Urban rural differences in the social characteristics of employed elderly in Sri Lanka: a case study of employed elderly in Thangalle Divisional Secretariat, Sri Lanka

Danapala, H.D.A.

dc.contributor.author	Danapala, H.D.A.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-02-08T09:24:43Z
dc.date.available	2016-02-08T09:24:43Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.citation	Annual Research Symposium, University of Colombo, December 2015	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/4253
dc.description.abstract	Population ageing or the relative increase of the proportion of those aged 60 years and over in a population has become a demographic phenomenon of current interest and concern in the developing countries. The main objective of this study is to identify social characteristics of the employed elders. The data for this study is drawn from a survey of 150 employed elders residing in urban and rural areas of Thangalle Divisional Secretariat area in Hambantota District. Data was collected using an interviewer administrated questionnaire and analyzed using Uni-Variate and Bi-Variate techniques.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Colombo	en_US
dc.subject	Employed elders, urban-rural differences, social characteristics	en_US
dc.title	Urban rural differences in the social characteristics of employed elderly in Sri Lanka: a case study of employed elderly in Thangalle Divisional Secretariat, Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.type	Research abstract	en_US