The well-being of the elderly in Asia [electronic resource] : a four-country comparative study / Albert I. Hermalin, editor.

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9780472026500

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Author:

Hermalin, Albert I.

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Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 615 pages) : illustrations

Contents:

Aging in Asia: facing the crossroads / Albert I. Hermalin and Lora G. Myers -- The demographic, socioeconomic, and cultural context of the four study countries / John Knodel, Mary Beth Ofstedal, and Albert I. Hermalin -- Policies and programs in place and under development / Mary Beth Ofstedal [and others] -- Theoretical perspectives, measurement issues, and related research / Albert I. Hermalin -- Patterns and determinants of living arrangements / John Knodel and Mary Beth Ofstedal -- Intergenerational support and transfers / Ann Biddlecom, Napaporn Chayovan, and Mary Beth Ofstedal -- Work, retirement, and leisure / Albert I. Hermalin [and others] -- Economic well-being: insights from multiple measures of income and assets / Albert I. Hermalin, Ming-Cheng Chang, and Carol Roan -- Physical and mental health of the elderly / Zachary Simmer [and others] -- Patterns of health care utilization / Mary Beth Ofstedal and Josefina N. Natividad -- The vulnerable and their potential disadvantages / Albert I. Hermalin, Mary Beth Ofstedal, and Kalyani Mehta -- Capturing change: transitions at older ages and cohort succession / Albert I. Harmalin -- Making the choices: policies and research for the coming years / Albert I. Hermalin.

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Subject Term:

Older people -- Asia -- Social conditions.

Older people -- Asia -- Economic conditions.

Older people -- Care -- Asia.

Quality of life -- Asia.

Intergenerational relations -- Asia.

Social change -- Asia.

Geographic Term:

Asia -- Social conditions.

Asia -- Economic conditions.

Asia -- Population.

Added Author:

Hermalin, Albert I.

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Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2002

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Summary

In the broadest sense, The Well-Being of the Elderly in Asia is a study of social change and of anticipating future social change. It examines the effects on the current and future elderly of the rapid demographic transition that has occurred over much of Asia, accompanied in many countries by equally dramatic social and economic transformations. Policymakers in Asia have been aware of these trends and their potentially deleterious consequences for a decade or more, and have sought to fashion appropriate policies and programs that anticipate and mitigate their effects. Accordingly, any study of the sociodemographic trends and their impact must be examined in the light of policies put in place and under development.

Author Notes

During his long and distinguished career, Albert I. Hermalin has devoted himself to the training of demographers from all over the world, to sustained research collaborations with his former students, and to the continued expansion of the boundaries of demography. Former President of the Population Association of America and now Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Michigan, he continues his lifelong research at the University of Michigan's Population Studies Center, a division of the Institute for Social Research. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the MERIT Award from the National Institute on Aging (which helped to fund this book), and the author of several books, including Population Health and Aging: Strengthening the Dialogue between Epidemiology and Demography (with M. Weinstein and M. A. Stoto), published in 2001.