AGING COEFFICIENT IN DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS GROUPS IN IRAN

Aging Coefficient (AC), or aged–child ratio, is the number of individuals aged 65 years and over, divided by the number of individuals aged 0-14, multiplied by 100. In this point–descriptive study, the aging coefficient has been calculated for the followers of four different religions, for the past...

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Main Authors: D.D. Farhud, H. Sadighi, H. Pour-Jafari, A.M. Sheibni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 1998-08-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/824.pdf&manuscript_id=824