Active Ageing Index as a Tool for Country Assessment and Comparison : The Case of the Czech Republic and Slovakia
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F22%3A00120029" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/22:00120029 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sav.sk/?lang=sk&doc=journal-list&part=article_response_page&journal_article_no=28046" target="_blank" >https://www.sav.sk/?lang=sk&doc=journal-list&part=article_response_page&journal_article_no=28046</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.31577/sociologia.2022.54.2.7" target="_blank" >10.31577/sociologia.2022.54.2.7</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Active Ageing Index as a Tool for Country Assessment and Comparison : The Case of the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Original language description
The Active Ageing Index was developed as a tool to monitor the potential for active and healthy ageing among European countries and to identify strengths and weaknesses in the country. It is used for policy setting in the ageing agenda. However broadly used, some methodological issues remain, and caution is necessary with its interpretation. Comparison of two countries is used for discussion of these issues. The Czech Republic and Slovakia shared a long history, joined in one state as Czechoslovakia. The current generations of older adults have spent most of their lives in that shared country. Yet, the now separate countries differ substantially in their positions in the Active Ageing Index, with Slovakia ranking much lower than the Czech Republic. In this article, the causes of the differences between the two countries are researched using a thorough comparison of survey indicator rankings, and explained with statistical data and the European Values Study survey 2017. Particular attention is paid to the indicators with the lowest and highest rankings. The results show surprisingly minor differences in most indicators. The most significant difference lay in older adults' employment and health situation, with Slovakia ranking lower. Together, these indicators are very powerful in the overall ranking of the Active Ageing Index.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50401 - Sociology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/TJ03000002" target="_blank" >TJ03000002: A life course perspective on the GENdered PATHways of exclusion from social relations in later life, and its consequences for health and wellbeing.</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Sociológia
ISSN
0049-1225
e-ISSN
1336-8613
Volume of the periodical
54
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
SK - SLOVAKIA
Number of pages
18
Pages from-to
168-185
UT code for WoS article
000879366200003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85129352733