Building evidence for active ageing policies : active ageing index and its potential / edited by Asghar Zaidi, Sarah Harper, Kenneth Howse, Giovanni Lamura, Jolanta Perek-Bialas.

Includes bibliographical references and index

1.Towards an evidence-based active ageing strategy. Asghar Zaidi, Sarah Harpre, Kenneth Howse Part I.Building evidence for active ageing policies active ageing index and its potential 2.Are societies with a high value on the active ageing index more integrated? Pearl A. Dykstra and Maria Fleischmann 3.The expected, evaluated, perceived, valued and prevalent social roles of older people: are they by consent? Lucie Vidovičová 4.The Active Ageing Index (AAI) and its relation to the quality of life of older adults. Marcela Petrová Krafková 5.Complementing AAI at the Meso Levels: the Silver Work Index. Anne Marit Wöhrmann, Jürgen Deller, and Leena Pundt Part II.Subnational adaptations of the AAI 6.The Active Ageing Index in a Southern European Region. Amaia Bacigalupe, Yolanda González-Rábago, Unai Martín, Sergio Murillo, and Alfonso Unceta 7.Evaluating socio-economic impact of age-friendly environments. Miria Ferri Sanz, Jorge Garcés Ferrer, Willeke van Staaduinen, Rodd Bond, and Menno Hinkema 8.The Active Ageing Index: a tool to develop the strategy of active ageing in the Basque Country (Spain). Elena del Barrio, Agnela Rodriguez-Laso, Olga Mayoral, Mayte Sancho, and Lide Amilibia 9.Greying Italy across time, space, and gender. Luciana Quattrociocchi, Daria Squillante, and Mauro Tibaldi Part III.Comparative analysis of active ageing 10.Differences in Active Ageing Index in Easter European Countries: a comparison of Poland and the Czech Republic. Kasia Karpinska 11.Ageing in a multicultural Europe: perspectives and challenges. Eralaba Cela and Mariateresa Ciommi 12.Estimating weights for the Active Ageing Index (AAI) from state preferences: proposal for a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE)Christian Ernst Heinrich Boehler, Timea Mariann Helter, Ibrahim-Kholilul Rohman, and Fabienne Abadie Part IV.Methodological improvements in measuring active ageing 13.A cross-country and cohort analysis of active ageing differences among the elderly in Europe. Javier Olivera 14.Active ageing typologies: a latent class analysis of the older Europeans. Bruno Arpino and Valeria Bordone 15.How relevant is active ageing? Evidence from Portugal.Sara Valente de Almeida and Pedro Pita Barros 16.Study on active ageing at individual level based on Acitve Ageing Index. Coro Piñero Vázquez, Jesús Marcial Méndez Magán, Sara Marsillas Rascado, Antonio Rial Boubeta, Teresa Braña Tobío, and Jesús Varela Mallou Part V.Use of Active Ageing Index in non-EU countries 17.Comparative study of active ageing in China and the EU countries. Qian Xiong and Arkadiusz Wiśniowski 18.Quality of life of the elderly and applicability of the Active Ageing Index to Latin American countries. Javiera Fanta 19.Active ageing index index to non-EU countries: A Russian study. Galina A. Barysheva, Elena A. Frovola, Veronica A. Malanina, and Ekaterina A. Taran 20.Active Ageing Index (AAI) in India: Is the approach used in European countries applicable to developing countries? Aravinda Meera Guntupalli and Suchandrima Chakraborty