Declining in birth and mortality rates seems to be the main contributors to this development.Life expectancy of general population has also increased, and thus the number of older population in society increased.Despite the fact that all nations in the world are experiencing the growth of older population, developed countries have a relatively large portion of this population in their population structure.The purpose of this article is to describe the growth of older population globally with particular emphasis on the proportion of older population over the years, distribution of older population, and rate of growth of this older population.Using a secondary data analysis, various sources related to older persons at international level are reviewed.This study highlights that the proportion of older population has increased, the older population has distributed unevenly, and the growth rate of older population is higher as compared to the growth of the total population globally.…”
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Demographic transition and population ageing by Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim, Astina, I Komang, Budijanto, Budijanto

“…In recent years the number of older persons aged 60 years and older is growing worldwide.Declining in birth and mortality rates are said to be the main contributors to this new phenomenon.Life expectancy of general population has also increased, and thus the number of older population in society increased.Although all nations in the world are experiencing the growth of older population, developed countries has a relatively large portion of this population in their population structure.The purpose of this article is analyzing the process of demographic transistion that produces the growth of older person world wide.In particular, it describes the growth of older population globally with particular emphasis on the proportion of older population over the years, distribution of older population, and rate of growth of this older population.By using a secondary analysis, various sources related to older persons at international level are reviewed.This paper highlights that the proportion of older population has increased, it has distributed unevently, and the growth rate of older population is higher as compared to the growth of the total population globally.…”
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Mismatch in the housing supply for most of the population by Mustapa, Nor Atiqah, Raji, Fauziah

“…A mismatch exists between the population’s housing demand and housing supply in terms of price.…”
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Climatic influences on aedes mosquito larvae population by Madi, Malinda, Ahmad, Rohani, Mohd Kulaimi, Noor Azleen, Mohamad Ali, Wan Najdah Wan, Ismail, Suzilah, Lee, Han Lim

“…The impact of climate on Aedes larval population was studied.Monitoring of population was done using ovitraps. …”
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Some demographic aspects of Chinese population in Malaysia by Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim, Ismail, Zainab

“…The Chinese population is an important demographic component in Malaysia.Starting with a mass inmigration of Chinese population from China at the end of the 19 century, Malaysia is now regarded as a multy-ethnic society.The establishment of British rule in Penang, Melaka and Singapore at the turn of the twentieth century marks the beginning of mass Chinese settlement in Malaysia.Using secondary data taken from the Report of Population and Housing Census of Malaysia and various books on Chinese community, it reveals that today this population makes up more than half of the Malay itself.The Chinese population focused on specific states that have a higher level of urbanization.This is in line with business activities that form the backbone of this population since the beginning of their mass inmigration from China. …”
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Social welfare issues of older population in Malaysia by Ismail, Zainab, Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim

“…In recent years older population is growing globally.The growth of this population is said to be the 21st century phenomenon.Never before in the history of demography has the world contained a high number and proportion of populations living to the age of 65 and over.This article, originated from a qualitative study, discusses the growth of older persons in Malaysia and attempt to explore social welfare issues arise.To explore these issues, this qualitative study was conducted an in-depth interview with three key informants.The interview was recorded.Upon completing the interview, five issues of the welfare of older persons are traced which are the changes of family, youth migration to city, support and care system, health problems and employment and financial security. …”
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Some demographic aspects of population aging in Malaysia by Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim, Ismail, Zainab

“…One of the most important demographic events occurred in the 21st century is the increasing number of older persons in community through a demographic event, known as demographic aging, or population aging.There are signs that population of Malaysia is starting to aging.As the percentage of older population continues to increase, the need for extensive and current information on this older population increases.This article attempts to review some emerging issues that form the context of demographic aging in Malaysia.To meet the objective, this article uses secondary data as its main devices.It reviews some published materials and highlights some emerging issues in terms of demographic aspects.Secondary data in this discussion are derived from the report of Population and Housing Census of Malaysia and various books on demographic aging in Malaysia.There are some related issues can be analyzed, include number of older people, median ages, dependency ratio, aging index and geographic distribution.From the discussion it is clear that the population of Malaysia is moving towards aging.…”
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Migration policy and challenges of rural and urban population by Golam Hassan, Asan Ali

“…The first part of this paper will discuss the demographic structural change 3nd distribution in Peninsular Malaysia, including population growth and concentration, age structure and dependency and. how migration has responded to government policy to redistribute the population. …”
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Comparing means of two non-homogeneous normal populations by Abd Rahman, Mohd Nawi

“…This paper intends to give an alternative approach for testing the means of two normal populations having unequal variances but whose coefficient of variations are homogeneous. …”
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Social barrier in da’wah mission to older population by Ismail, Zainab, Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim, Ab. Rahman, Asyraf

“…Although the number of older population in Malaysia is still small as compared to developed countries, its number and percentage are now increasing. …”
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Aedes larval population dynamics and risk for dengue epidemics in Malaysia by A., Rohani, Ismail, Suzilah, M., Malinda, I., Anuar, I., Mohd Mazlan, M., Salmah Maszaitun, O., Topek, ,Y, Tanrang, Ooi, S.C., H., Rozilawati, Lee, H.L.

“…Previous week rainfall plays a significant role in increasing the mosquito population, followed by maximum humidity and temperature. …”
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A scaled weighted variance S control chart for skewed populations by Atta, Abdu Mohammed Ali, Shoraim, Majid H. A., Syed Yahaya, Sharipah Soaad, Zain, Zakiyah, Ali, Hazlina

“…This paper proposes a new S control chart for monitoring process dispersion of skewed populations. This control chart, called Scaled Weighted Variance S control chart (SWV-S) hereafter, this new SWV-S control chart is an improvement of the Weighted Variance S control chart (WV-S) proposed by Khoo et al.[11].The proposed control chart reduces to the Shewhart S control chart when the underlying distribution is symmetric.The proposed SWV-S control chart compared with the Shewhart S and WV-S control charts.An illustrative example is given to show how the proposed SWV-S control chart is constructed and works. …”
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Determinants of the demand for health screening in Malaysia: The case of the aged population by Cheah, Yong Kang, Goh, Kim-Leng

“…The survey used a two-stage stratified sampling method.Enumeration Blocks were selected in the first stage, while the second stage involved selection of Living Quarters.The proportions of those not using the blood cholesterol (45.4%) and blood pressure (30.8%) tests are alarmingly high.A bivariate probit model is applied to examine the determinants of the use of these two health screening tests.The results show that education, ethnicity, location of residence, employment status, health insurance and smoking significantly affect the decision of the aged population to undergo these tests.Key findings are, first, time is a more dominant factor than income in determining health screening behaviour among the aged population. …”
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Online shopping behavior among academic population in local IPTA by Jamaludin, Roslan, Ahmad, Azizah, Saleh, Abdul Razak

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Nigerian national population and housing census and sustainable development: issues at stake by Mohammed, Isah Shehu, Othman, Muhammad Fuad, Osman, Nazariah

“…This study is about conducting population and housing census and sustainable development in Nigeria. …”
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Statistics in Social Science: Population Dynamics, Education and Social Well-Being

“…Statistics in Social Science encompasses studies on population dynamics, education and social well-being. …”
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Constructing population of initial solutions for curriculum – based course timetabling problem by Wahid, Juliana, Mohd Hussin, Naimah

“…Future work will use the best settings of heuristics to the improvement phase in population-based improvement algorithm.…”
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An EWMA control chart for monitoring the mean of skewed populations using weighted variance by Khoo, Michael B. C., Atta, Abdu M. A.

“…This paper discusses the use of weighted variance (WV) in setting up the limits of the exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) chart for the monitoring of the mean of a process from a skewed population. This chart, called the WV-EWMA chart hereafter, reduces to the standard EWMA chart when the underlying distribution is symmetric.The Type-I and Type-II errors of the WV-EWMA chart are compared with that of the existing charts for skewed populations. …”
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Understanding the demand for medical care by the elderly in Kedah: A preparation towards population ageing by Samsudin, Shamzaeffa, Abdullah, Norehan, Applanaidu, Shri Dewi, Abu Bakar, Nor'Aznin, Lim, Hock Eam, Majid, Rahimah

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Modeling the effect of sedentary behaviour on the prevention of population obesity using the system dynamics approach by Zainal Abidin, Norhaslinda, Zabidi, Nerda Zura, Zulkepli Hew, Jafri

“…How does sedentary behavior have an impact on the growth of Malaysian population’s weight and obesity? What is the most effective sedentary behavior preventing strategy to obesity? …”