Perception of population ageing and age discrimination across EU countries

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F19%3A10407495" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/19:10407495 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=5JvcbdvXLs" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=5JvcbdvXLs</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/popecon.3.e49760" target="_blank" >10.3897/popecon.3.e49760</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Perception of population ageing and age discrimination across EU countries

Original language description

Population ageing is the most dominant demographic challenge that the European Union is experiencing in the 21st century. This may create negative attitudes and lead to discrimination against persons of advanced age. Age-related stereotypes and prejudice can result in age discrimination, termed ageism. This research concerns the question of perceived ageism towards older people in 25 EU countries, surveyed in 2015 using the Special Eurobarometer 437. The analytical section includes descriptive findings and the results of three multi-level regression models addressing three domains (explained variables) of perceived ageism: 1) discrimination in general, 2) discrimination during economic crisis, and 3) discrimination when electing an older person as a high official. The two-level regression allowed simultaneous modelling of individual-level (gender, age, partnership status, social class, and life satisfaction) and of country-level (life expectancy at 55, perceived start of old age, and HDI) effects. The personal characteristics impacted much stronger perceived ageism than country contexts. Ageist perception in general has mostly been noted at pre-retirement age, but the age profile has not been the same across three regression models. The East-West gradient, frequently reported, is questioned because the geographical picture of perceived ageism is rather puzzling.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50402 - Demography

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA18-12166S" target="_blank" >GA18-12166S: Spatial differentiation and visualisation of geodemographic processes with a focus on households in an ageing society in the Czech Republic</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Population and Economics

ISSN

2658-3798

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

3

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

RU - RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Number of pages

29

Pages from-to

1-29

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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