Population Ageing and Poverty in Rural Ghana
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1. Problem under Study: Partly because they constitute the smallest size in the age structure of Africa’s youthful populations, and partly because they most usually live with their extended families throughout the older years, elderly persons have long been a neglected area of demographic and sociological enquiry. With the anticipated rapid increases in the population of the elderly and the consequent greater potential need for food security and comprehensive social welfare services, it is necessary and urgent to gain a firm understanding of the demographic, social, and economic characteristics as well as the implications for poverty alleviation among the elderly persons in Ghana, with particular emphasis on rural areas where the phenomenon of population ageing is predominant.
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