Economic and health status of aged population in Nagapattinam district, Tamilnadu

Ageing process and aged population deserve special attention because every eighth person in the population of India is under the graying process. The health status of the aged person depends on socio economic conditions and availability of health services in the community. Aged people are mostly facing the loneliness, health and economic problems. Owing to the growing problems of the old, the researchers deemed it necessary to study the economic and health status of aged population in Nagapattinam district, Tamilnadu. Household income is maximum for old persons of age above 70 years irrespective of the type of family. In this study personal expenditure is greater in joint family as compared to nuclear family. These factors assure the fact that the respondents in Kollidam village have greater economic security in joint family as compared to nuclear family. It is interesting to observe that in nuclear family as age increases expenditure decreases whereas the reverse situation exists in joint family. There is close association with the age factor, health expenditure and personal health problems.