Abstract
The present population structure of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA, in Spanish)-Argentina by age shows a relevant proportion of aging people and the consequent increase of the incidence and prevalence of cronic-degeneratives and disabling illnesses in this specific age group.
The purpose of this research is to analyses the profiles of aging people who dwell in private households in CABA-Argentina in 2011 and to examine their differences according to the presence or the absence of disabilities. This research explores these characteristics in the context of the private households in which they inhabit.
According to the bio-psycho-social conceptualization of disabilities and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the purpose is to explore the potential of analysis of the methodology applied by the Annual Survey of Households of the CABA-Argentina, proposed by the General Division of Statistics and Censuses of the City of Buenos Aires, 2011, and its Module on Disability. The Survey is a representative sampling of the total local area and those administrative and political subdivisions (Comunas, in Spanish).
The statistics results of this Survey produce new and vital information to study the specific differential profiles of aging people with and without disabilities in CABA-Argentina.
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Event ID
17
Paper presenter
48 876
Type of Submissions
Regular session presentation, if not selected I agree to present my paper as a poster
Language of Presentation
English
Weight in Programme
1 000
Status in Programme
1
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