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| Factors associated with active aging in Finland, Poland, and Spain | | Author(s) | Jaime Perales, Steven Martin, Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 26, no 8, August 2014 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, August 2014 |
| Pages | pp 1363-1375 |
| Source | www.journals.cambridge.org |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Activities of older people ; Quality of life ; Well being ; Finland ; Poland ; Spain ; Cross national surveys. |
| Annotation | Continuous population ageing has raised international policy interest in promoting active ageing (AA). AA theoretical models have been defined from a biomedical or a psychosocial perspective. These models may be expanded including components suggested by lay individuals. This paper aims to study the correlates of AA in three European countries, namely, Spain, Poland, and Finland using four different definitions of AA. The EU COURAGE in Europe project was a cross-sectional general adult population survey conducted in a representative sample of the non-institutionalised population of Finland, Poland and Spain. Participants (10,800) lived in the community. This analysis focuses on individuals aged 50 years old and over (7,987). Four definitions (two biomedical, one psychosocial, and a complete definition including biomedical psychosocial, and external variables) of AA were analysed. Differences in AA were found for country, age, education and occupation. Finland scored consistently the highest in AA followed by Spain and Poland. Younger age was associated with higher AA. Higher education and occupation was associated with AA. Being married or cohabiting was associated with better AA compared to being widowed or separated in most definitions. Gender and urbanicity were not associated with AA, with few exceptions. Men scored higher in AA only in Spain, whereas there was no gender association in the other two countries. Being widowed was only associated with lower AA in Poland and not being married was associated with lower AA in Poland and Finland but not Spain. Associations with education, marital status and occupation suggest that these factors are the most important components of AA. These association patterns, however, seem to vary across the three countries. Actions to promote AA in these countries may be addressed at reducing inequalities in occupation and education or directly tackling the components of AA lacking in each country. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150619240 A |
| Classmark | BG: G: F:59: D:F:5HH: 76L: 7AE: 76S: 3K |
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