Factors influencing the work participation of the elderly persons in Tamil Nadu: Evidence from BKPAI, 2011 Shivshankar Tiwari Mahalaxmi, Audinarayana N.1 VIT School of Law, VIT Chennai Campus, Chennai - 600 127 1(Formerly associated). Department of Sociology & Population StudiesBharathiar University, Coimbatore - 641 046 Online Published on 16 September, 2022. Abstract An attempt was made, in this paper, to study the work participation of the elderly persons and the factors influencing the same, making use of the data from BKPAI, 2011 for Tamil Nadu state. The work participation rate (WPR) of the elderly persons in Tamil Nadu worked out as 20.4 per cent. Results based on logistic regression analysis revealed that the odds of WPR of the elderly persons are found to be significantly (at different levels) higher among those who are stated as economically not dependent and partially dependent, who perceived their health as ‘fair’ and ‘good/very good/excellent’, who are having 1 and 2 or more no. of sons and living alone/with spouse than their respectively counterparts. Conversely, the likelihood of elderly-participation in economic activities observed to be strikingly decreasing with an increase in their age (groups), years of schooling (categories) and wealth index (quintiles) of the households (p<0.001 or p<0.05 in most cases). The tendency to work is pertinently lower (sig at 0.01 or 0.05 level) among females and also among widowed/nevermarried/divorced/separated as against their male and currently married counterparts. Top Keywords Factors Influencing, Work Participation Rate, Elderly, BKPAI Data. Top |