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Global AgeWatch index 2015
— insight report | | Author(s) | Jane Scobie |
| Corporate Author | HelpAge International |
| Publisher | HelpAge International, [London], 2015 |
| Pages | 28 pp |
| Source | HelpAge International, PO Box 70156, London WC1A 9GB. Download: http://reports.helpage.org/global-agewatch-index-2... |
| Keywords | Economic status [elderly] ; Well being ; Demography ; Comparison ; International. |
| Annotation | The Global AgeWatch Index ranks countries according to the social and economic well-being of older people, by measuring four key domains: income security, health status, capability, and the enabling environment. It compares and ranks 96 countries (out of 194 countries, covering 91% of the world's population), highlighting good practice and areas for improvement, as well as the many and large gaps in the data. It finds that inequality is increasing, and that austerity measures are hitting older people, women being particularly affected. Switzerland is at the top of this index: nearly 24% of its population is over 60, and the country has a range of policies and programmes on active ageing, promoting capability, health and the enabling environment for older people. At the other end of the scale, Afghanistan has only 4% of its population aged 60 and over, but with few local or national policies to promote older people's well-being. The website www.globalagewatch.org provides data sources, the full methodology report and more detailed country analysis. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150915002 E |
| Classmark | F:W: D:F:5HH: S8: 48: 72 |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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