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
| 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.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.identifier.citation | Annual Research Symposium, University of Colombo, December 2015 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://archive.cmb.ac.lk/handle/70130/4253 | |
| 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 |