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Active Ageing Index (AAI) in India: Is the Approach Used in European Countries Applicable to Developing Countries?

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One of the questions the chapter asked is whether the AAI (Active Ageing Index), a widely popular policy tool in Europe, can be applied in India. We conclude that the AAI will help to understand the contribution of older adults in India, by including social and economic components. We believe that one of the strengths is the critical evaluation of employment and social engagement domains. In India, employment in later life could not always be interpreted as an active engagement, due to lack of formal support and prevailing ageism in the labour market. Despite poor scoring in the employment domain, India has similar scores to the EU due to higher social participation rate. We recommend that in-depth analysis has to be carried out to draw policy conclusions based on AAI in developing countries.

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  1. The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

    Aravinda Meera Guntupalli

  2. International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India

    Suchandrima Chakraborty

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  1. University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

    Asghar Zaidi

  2. University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Sarah Harper

  3. University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Kenneth Howse

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

    Giovanni Lamura

  5. Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Kraków, Poland

    Jolanta Perek-Białas

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Guntupalli, A.M., Chakraborty, S. (2018). Active Ageing Index (AAI) in India: Is the Approach Used in European Countries Applicable to Developing Countries?. In: Zaidi, A., Harper, S., Howse, K., Lamura, G., Perek-Białas, J. (eds) Building Evidence for Active Ageing Policies. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6017-5_20

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