The main objectives of this article are to analyze the correlates of living arrangements of
persons aged 60 or above in the oil-rich, Muslim country of Kuwait and to examine whether …

The main objectives of this article are toanalyze the correlates of living arrangementsof
persons aged 60 or above in the oil-rich, Muslim country of Kuwait and to examine …

Hong Kong is a small territory of some 415 square miles situated on the South China coast.
It is a rapidly modernizing society, moving from an industrial export base to service and …

China's national birth control program natually leads us to question its consequences--one
of which is the aging problem. 80 percent of the Chinese population are agricultural, but …

Nowhere is population ageing more rapid and the potential consequences and responses
more diverse than in Asia. Of China it is said,'The speed of population ageing versus the …

W hat is distinctive about the American family, and what does it have in common with
families in other countries? This chapter examines American family patterns by contrasting …

Survey data obtained from seven developing countries in the UNU study shows that the
elderly maintain coresidence with children despite changing socioeconomic and …

The aging of Taiwan is a consequence of successful public health policies to reduce fertility
and mortality. The sharp increase in the number of elderly Taiwanese residents has been …

China is the most populous country in the world. Its nearly 1.2 billion citizens accounted for
more than one-fifth of the global population of 5.5 billion in 1992. Consequently …

The common element in these four books is that they all deal wholly or in part (in the case of
the Krishnan and Mahadevan volume) with aspects of ageing in East and Southeast Asian …