Indian Journal of Gerontology
Year : 2019, Volume : 33, Issue : 4
First page : ( 345) Last page : ( 355)
Print ISSN : 0971-4189.

Gender and income differences in economic dependency among urban aged persons in Assam

Baruwa Anita, Baruah Nayanmoni Borgohain¹

Department of Economics, D.H.S.K. Commerce College, Dibrugarh, Assam - 786001

¹Department of Economics, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam -786004

Online published on 16 December, 2020.

Abstract

The paper seeks to associate the different levels of economic dependencies with gender and income levels, to learn whether there exist any differences in terms of gender and income levels among those urban elderly persons who contribute to household expenses and also to know about the economic support providers of the urban elderly population of the study area. Data collected randomly from 657 elderly male (N=362) and female (295) persons of six district headquarters of Assam have been used for this purpose. Secondary data have been gleaned from various reports and other published and unpublished sources. Both descriptive and inferential bivariate analyses were carried out for gender and income comparisons. The association between the different income levels and levels of economic dependencies was confirmed from this study. At lesser income levels, the number of fully dependent elderly respondents is more. However, lesser number of economically independent elderly respondents was also found as the income level increases. This is true for both the genders. Differential management with-respect to gender and income levels of the elderly has to be adopted-mainly at the initiative of the government.

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Keywords

Aged, Elderly Population, Economic Dependency, Reverse Dependency.

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