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Health status and
modeling of rural aged population of Kushtia District in
Bangladesh
Rafiqul Islam*, Mosharaf Hossain and Moshiur Rahman
Department of Population Science and HRD, University of
Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
rafique_pops@yahoo.com.
Accepted
October 29, 2009 |
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Aged
population is an emerging issue in Bangladesh. It is a
frightening problem of rural area in Bangladesh as well as a
national problem. It has many socio-economic effects on
national development. So, the aim of this study is to
identify the determinants of health status of aged
population in Kumarkhali Thana of Kushtia District in
Bangladesh. Furthermore, an effort has been made here to fit
mathematical model for aged population due to ages. For
this, a total number of 250 rural aged populations have been
interviewed through a structured questionnaire by purposive
sampling technique. In this study, logistic regression model
and polynomial model are applied. In logistic analysis, it
is indicated that the respondent’s sex, type of family,
occupation of the family head and suffering any diseases
have significant effects for taking treatment on aged
population. It is seen that age associated with aged
population follow third degree polynomial model explaining
more than 99% coefficient of determination.
Key
words:
Aged population, socio-economic variables, logistic
regression analysis, polynomial model, Bangladesh. |
