The status of South Asia's growing elderly population
The status of South Asia's growing elderly population
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南亚老年人口不断增长的现状
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发表时间：
1990
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2
通讯作者：
L. Martin
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作者：
L. Martin
南亚人口虽然比亚洲和西方其他人口老龄化程度要低，但老龄化速度很快。本文介绍了孟加拉国、印度、尼泊尔、巴基斯坦和斯里兰卡老年人的人口、社会和经济特征，并回顾了近几十年来老年人的家庭状况和地位是否发生变化的证据。没有强有力的证据表明老年人的地位有所下降，也没有表明过去老年人的地位一直很高，但有迹象表明，经济实力长期以来一直是地位的重要决定因素。本文最后讨论了未来的老年人与今天的老年人有何不同、经济发展水平相对较低的国家制定老年人项目的局限性以及对南亚老年人进行更多研究的必要性。
Populations in South Asia, although less aged than other populations of Asia and the West, are aging rapidly. This paper presents demographic, social, and economic characteristics of the elderly in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, and reviews evidence on whether or not the family situation and status of the elderly have changed in recent decades. There is not strong evidence that the status of the elderly has declined nor that it was uniformly high in the past, but there is indication that economic power has long been an important determinant of status. The paper concludes with a discussion of how future elderly may be different from today's, the limits on developing programs for the elderly in countries at relatively low levels of economic development, and the need for additional research on the elderly of South Asia.