AAIActive Ageing Index-III:

Implementation of the project

Olga Kharitonova, UNECE24 November 2017

Active Ageing Index

AAI Project

October 2013 to April 2016

First Phase Second Phase

• managed jointly by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the European Commission’s DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL)

• main developer of AAI in 2012 — the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research in Vienna (ECV)

• research consultant: Professor Asghar Zaidi + University of Southampton, United Kingdom

• advised by the Expert Group on the Active Ageing Index

May 2016 to April 2019

Third Phase

January 2012 to February 2013

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Since the 9th WGA meeting:• Two studies on AAI results for different population groups:

Germany and Poland• Ongoing research activities: calculation and analysis of

latest AAI results (research consultant — University of Southampton)

• National seminar in Ancona (11 May 2017)• Side-event at the Ministerial Conference on Ageing in

Lisbon (21 September 2017)• Preparations for the Second international seminar on AAI

began in June 2017

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AAI for different population groups

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Goal

ContractorsTechnical University of Dortmund and the Warsaw School of Economics for Germany and Poland respectively

Time frame of researchDecember 2016 to August 2017 (Germany) and October 2017 (Poland)

Identify if there are inequalities in experiencing active ageing among different groups of older population

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Criteria for group division

Data points2008 – 2010 – 2012 – 2014 (Germany) 2007 – 2009 – 2011 – 2013 – 2015 (Poland)

• Level of education• Income• Combination of education and income as measure of the

social-economic status• Area of residence (urban or rural area)

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Main conclusions• Strongest inequalities are observed among different socio-

economic status groups• Differences between older population living in urban areas

and rural areas are less pronounced• Inequalities persist through time, and tend to grow,

(especially in the case of Poland)

Reports on both studies are available from https://statswiki.unece.org/display/AAI/Active+Ageing+Index+HomeTab Documents and publications

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AAI-III:Future activities

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Research

Outreach and communication• National seminars: Poland (2018), +1 country (2018-2019)• International seminar, 28-29 September 2018 in Bilbao, and

back-to-back Expert group meeting• Developing web-platform / visualisation tool for AAI, AAI-wiki

maintenance, flyer and other printed material distribution

• Analysis of AAI results at national level for different population groups in Italy

• Pilot studies and AAI for additional countries• Developing guidelines for AAI calculation using alternative data

sources and variables• 2018 AAI, analytical report (2018) with trend analysis, etc.

Second International seminar on AAI

Co-funded by the

27–28 September 2018, Bizkaia Aretoa, Bilbao, Spain

Thank you