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| Title: | Population aging raises questions for policymakers |
| Author: | Lee, Sang-Hyop; Mason, Andrew |
| Date: | 2000 |
| Publisher: | Honolulu: East-West Center |
| Abstract: | All across Asia, populations age 65 and above are expected to grow rapidly over the next 50 years, both in terms of absolute numbers and as a proportion of Asian populations as a whole. Within the elderly population, the majority will continue to be women. Expanding proportions will be in the oldest age groups, will have a living spouse, and will have few or no adult children, while shrinking proportions will be in the workforce. These developments present a clear challenge to policymakers. Who will provide Asia's growing elderly population with the health services, financial support, and personal care they will need? |
| Series/Report No.: | Asia-Pacific population & policy ; no. 53 |
| Description: | For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/ |
| Pages/Duration: | 4 pages |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/3917 |
| LC Subject Headings: | Older people - Government policy - Asia Age distribution (Demography) - Asia |
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Asia-Pacific Population & Policy [69]
Asia-Pacific Population & Policy is a four-page policy brief, issued quarterly, that summarizes research on population and reproductive health for policymakers and others concerned with the Asia-Pacific region.