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Individual and population ageing, age structure

Measures of the greater or smaller (relative) presence of people of specific age groups (e.g. the young and the old) in a population.

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Older adult loneliness on the rise around the world

March 13, 2023 Lauren Newmyer, Ashton M. Verdery, Haowei Wang and Rachel Margolis
Old age, population eaging

Population aging is contributing to an increase in loneliness around the world. Lauren Newmyer, Ashton M. Verdery, Haowei Wang, and Rachel Margolis explore loneliness among late-middle-aged and older adults and … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

The impact of migration on the working age population at local level

August 20, 2022May 16, 2022 Daniela Ghio, Anne Goujon and Natale Fabrizio
Europe, immigrant, immigration, Old age, population ageing, Work

Ageing occupies the forefront of the social and economic policy debate in the European Union (EU). However, ageing patterns differ considerably across EU territories because of distinctive demographic and spatial … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

An eBook about older people across different welfare regimes

August 20, 2022December 20, 2021 N-IUSSP
ageing, Caregiving, e-book, Health, niussp e-book, Old age, population ageing, Retirement

Bruno Arpino edits the first N-IUSSP e-book, reporting the main results of an international research project that has just come to an end: “Care, retirement & wellbeing of older people … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Swiss, elderly, single, and childless. Happy?

August 20, 2022September 16, 2021 Malgorzata Mikucka
Europe, Old age, population ageing

Around the world, more and more people age without close kin. Contrary to expectations, however, according to Małgorzata Mikucka, this does not reduce their life satisfaction, or at least not … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Towards a better identification of older people at risk of depression

September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 Omar Paccagnella
Health, Old age

Depression is one of the most common mental disorders in later life. Omar Paccagnella suggests a new approach to classify older individuals into distinct subgroups, based on different combinations of … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Growing old in a post-communist society. Who gets lonely in Poland and when?

September 16, 2021July 19, 2021 Malgorzata Mikucka
Old age, Poland

Małgorzata Mikucka sheds new light on the loneliness of elderly people in Poland, focusing on the events and transitions that trigger this feeling. Weak social ties and a legacy of … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

The transition to late adulthood: past adversities increase frailty

July 12, 2021July 5, 2021 Francesca Zanasi, Gustavo De Santis and Elena Pirani
Health, Old age, Work

Health deteriorates with age, and it can be further worsened by adversities experienced during early adulthood and middle age. On SHARE data, Francesca Zanasi, Gustavo De Santis and Elena Pirani measure … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

It all depends on how you do it. Health effects of leaving the labour market

June 15, 2021June 14, 2021 Elena Pirani, Gustavo De Santis and Francesca Zanasi
Europe, Health, Retirement, Work

Relying on data from the longitudinal Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (2004-2015), and adopting a propensity score matching approach, Elena Pirani, Gustavo De Santis and Francesca Zanasi … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

America’s retirement riddle

August 20, 2022May 17, 2021 Joseph Chamie
Americas, population ageing, Work

With U.S. Social Security Trust Funds projected to be insolvent in 2035, America is again facing its retirement riddle. Congress can address the insolvency by making possible adjustments in three … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Health at older ages: childless adults not always worse off than parents

March 14, 2021January 18, 2021 Nekehia T. Quashie, Bruno Arpino, Radoslaw Antczak and Christine A. Mair
Children, Health, Old age

As children are often the main source of support in later life, childless older adults are presumed to have higher risks of poor health compared to parents. Nekehia T. Quashie, … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Grandmotherhood and retirement in Italy

March 14, 2021November 30, 2020 Francesca Zanasi and Inge Sieben
Europe, Gender issues, grandmother, granparents, italy, retiring, woman, Work

The article explores the relationship between becoming a grandmother and retiring in Italy. In contrast to the US and other countries in Europe, the two events do not overlap in … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Does population aging erode democratic support?

March 14, 2021November 23, 2020 Uwe Sunde
ageing, democracy, Mortality, Old age

Individual support for democracy in the population is essential for the stability of democracies. However, not much is known about how demographic change, such as population aging, affects attitudes in … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Socioeconomic differences in life satisfaction and longevity in Spain

May 20, 2021November 16, 2020 Aïda Solé-Auró and Mariona Lozano
Health, Old age, population

Aïda Solé-Auró and Mariona Lozano present data on “satisfied life expectancy” by gender and educational level in Spain. One of their somewhat paradoxical findings is that even though Spaniards are … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

On the (changing) relationship between life expectancy and lifespan inequality

June 7, 2021June 1, 2020 José Manuel Aburto, Ginevra Floridi and Ella Fegitz
Europe, Mortality, Old age

Life expectancy at birth is widely employed to measure longevity. However, as José Manuel Aburto, Ginevra Floridi and Ella Fegitz argue, another complementary dimension of great relevance in health research … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Demographic change and aging without family: a global perspective

August 20, 2022December 9, 2019 Rachel Margolis and Ashton M. Verdery
Old age, population ageing, world

Some older adults do not have spouses or biological children, i.e. the types of family members who are most likely to provide help in case of need. Rachel Margolis and … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Stretched to breaking point? Caregiving grandparents and depression

March 10, 2021July 22, 2019 Bruno Arpino and Madelin Gómez-León
granparents, Health

Bruno Arpino and Madelin Gómez-León examine the effect on depression of combining grandchild care with other care roles among individuals aged 50 to 84 in Europe. Their results show that … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Work stress among older employees in Germany: effects on health and retirement age

June 7, 2021May 6, 2019 Jana Mäcken
Europe, Health, Old age, Work

One way to tackle population ageing and its negative consequences on pension systems is to increase the official retirement age. However, most employees retire earlier than “expected”. Jana Mäcken tests the … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Population aging and fiscal challenges in China

March 10, 2021March 18, 2019 Wang Feng, Ke Shen and Yong Cai
Asia

Rapid economic and demographic changes can pose serious challenges to governments, especially when a modern welfare system must be built, with a radical shift from family-oriented to state-based social protection.The … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Is retirement detrimental to later-life cognition?

March 10, 2021December 3, 2018 Irene Mosca and Robert E. Wright
Europe, Gender issues, Health, Pensions, Women

A growing body of research has suggested that one way to preserve cognition in later-life is to delay retirement and continue to work into the later years. Irene Mosca and … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Contrasting trends in centenarian lifespans in Denmark and Sweden

March 10, 2021November 12, 2018 Anthony Medford
Europe, Mortality, Old age

While the mean ages at death for Danish and Swedish centenarians were relatively constant at around 102 years for the cohorts born between 1870 and 1904, Anthony Medford shows that … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Disability prevalence among Hispanic immigrants in the US

March 10, 2021October 22, 2018 Mara Getz Sheftel and Frank W. Heiland
Americas, Health, Migration

Disability in old age is known to be greater among Hispanic immigrants than US-born populations. However, little is known about immigrant disability at younger ages. Using ACS data, Mara Getz … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Increasing (but insufficient?) optimism about future life expectancy

March 10, 2021October 15, 2018 Nico Keilman
Demography, Mortality, Old age

Official demographic forecasts have always been too timid about future increases in life expectancy, and according to Nico Keilman, continue to be so even today. There are reasons for this … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Ageing without children in Thailand: bad for mental health?

August 20, 2022September 17, 2018 Nekehia T. Quashie and Wiraporn Pothisiri
ageing, Asia, Fertility, immigration, Migration, Old age, population ageing

Declining fertility and increasing migration are contributing to growing shares of older Thais who will age with few children, or none at all, or whose children live far away.Quashie and … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

New data on life expectancy and standard of living in France

March 9, 2021June 4, 2018 Nathalie Blanpain
inequality, Mortality, Old age

Surprising as it may seem, even in developed countries, systematic and large differences in survival exist between rich and poor populations. In France, for instance, Nathalie Blanpain tells us that … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Healthy grandparenthood: how long is it, and how has it changed?

June 10, 2021April 9, 2018 Rachel Margolis and Laura Wright
Americas, Grandparents, Old age

In North America, grandparents live for longer now than in the past, and spend more years in good health, despite being older. However, Rachel Margolis and Laura Wright also find … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Retirement timing and grandparenthood in Sweden

March 8, 2021February 19, 2018 Linda Kridahl
Europe, Old age, Welfare, Work

In most Western European countries, retiring and entering grandparenthood are relatively parallel events for most individuals, with grandparenthood often occurring a few years before retirement (Leopold and Lechner, 2015).Does being … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Dementia risk on the rise as old-age life expectancy increases

March 8, 2021January 15, 2018 Ezra Fishman
Americas, Health, Old age

As America’s population ages, the number of Americans with dementia is increasing. Because people with dementia often need help with activities of daily living, the cost of caring for a … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Increasing residential age segregation in Britain

March 5, 2021April 28, 2017 Albert Sabater, Elspeth Graham and Nissa Finney
Europe, Youth

The age differentiation of neighbourhoods is often viewed as natural, inevitable or unproblematic, with the view of particular places as appropriate for some age groups while others are not. Increases … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

How comparable are self-reported health data on the older population in Europe?

March 5, 2021April 10, 2017 Katherine Keenan, Else Foverskov and Emily Grundy
Europe, Health, Old age, population

Europe has large projected increases in the proportion of older people in the population (United Nations 2013). Therefore, high quality, representative longitudinal data on the older European population are essential … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

International differences in life expectancy gains (and in their cost)

March 4, 2021January 23, 2017 Nick Parr, Jackie Li and Leonie Tickle
Demography, Mortality, Old age

Ongoing increases in life expectancies may slow the growth of living standards in developed countries. One reason for this is that reductions in mortality rates, which these days are generally … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

The 21st century – the century of centenarians

March 4, 2021November 21, 2016 George W Leeson
ageing, Europe, Mortality, Old age

The emergence of large numbers of centenarians has accompanied the ageing of our populations. The number of people aged 100 years and over in England and Wales, for example, increased … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Demographic data are inadequate for many older Africans

March 4, 2021October 17, 2016 Ernestina Coast and Sara Randall
Africa, ageing, Old age, population

Why do we need better data on older people? To accurately understand population change – its scale, speed, determinants and variants – we need accurate data on the age of … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

The shrinking population of Europe, ageing and productivity

August 20, 2022October 10, 2016 Massimo Livi Bacci
Europe, Old age, population, population ageing

Europe’s population is bound to shrink before 2050: according to the latest revision (2015, medium variant) of the UN (2015) projections, it will decline by 4.5% (31 million) between 2015 … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Loneliness among seniors in Europe. Far higher risk in the East

March 4, 2021October 3, 2016 Thomas Hansen and Britt Slagsvold
aging, Demography, Old age, population

Loneliness is widely perceived as a problem of old age, as part of “normal” aging. Research shows, however, that only 5 to 15% of adults aged 60–80 report frequent feelings … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

How old do you feel? It depends on whether you have grandchildren

March 3, 2021February 22, 2016 Valeria Bordone and Bruno Arpino
grandchildren, Old age

The idea of a static measure of age is changing (Christensen et al., 2009; Sanderson & Scherbov, 2013). The concept of ageing is not independent of time and place, and … Read more

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