What is it about?
The need to consider implications of increases in the numbers of older persons in the population even if the percentage of older persons is not changing.
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Why is it important?
Population Aging and increases in the number of older persons in Southeast Asia is taking place at a rapid pace in Southeast Asia with Thailand and Vietnam most advanced. This has significant social and economic consequences for families, communities and the state.
Perspectives
Even countries where population ageing (rising percentage in older ages) is not far advanced do not need be concerned about issues related to older persons is a misconception since it ignores that increases in the size of the older population may still be very substantial.
Professor John E Knodel
University of Michigan
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This page is a summary of: Population Ageing and the Need for Research on Ageing: Correcting a Misconception, Population Horizons, January 2015, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/pophzn-2015-0014.
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