The expected, perceived, and valued social roles of older
people: a secondary analysis of European surveys

p 2015

The expected, perceived, and valued social roles of older people: a secondary analysis of European surveys

VIDOVIĆOVÁ, Lucie

Basic information

Original name

The expected, perceived, and valued social roles of older people: a secondary analysis of European surveys

Authors

VIDOVIĆOVÁ, Lucie (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Building an evidence base for active ageing policies: Active Ageing Index and its potential, Brusel, April 16-17, 2015, 2015

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Vyžádané přednášky

Field of Study

50401 Sociology

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

Conference web Presentation

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/15:00081525

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords in English

Active Ageing Index; social roles; role overload; values

Abstract

V originále

This presentation uses the Active Ageing Index as an “operationalisation” of the dominant policy paradigm – active ageing – and compares it with selected results of an analysis of the Eurobarometer Active Ageing survey (2012) and the European Value Study (2008) as sources of information on the perceived roles and contributions of older people in today’s Europe, and on older peoples´ own preferences and prevalent role sets. This comparison provides an answer to the question of whether expected, evaluated, perceived, and valued roles are by consent. The active ageing concept highlights economically and socially productive roles such as worker, volunteer, and care provider, the first two of which are also given the highest weight in the Active Ageing Index measure. However, the surveys show that older people are socially recognised primarily for their contributions as grandparents and providers of support for families. If the preferences of older people themselves are considered, the roles of grandparent, partner, friend, and parent are attributed the highest value. The representative survey “Life roles (2014)” among the Czech young-old has shown that friend, parent, sibling, and partner are the most prevalent roles within their complex role sets. Thus, the overlap between these different points of view is limited. AAI rankings are strongly and positively correlated with the perceived contributions of older people in the volunteer and worker roles, but negatively associated with their level of contribution in the grandparenting role. This discussion calls for strengthening the weight of the social and family roles within the AAI.

Links

GA13-34958S, research and development project

Name: Přetížená role: prarodiče v době aktivního stárnutí

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

VIDOVIĆOVÁ, Lucie. The expected, perceived, and valued social roles of older people: a secondary analysis of European surveys. In Building an evidence base for active ageing policies: Active Ageing Index and its potential, Brusel, April 16-17, 2015. 2015.

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VIDOVI$\backslash$'COVÁ, Lucie. The expected, perceived, and valued social roles of older people: a secondary analysis of European surveys. In \textit{Building an evidence base for active ageing policies: Active Ageing Index and its potential, Brusel, April 16-17, 2015}. 2015.

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