 Coresidence of Older Persons in India: Who Receive Support and What are the Levels of Familial Support?Kinkar Mandal and
Lekha Subaiya
No 519, Working Papers from Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore Abstract: Traditionally, in the context of South Asian countries, one finds a strong patrilineal practice of older persons coresiding with their children. In these countries, typically, the absence of social security has led to children playing a crucial role in supporting their parents. Simultaneously, the strong familial norms and values also contribute to the elderly living with their children. In this context, the present study aims to understand the levels of family support and the kind of support elderly receive from their children in India. For this purpose, the study, using Building a Knowledge Base on Population Ageing in India (BKPAI) 2011 data, has found that ‘coresidence is the primary form of family support received by older persons in India. In addition, it is argued that the gender status of older persons is strongly associated with coresidence. Further, from the data, it emerges that older persons living in urban areas, widows, and those belonging to the Muslim community are found to be in good health and have higher chances of coresidence with their adult children. Keywords: Demography; Old; Persons; India (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sch:wpaper:519 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Working Papers from Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore Contact information at EDIRC. |
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