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Employment, chronic disease prevalence and medical care among the older population in India
— an assessment of linkages | | Author(s) | Priyanka Namdevrao Yadav, Srinivas Goli, Arokiasamy Perianayagam |
| Journal title | Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, vol 15 no 2, 2014 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2014 |
| Pages | pp 76-89 |
| Source | www.emeraldinsight.com/qaoa.htm |
| Keywords | Employment of older people ; Chronic illness ; Medical care ; Correlation ; India. |
| Annotation | This study used the India Human Development Survey data to examine the linkages of employment, chronic disease prevalence and medical care of the older population in India. Bivariate, multinomial logit regression and multiple classification analysis were used. The findings suggest a bi-directional relationship between employment and chronic diseases: the older population who are engaged in regular paid work has lower likelihood to the risk of chronic diseases compared to those who are not working. Conversely, the older population with chronic diseases may be unable to work in regular paid jobs. The greater proportions of not-working older population with savings and retirement pensions are more likely to seek modern treatment for chronic diseases. Overall, the results foster that employment determines and is determined by chronic disease prevalence among the older population in India. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170526221 A |
| Classmark | GC: CI: LK: 49: 7FA |
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