Volume : VI, Issue : V, May - 2017

HEALTH PROBLEMS AMONG ELDERLY POPULATION A STUDY IN RURAL TAMILNADU

Dr. Kh. Bimolata Devi

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 In many parts of the developing world, chronological time has little or no importance in the meaning of old age. Other socially constructed meanings of age are more significant such as the roles assigned to older people; in some cases it is the loss of roles accompanying physical decline which is significant in defining old age. The prime objectives of the study to understand   the patterns of health problems among elderly, the socio economic and demographic differentials on health problems and study the effect of different socio economic and demographic variables on health problems in the study .the present study is a primary data of 400 elderly persons selected randomly from two districts of Tamilnadu namely Kanchipuram and Cuddalore districts.  The statistical tools such as percentage, chi–square and multinomial logistic regression has used. The result shows that overall 61 percent of respondents reported that they have any one of the health problem at the time of interview. Based on the classification of general and chronic health problems, 34 percent have suffered by general and 26.4 percent by chronic health problems.

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Dr. KH. BIMOLATA DEVI, HEALTH PROBLEMS AMONG ELDERLY POPULATION A STUDY IN RURAL TAMILNADU, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : VOLUME-6 | Issue‾5 | May‾2017

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