| Description |
1 online resource (457 pages) |
| Summary |
The rapid Asian fertility transitions of the last few decades will lead to population ageing in the coming decades in one country after another. Societies can choose how they will respond to the rising share of the elderly, but there is no choice about the inevitable demographic trend. In this important volume, ably edited by Evi Nurvidya Arifin and Aris Ananta, demographers, economists, sociologists, and anthropologists analyse the implications of population ageing for family and community ... The rapid Asian fertility transitions of the last few decades will lead to population ageing in the coming decades in one country after another. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; PART I: Introduction; PART II: Old-Age Income Security; PART III: Employment and Other Sources of Financial Contribution; PART IV: Ageing, Migration, and Development; PART V: Roles of Government and Civil Society; Index. |
| Local Note |
EBSCOhost SocINDEX with Full Text |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Aging -- Government policy -- Southeast Asia -- Congresses.
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Older people -- Southeast Asia -- Economic conditions -- Congresses.
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Older people -- Southeast Asia -- Social conditions -- Congresses.
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Older people -- Medical care -- Southeast Asia -- Congresses.
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Aging -- Government policy.
(OCoLC)fst00800308
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Older people -- Economic conditions.
(OCoLC)fst01199102
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Older people -- Medical care.
(OCoLC)fst01199115
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Older people -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst01199129
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Southeast Asia. (OCoLC)fst01240499
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| Indexed Term |
Multi-User. |
| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings. (OCoLC)fst01423772
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| Added Author |
Arifin, Evi Nurvidya, editor.
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Ananta, Aris, editor.
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| In: |
ISEAS e-books. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Arifin, Evi Nurvidya. Older Persons in Southeast Asia : An Emerging Asset. Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), ©2009 9789812309440 |
| ISBN |
9789812309433 (paperback) |
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9789812309440 (hardcover) |
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9812309438 (paperback) |
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9789812309457 |
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9812309446 (hardcover) |
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9812309454 |
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