"DECLARATIONI hereby declare that this report entitled “A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE PREVALENCE OF ELDERLY ABUSEIN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS OF DELHI ” is written by me and that no part has been plagiarized without citation.STUDENT 1 ___________________________ DATE ____________(EKTA GUPTA)STUDENT 2 ___________________________ DATE ____________(NEHA JAIN)SUPERVISOR ___________________________DATE____________ (DR. MINAKETAN BEHERA) 8 List of AbbreviationsSPSS Sonali Public Shiksha SamitiSPSS Statistical Package for SocialScienceNational Policy on Older PersonsNPOPMaintenance andMWPSC actWelfare of parents and Senior CitizensActEA Elderly AbuseU UrbanR RuralCSO Central statistics office9 Meaning of termsUrban ? Average population is 3000? Pucca houses : At least 40 m? Better health facilities ? Proper sanitation ? 24*7 Availability of electricity andwater ? Average population is 4000Rural? Thatch houses : less than 40 m? Poor health facilities ? Poor sanitation ? Unavailability of electricity andwater timely? Inherited and self -acquired landAssets? Inherited and self- acquired houses? Inherited and self- acquired ? Gold and jewelry? Savings in bank, post office? Cash, bonds, shares, mutual funds,and life insurance.10 List of Tables1) Table 1: increase in the proportion of the older population in2 Asia, 1950-2050*2) Table 2: Entire dataset of survey3) Table 3: Ownership of assets*4) Table 4: life expectancy as per gender and residence*5) Table 5: Percentage share of elderly population in totalpopulation*6) Table 6: percent distribution of population by broad agegroups, India since 1951*7) Table 7: Decadal growth in elderly population vis a vis thatof general population*8) Table 8: Percentage distribution of persons of 60 & aboveby levels of education*9) Table 9: Percent of literates among elderly persons overyears*10) Table 10: Percent of elderly population working as inpopulation census 2001 and NSSO(2008)*11) Table 11: Old age dependency ratio by sex and area,india,1961 to 2011*12) Table 12: old age dependency in major states*13) Table 13: marital status of elderly as per gender* 2 * Following tables were taken from Situation Analysis Of the Elderly in India, June 2011,CentralStatistics, Central Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, Governmentof India11 "