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Socieconomic Conditions Among the Urban Oldest-Old Females : A Gerontological Study in Medinipur Municipal Town, West Bengal


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1 Junior Research Fellow, Anthropological Survey of India and Ph. D. Student, Department of Anthropology, Anthropological Survey of India, Ranchi Field Station, Ranchi – 834 002, India
2 Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata – 700 019, India
3 Professor and Head, Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata – 700 019, India

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Gerontology has developed as a discipline to study aged people, and it is becoming a subject of immense significance all over the world. Thus, studies related to this area have a significant role and importance to tackle the problems of the aged people and make a bridge between the socioeconomic needs of the aged and existing resources. However, the term "oldest old" refers to aged individuals who survive in the upper segments of the age pyramid. The present paper aimed to highlight the socioeconomic milieu of the oldest-old women residing in different municipal wards under Midnapore Municipality of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. The study explored some basic demographic features as well as other features like housing and living arrangements, different sources of financial support, which dealt with the information related to the economic condition of the oldest old.

Keywords

Gerontological Study, Aging Studies, Oldest-Old, Age Pyramid, Senior Citizens, Super Senior Citizens, Socioeconomic Milieu.

JEL Classification Codes: I3, I31.

Paper Submission Date: February 10, 2019; Paper Sent Back for Revision: June 12, 2019; Paper Acceptance Date: October 1, 2019.

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Authors

Parikshit Chakraborty
Junior Research Fellow, Anthropological Survey of India and Ph. D. Student, Department of Anthropology, Anthropological Survey of India, Ranchi Field Station, Ranchi – 834 002, India
Sutapa Chaudhury
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata – 700 019, India
Arup Ratan Bandyopadhyay
Professor and Head, Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata – 700 019, India

Abstract


Gerontology has developed as a discipline to study aged people, and it is becoming a subject of immense significance all over the world. Thus, studies related to this area have a significant role and importance to tackle the problems of the aged people and make a bridge between the socioeconomic needs of the aged and existing resources. However, the term "oldest old" refers to aged individuals who survive in the upper segments of the age pyramid. The present paper aimed to highlight the socioeconomic milieu of the oldest-old women residing in different municipal wards under Midnapore Municipality of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. The study explored some basic demographic features as well as other features like housing and living arrangements, different sources of financial support, which dealt with the information related to the economic condition of the oldest old.

Keywords


Gerontological Study, Aging Studies, Oldest-Old, Age Pyramid, Senior Citizens, Super Senior Citizens, Socioeconomic Milieu.

JEL Classification Codes: I3, I31.

Paper Submission Date: February 10, 2019; Paper Sent Back for Revision: June 12, 2019; Paper Acceptance Date: October 1, 2019.




DOI: https://doi.org/10.17010/aijer%2F2019%2Fv8i5%2F149678