HEALTH DIFFERENTIALS AMONG ELDERLY WOMEN: A RURAL-URBAN ANALYSIS
The elderly in India often end up in a state of deprivation and negligence as there is no proper
social security system as in the West (OASIS, 1999). The majority of the elderly work in the
informal sector with low levels of wages and deficient working conditions and this has also
put the aged in a state of deprivation, vulnerability and distress in old age in terms of both
health and economic security (Helpage International, 2002). Empirical studies by different
researchers have shown a gradual decline in the standard of life of the aged with high...