The Impact of Kin on the Mortality of the Elderly in Rural Bangladesh

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dc.contributor.authorRahman, Omar
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-31T11:45:43Z
dc.date.available2013-03-31T11:45:43Z
dc.date.issued1999-07
dc.description.abstractThis study uses high quality longitudinal data on kin availability, proximity, and marital status from the Matlab surveillance area in rural Bangladesh to explore the impact of kin members on the survival of the elderly over a six year period. The results - from discrete time hazard models- suggest that the presence of a spouse, sons, and brothers substantially improves survivorship, but with differing effects by the sex of the elderly and the number of sons and brothers. This study offers little support of any of the following as mechanisms by which kin affect the survival of the elderly: changes in the economic status of the elderly as proxied by land holdings; improved access to instrumental support as proxied by the marital status of sons; decreases in social isolation as proxied by proximity of kin
dc.identifier.citationRahman, M. Omar (1999). The Impact of Kin on the Mortality of the Elderly in Rural Bangladesh. Population Studies, Vol. 53, No. 2 (Jul., 1999), pp. 227-235
dc.identifier.otherhttps://ar.iub.edu.bd/handle/11348/162
dc.identifier.urihttps://ar.iub.edu.bd/handle/11348/162
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPopulation Studies
dc.sourceIUB Academic Repository
dc.subjectElderly
dc.subjectMortality
dc.subjectKin
dc.subjectFamilies
dc.subjectRural areas
dc.subjectBangladesh
dc.subjectMatlab
dc.titleThe Impact of Kin on the Mortality of the Elderly in Rural Bangladesh
dc.typeArticle

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