This book is an outcome of the cross-sectional and empirical study carried out among about 1200 elderly persons belonging to four Community Development Blocks of a highly industrialized district (Coimbatore) in Tamil Nadu. The major focus of this research work is on diverse issues related to rural elderly' socio-economic differentials among men and women, living arrangements, socio-familial interactions as well as intergenerational contacts of the elderly, in addition to their health status, dis. ..
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