PETROVÁ KAFKOVÁ, Marcela. The Active Ageing Index (AAI) and Its Relation to the Quality of Life of Older Adults. In Zaidi, Asghar. Building Evidence for Active Ageing Policies : Active Ageing Index and its Potential. Singapore: Palgrave MacMillan, 2018, p. 55-74. ISBN 978-981-10-6016-8. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6017-5_4.
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Original name The Active Ageing Index (AAI) and Its Relation to the Quality of Life of Older Adults
Authors PETROVÁ KAFKOVÁ, Marcela (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Singapore, Building Evidence for Active Ageing Policies : Active Ageing Index and its Potential, p. 55-74, 20 pp. 2018.
Publisher Palgrave MacMillan
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Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study 50401 Sociology
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14230/18:00100710
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
ISBN 978-981-10-6016-8
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6017-5_4
Keywords in English active ageing index (AAI); quality of life; older people; employement
Tags rivok, topvydavatel
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
The AAI is a powerful tool for assessing the potential of ageing societies in European countries and enabling to assess the position of their older adults. It co-creates the current form of ageing and the concept of active ageing. The goal of active ageing is to improve older adults´ quality of life, therefore this chapter analyses the relation between activity and quality of life. The analytical part focuses on testing the connection between the AAI, its indicators and subjective well-being, both at a general level and at the level of individual European countries. The results of correlation coefficients and principal component analysis (PCA) showed a significant correlation but also some problematic indicators in contribution to the quality of life. Particularly employment has been identified as the exception among other dimensions having a significant position in the index, but the results cast doubts on its relationship with quality of life. Putting significance on employment leads to overestimation of the position of countries which despite considerable employment rate of older adults are behind other countries in other indicators. An ill-considered interpretation of the AAI could contribute to a reduced concept of active ageing leading to a number of unintended consequences.
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GA13-34958S, research and development projectName: Přetížená role: prarodiče v době aktivního stárnutí
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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