Capturing gendered aspects of active aging in China: insights drawn from the Active Aging Index in comparison with EU countries
Capturing gendered aspects of active aging in China: insights drawn from the Active Aging Index in comparison with EU countries
This paper extends the Active Aging Index (AAI) to China to measure active aging among men and women over the age of 55. The strength of the AAI approach lies in its selection of a dashboard of multidimensional indicators of active aging, which are then aggregated into composite measures. The analysis used here considers the differences between men and women on 22 AAI indicators and their aggregations. China scores high on the first domain of the AAI (employment), is comparable with the EU countries on the second (participation in society), and scores lower on the third and fourth domains (independent and health living, and capacity and enabling environment). China has one of the largest gender gaps in active aging, especially in employment, but also in the domain of “Independent Living.” The comparison with EU countries points to a number of policy priorities and learnings, including the removal of disincentives to women working longer, namely differential mandatory and occupational retirement ages, and the introduction of measures to make workplaces more age and gender friendly.
Active Aging Index, China, EU countries, active aging, gender disparity, population aging
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Um, Jinpil
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Um, Jinpil
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Um, Jinpil, Zaidi, Asghar, Parry, Jane and Xiong, Qian
(2021)
Capturing gendered aspects of active aging in China: insights drawn from the Active Aging Index in comparison with EU countries.
Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 15 (1), .
(doi:10.1111/aswp.12218).
Abstract
This paper extends the Active Aging Index (AAI) to China to measure active aging among men and women over the age of 55. The strength of the AAI approach lies in its selection of a dashboard of multidimensional indicators of active aging, which are then aggregated into composite measures. The analysis used here considers the differences between men and women on 22 AAI indicators and their aggregations. China scores high on the first domain of the AAI (employment), is comparable with the EU countries on the second (participation in society), and scores lower on the third and fourth domains (independent and health living, and capacity and enabling environment). China has one of the largest gender gaps in active aging, especially in employment, but also in the domain of “Independent Living.” The comparison with EU countries points to a number of policy priorities and learnings, including the removal of disincentives to women working longer, namely differential mandatory and occupational retirement ages, and the introduction of measures to make workplaces more age and gender friendly.
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Accepted/In Press date: 28 November 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 20 December 2020
Published date: February 2021
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This work was supported by the EU‐China Social Protection Reform Project, during 2018. Ethical review is not required for this research as we only used the secondary datasets.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the EU-China Social Protection Reform Project, during 2018. Ethical review is not required for this research as we only used the secondary datasets.
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© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd
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Active Aging Index, China, EU countries, active aging, gender disparity, population aging
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