Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 3

Gender Disparity in Population ageing in areas of Tribal Dominance of North Eastern Region of India

Post Doctoral Fellow (UGC), Department of Geography, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya

*Corresponding Author Email: mswer2016@gmail.com

Online published on 31 October, 2018.

Abstract

This study aims at mapping the gender disparity in the Areas of Tribal Dominance of North Eastern region of India. Trends have been established for a period of 40 years beginning from the year 1971 for a number of ageing indicators such as the proportion of the aged in the population, ageing index, and median age.

Keywords

Population ageing, gender disparity, ageing index, median