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Building Evidence for Active Ageing Policies

Active Ageing Index and its Potential

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Editors:
  1. Asghar Zaidi

    1. University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

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  2. Sarah Harper

    1. University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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  3. Kenneth Howse

    1. University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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  4. Giovanni Lamura

    1. INRCA National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, Ancona, Italy

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  5. Jolanta Perek-Białas

    1. Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Kraków, Poland

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  • Addresses the challenges facing a growing international elderly population
  • Discusses the impact of the Active Ageing Index and it's uses
  • Examines how best to facilitate healthy and active aging

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Towards an Evidence-Based Active Ageing Strategy

    • Asghar Zaidi, Sarah Harper, Kenneth Howse, Giovanni Lamura, Jolanta Perek-Białas
    Pages 1-15

  3. Building Evidence for Active Ageing Policies Active Ageing Index and its Potential

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Are Societies with a High Value on the Active Ageing Index More Age Integrated?

      • Pearl A. Dykstra, Maria Fleischmann
      Pages 19-37

    3. The Expected, Evaluated, Perceived, Valued and Prevalent Social Roles of Older People: Are They by Consent?

      • Lucie Vidovićová
      Pages 39-54

    4. The Active Ageing Index (AAI) and its Relation to the Quality of Life of Older Adults

      • Marcela Petrová Kafková
      Pages 55-74

    5. Complementing AAI at the Meso Level: The Silver Work Index

      • Anne Marit Wöhrmann, Jürgen Deller, Leena Pundt
      Pages 75-94

  4. Subnational Adaptations of the AAI

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. The Active Ageing Index in a Southern European Region (Biscay): Main Results and Potentials for Policymaking

      • Amaia Bacigalupe, Yolanda González-Rábago, Unai Martín, Sergio Murillo, Alfonso Unceta
      Pages 97-115

    3. Evaluating Socio-economic Impact of Age-Friendly Environments

      • Mireia Ferri Sanz, Jorge Garcés Ferrer, Willeke van Staalduinen, Rodd Bond, Menno Hinkema
      Pages 117-138

    4. The Active Ageing Index: A Tool to Develop the Strategy of Active Ageing in the Basque Country (Spain)

      • Elena del Barrio, Angel Rodriguez-Laso, Olga Mayoral, Mayte Sancho, Lide Amilibia
      Pages 139-165

    5. Greying Italy Across Time, Space, and Gender

      • Luciana Quattrociocchi, Daria Squillante, Mauro Tibaldi
      Pages 167-189

  5. Comparative Analysis of Active Ageing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
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    2. Differences in Active Ageing Index in Eastern European Countries: A Comparison of Poland and the Czech Republic

      • Kasia Karpinska
      Pages 193-209

    3. Ageing in a Multicultural Europe: Perspectives and Challenges

      • Eralba Cela, Mariateresa Ciommi
      Pages 211-237

    4. Estimating Weights for the Active Ageing Index (AAI) from Stated Preferences: Proposal for a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE)

      • Christian Ernst Heinrich Boehler, Timea Mariann Helter, Ibrahim-Kholilul Rohman, Fabienne Abadie
      Pages 239-258

  6. Methodological Improvements in Measuring Active Ageing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 259-259
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    2. A Cross-country and Cohort Analysis of Active Ageing Differences Among the Elderly in Europe

      • Javier Olivera
      Pages 261-294

    3. Active Ageing Typologies: A Latent Class Analysis of the Older Europeans

      • Bruno Arpino, Valeria Bordone
      Pages 295-311

    4. How Relevant is Active Ageing? Evidence from Portugal

      • Sara Valente de Almeida, Pedro Pita Barros
      Pages 313-341
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About this book

This book provides multinational evidence on active and healthy ageing. It generates authoritative new knowledge for mutual learning and policymaking in addressing challenges linked with population ageing. The authors discuss how to achieve better active ageing outcomes through appropriate policies including addressing life course determinants of active and healthy ageing. The chapters are distinctive in their focus on quantitative analysis of active and healthy ageing based on a first-of-its-kind composite measure, the Active Ageing Index developed during the 2012 European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations. Contributors include researchers, civil service representatives, policymakers and other stakeholders from national, regional and European organisations. This edited volume provides a multidisciplinary resource for academics and policy makers in various areas of the social sciences, especially those studying population ageing and its consequences, economists, sociologists, social policy analysts and public health experts. 



Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

    Asghar Zaidi

  • University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Sarah Harper, Kenneth Howse

  • INRCA National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, Ancona, Italy

    Giovanni Lamura

  • Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Kraków, Poland

    Jolanta Perek-Białas

About the editors

Asghar Zaidi is Professor in International Social Policy at University of Southampton, UK, Visiting Professor at London School of Economics, UK and Senior Advisor at European Centre in Vienna, Austria.


Sarah Harper is Professor of Gerontology and Director of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing at University of Oxford, UK.


Kenneth Howse is Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford, UK.


Giovanni Lamura is a social gerontologist with an international and interdisciplinary background, and works at Italian National Institute of Health and Science on Ageing.


Jolanta Perek-Białas is a graduate of Warsaw School of Economics, Poland, and currently works at the Institute of Statistics and Demography there.







Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Building Evidence for Active Ageing Policies

  • Book Subtitle: Active Ageing Index and its Potential

  • Editors: Asghar Zaidi, Sarah Harper, Kenneth Howse, Giovanni Lamura, Jolanta Perek-Białas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6017-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-6016-8Published: 15 February 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5549-3Published: 14 February 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-6017-5Published: 07 February 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 470

  • Number of Illustrations: 84 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Aging, Development and Health, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Quality of Life Research, Social Care

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