Gender Differences in Active Ageing: Findings from a New Individual-Level Index for European Countries

David Steinmayr, Doris Weichselbaumer and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
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David Steinmayr: Johannes Kepler University of Linz

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2020, vol. 151, issue 2, No 15, 721 pages

Abstract: Abstract We use data from wave 6 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to construct an individual-level index of active ageing for people aged between 50 and 90 years. We develop nine sub-indices for different dimensions, which are then aggregated to the final index. This individual-level index allows to analyze inequalities between age cohorts, dimensions, countries, and other individual-characteristics that are covered by SHARE. We focus on differences between the sexes. Overall women score lower than men with 54.9 index-points compared to 57.7 for men. We present gender differences in active ageing for some sub-populations as a showcase for this new individual-level index.

Keywords: Active ageing index; Individual index; SHARE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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