Population Ageing and the Well-Being of Older Persons in Thailand ...

Contents
Acknowledgements .............................................................................
Foreword .........................................................................................
Acronyms ........................................................................................
Executive Summary ............................................................................
1. Introduction: ................................................................................. 1
1.1 Population ageing as an emerging concern .......................................................... 1
1.2 Defining old age ................................................................................................. 2
1.3 Availability of data and research .......................................................................... 2
2. The Demography of Ageing ................................................................ 4
2.1 Pace of population ageing .................................................................................... 4
2.2 Determinants of population ageing ..................................................................... 5
2.3 Age and sex structure of the older population ...................................................... 6
2.4 Age structure changes .......................................................................................... 7
2.5 Internal variation ................................................................................................ 10
2.6 Summing up ....................................................................................................... 12
3. Demographic, Social and Economic Profile ............................................ 14
3.1 Social and demographic characteristics ................................................................ 14
3.2 Economic activity and sources of income ............................................................ 20
3.3 Material well-being .............................................................................................. 23
3.4 Summing up ....................................................................................................... 30
4. Health Status ................................................................................. 32
4.1 Older ages mortality ............................................................................................ 32
4.2 Self assessed health .............................................................................................. 33
4.3 Health problems and illness ................................................................................ 34
4.4 Functional limitations ......................................................................................... 35
4.5 Summing up ....................................................................................................... 37
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