DETERMINING AGING POPULATION IN OKE-OYI AN EMERGING TOWN IN ILORIN-EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA USING MODERN TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

Population aging is a contemporary issue in world. This is particularly obvious in developing countries where
the population contains more of children. In these developing countries including Nigeria, the rise in life
expectancy witnessed has resulted in rise in the median age of the people. In Nigeria, though life expectancy
has been reported to be increasing, census the primary source of the population data has been infrequently
undertaken. The indirect methods that have often been used to generate the data, most of the times depend on
data generated through the census. Hence, there is need to develop reliable models for population data
generation to facilitate social, economic, political and spatial development planning. Thus, this paper is an
attempt, using indirect technique to generate data of aging population in Oke-Oyi town, using the imagery
obtained from the Google Earth application. The Objectives are to; identify the demographic characteristics of
Oke-Oyi; examine its socio-economic activities; and determine the crowding index of the study area. Data for
this study were collected from primary and secondary sources. A survey technique was used. In that, 400
copies of questionnaire were administered purposively. Descriptive techniques were employed for data
analysis. The crowding index that is the average number of people per house was determined as 14.11 and the
aging population 873. Thus, the technique is recommended for popula