27–28 September 2018

Active Ageing Index: subnational study on elderly wellbeing

in Russia Elena Frolova, Dr. Sc. Associate Professor

Veronika Malanina, PhD, Associate Professor

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Overview

Source and Sample

Rating

Gender Gap

AAI, Loneliness, Happiness and Life Satisfaction

Methodological Challenges

Conclusion

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Source & Sample

Sources:

1. CMLC 2016 - Comprehensive monitoring of living conditions 2016 (GKS-KOUZH-2016).

2. FSSS – Federal State Statistic Service database

3. ESS 8 - Round 8 of European Social Survey

Data

source

Central

FO

North-

Western FO Volga FO

South

FO

North

Caucasian

FO Ural FO

Siberian

FO

Far East

FO Russia

Sample size

(persons 55+ / %)

CMLC

2016

12099

26.5

4279

9.4

9797

21.5

4876

10.7

2502

5.5

3484

7.6

6231

13.6

2370

5.2

45638

100

Men (%) 37.0 35.8 37.1 38.2 41.2 36.7 38.0 37.8 37.73

Women (%) 63.0 64.2 62.9 61.8 58.8 63.3 62.0 62.2 62.28

Median age (years) 66.8 66.31 66.46 66.91 65.8 66.28 66.04 65.72 66.29

Sample size

(persons 55+ / %) ESS

2016

253

28.9

59

6.7

178

20.4

88

10.2

42

4.8

86

9.9

131

15.0

36

4.1

873

100

Men (%) 33.2 30.5 32.0 37.5 28.5 23.3 29.0 33.3 31.4

Women (%) 66.8 69.5 68.0 62.5 71.5 76.7 71.0 66.7 68.6

People, aged 55+

(women) and 60+ (men)

in total population (%)

FSSS

2017 27.2 26.2 25.7 26.2 17.5 23.1 23.4 22 25

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Rating Total

Central

FO

North-

Western

FO

Volga

FO

South

FO

North

Caucasian

FO Ural FO

Siberian

FO

Far East

FO Russia

Employment (TOTAL) 28,54 31,69 22,05 24,66 21,34 23,13 22,74 30,93 25,64

Participation in society

(TOTAL) 11,20 14,97 13,56 12,18 12,0 14,01 13,84 11,95 12,80

Independent and

secure living (TOTAL) 34,90 36,25 36,37 37,65 35,33 38,16 37,47 38,70 36,86

Capacity and enabling

environment for active

ageing (TOTAL) 60,66 61,34 58,88 61,66 64,96 63,35 57,26 59,33 60,29

Overall AAI 29,53 32,22 27,87 28,99 28,19 29,48 28,00 30,74 29,20

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Rating 1. Employment

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Rating 1. Employment

EU28 mean = 31,1

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Rating 2. Participation in society

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Rating 2. Participation in society

EU28 mean = 18,4

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Rating 3. Independent and secure living

10

Rating 3. Independent and secure living

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Rating 4. Capacity and enabling environment

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Rating 4. Capacity and enabling environment

EU28=56,9

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Gender Gap

Men

Wo

men

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AAI, Loneliness, Happiness, Life Satisfaction

1. Loneliness. ESS-8 (question “How many people, if any, are there with whom

you can discuss intimate and personal matters?”, answer “None”, percentage).

CMLS-2016 (“As for your interpersonal connectedness, please tell me if you

have a person with whom you can discuss intimate matters?”, answer “No”,

percentage)

2. Life satisfaction. ESS-8 (Question “All things considered, how satisfied are you

with your life as a whole nowadays? Please answer using this card, where 0

means extremely dissatisfied and 10 means extremely satisfied”.

3. Happiness. ESS-8 (“Taking all things together, how happy would you say you

are?”, mean happiness score).

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AAI and Loneliness

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AAI and Happiness

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AAI Russia 2012-2016

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Methodological Challenges

1. Lack of data

2. Aggregated data and short term

3. Proxy indicators

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Conclusion

1. Small variety in AAI across FOs.

2. Active ageing interventions to improve life satisfaction and

happiness and to combat loneliness.

3. More full coverage of indicators, including gender

breakdown.

4. Future research.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!