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Age dependency
 — myth and realities
Author(s)Sol Encel
Corporate AuthorSocial Policy Research Centre - SPRC, University of New South Wales
Journal titleSPRC Reports and Proceedings, no 118, January 1995
Pagespp 71-83
KeywordsOlder people ; Independence ; Needs [elderly] ; Attitudes to the old of general public.
AnnotationDiscusses age dependency and the notion of the age dependency ratio. Argues that the idea of dependency arises from a social construction, and that a more appropriate description of older people in society is one of interdependence.
Accession NumberCPA-950406219 A
ClassmarkB: C3: IK: TOB

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