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Exploring the links between old age and poverty in Anglophone West Africa
— evidence from Nigeria and Ghana | | Author(s) | Fidelis O Ogwumike, Isabella Aboderin |
| Journal title | Generations Review, vol 15, no 2, April 2005 |
| Pages | pp 7-15 |
| Source | (Editorial e-mail address) gr@ageing.ox.ac.uk |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Poor elderly ; Correlation ; Ghana ; Nigeria. |
| Annotation | Despite growing international awareness or concern, mainstream development policies in West and other African nations fail to consider poverty among older people - reflecting persisting assumptions about a lesser magnitude and relevance of the poverty threat among the old compared to the young. Building on a review of the existing research evidence available from Nigeria and Ghana, and a secondary analysis of 1980-1996 Nigerian National Consumer Survey data, this paper explores the potential links that exist between old age and poverty in the Anglophone West African context, and provides indications for the relative extent of poverty among younger and old age groups. Contrary to assumptions, the findings point to a substantial and possibly greater poverty risk among older, compared to younger adults, and identify potential individual familial normative and structural determinants of this heightened risk. Implications for policy and further research are briefly discussed. This paper was first presented at the conference, "Research on Ageing, Health and Poverty in Africa: Forging Directions for the Future", hosted by the Oxford Institute of Ageing, 11-13 April 2005. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050418201 A |
| Classmark | BG: F:W6: 49: 7MS: 7MT |
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