Idosos chefes de família:: uma análise de seus arranjos domiciliares e dos determinantes de sua condição de chefe. Minas Gerais, 2009

Abstract

Population aging is a worldwide phenomenon and is a result of demographic changes that have occurred in recent times. The highest growth of the elderly population compared to other age groups is a consequence of a number of factors, including a reduction in fertility rates and increased life expectancy. Increasingly it has become clear that the aging population requires greater attention to social policies, and the combination of the aging of the population with the changes implemented to meet this new situation turns out to change the family structure consequences on society and economy. Thus, the research problem is focused on the following question: What are the main characteristics of elderly heads of households / household and their types of living arrangement and what the possible determinants of their status as head of household? To develop this work, we used data from PNAD 2009 for the state of Minas Gerais. Initially, we calculated percentages of elderly second five-year age groups for the variables proposed. For analysis of the determinants of the householder were estimated with logistic regression models proposed to ascertain to what extent the chances of elderly householders are being affected by demographic and socioeconomic variables. Faced with the deepening of this process of population aging (universal tendency), the importance of the elderly within the family and society will certainly be increased. Therefore, studying the ever-growing elderly population and its structure of life becomes important.