Abstract: The present study was considered to find out socio-economic, demographic, health status and various aspects of life of older people at northern Bangladesh. A total of 270 older person of age 60 and above from different district of northern Bangladesh was selected through simple random sampling. The results found that maximum older peoples' education level was low and their socio-economic condition was also low. Most of them were suffering from different health problems (54.81%). About 57.41% older people was not fully satisfied with own happiness and 62.22% older people was not fully satisfied with their health. Also 57.41% older people were not feeling fully safe at home.......
Keywords: Socio-demographic and Economic, Health, Asset of life, Happiness, Older people.
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