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Elder Dependency

Elder Dependency is a demographic construct that quantifies the ratio of individuals aged 65 and older to the working-age population, serving as an indicator of the potential economic and social burden of supporting elderly dependents within multigenerational households and broader societal structures.

699

Publications

35.6K

Citations

1.7K

Authors

829

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

119

Variants

Old-age Dependency Ratio

Parents

Publications

699

A Fresh Map of Life: The Emergence of the Third Age.

Jacob S. Siegel, Peter Laslett · Population and Development Review · 1990 · 1.1K citations

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Children and the elderly: Divergent paths for America’s dependents

Samuel H. Preston · Demography · 1984 · 572 citations · Full text

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‘Active ageing’: from empty rhetoric to effective policy tool

Kim Boudiny · Ageing and Society · 2012 · 451 citations · Full text

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The Structured Dependency of the Elderly: A Creation of Social Policy in the Twentieth Century

Peter Townsend · Ageing and Society · 1981 · 451 citations · Full text

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A prospective study of long-term care institutionalization among the aged.

Laurence G. Branch, Alan M. Jette · American Journal of Public Health · 1982 · 444 citations

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Authors

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    Peter Lloyd‐Sherlock

    University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 312 citations

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  2. MP
    Martin Prince

    King's College London, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 387 citations

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  3. AW
    Alan Walker

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 525 citations

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  4. RU
    Richard Uwakwe

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria

    4 publications · 195 citations

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  5. MG
    Mariella Guerra

    King's College London, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 272 citations

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Institutions

829

  1. Institute on Aging

    San Francisco, United States

    9 h-index

    22 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    258 citations

  3. Peking University

    Beijing, China

    8 h-index

    21 publications

    3.2K citations

  4. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    26 publications

    1.9K citations

  5. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    916 citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    500 citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    593 citations

  8. University of East Anglia

    Norwich, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    403 citations

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Venues

  1. Ageing and Society

    A&S · 33 publications · 2.6K citations

    24

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  2. The Gerontologist

    21 publications · 1.6K citations

    18

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 25 publications · 545 citations

    14

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  4. Research on Aging

    ROA · 15 publications · 635 citations

    14

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  5. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

    16 publications · 482 citations

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