This work was supported by the Czech Scientific Agency under Grant number P404/13-34958F. Abstract
The goal of Active Ageing Index (AAI) is to improve the quality of life (QoL) of older adults; therefore, this chapter analyses the relation between activity and QoL, specifically on testing the connection between the AAI, its indicators and subjective well-being, both at a general level and at the level of individual EU countries. The results of correlation coefficients and PCA showed a significant correlation but also some problematic indicators. Employment has been identified as the exception among other dimensions having a significant position in the index, but the results cast doubts on its relationship with QoL. Putting significance on employment leads to overestimation of the position of countries which despite considerable employment rate are behind other countries in other indicators and leading to a number of unintended consequences.
This work was supported by the Czech Scientific Agency under Grant number P404/13-34958 F.
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The file ‘AAI_2012_Results_5th_December_EU28only’ is available at: http://www1.unece.org/stat/platform/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=76287845
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The resulting PCA has the following parametres: the value of Kayser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adeqacy = 0.892. The significance of Bartlett’s test of Sphericity 0.000. Quadrimax rotation with Kaiser Normalization.
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Petrová Kafková, M. (2018). The Active Ageing Index (AAI) and its Relation to the Quality of Life of Older Adults. 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_4
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