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The Active Aging Index in a southern European region (Biscay): Main results and potentials for policymaking
1. The Active Aging Index
in a southern European
region (Biscay):
Main results and
potentials for
policymaking
Amaia Bacigalupe
Unai Martín
Yolanda González
Alfonso Unceta
Sergio Murillo
3. 3
Biscay in Europe
BISCAY, in numbers
Population 1.2 million inhabitants
% of population above 65 23.5% (women) and 17.7% (men)
Dependency rate 0.30
Life expectancy 85.1 (women) and 78.2 (men)
GDP Higher than Spain (29.249€)
Unemployment rate 15.8% (women) and 16.1% (men)
Activity rate 49.5% (women) and 63.1% (men)
AAI for Biscay
4. 4
Background
• The Provincial Council of Biscay`s proposal
• As part of the activities of the Observatory for the Elderly of
Biscay – a participatory organization bringing together
social, economic and political agents related to the elderly in
Biscay-.
• Purpose: raise awareness about the relevance of active
ageing, support evidence-based policy making aimed at
improving active ageing, and improve monitoring and
accountability to citizens related to what the provincial
government is doing in this area.
• Collaboration with the Department of Sociology of the
University of the Basque Country.
AAI for Biscay
5. 5
The objective of this presentation is to show
the procedure for the calculation of the
Active Ageing Index (AAI) in Biscay, focusing
on the methodology, results, and challenges
we have faced at the subregional level.
Objective AAI for Biscay
6. 6
• The index is constructed from 22 individual indicators
that are grouped into four distinct domains:
Employment, Participation in Society, Independent,
healthy and secure living, and Capacity and enabling
environment for active ageing.
• The weights for these four domains were 0.35, 0.35,
0.10 and 0.20 respectively.
• We mainly followed the original AAI methodology but,
due to limitations in data availability and comparability
of original and local questions, it was necessary to
develop a combined methodology:
– Using secondary databases
– Using a primary database (ad hoc survey)
Methodology AAI for Biscay
7. 7
1. Calculation of the AAI using secondary databases
First, we assessed our capacity of calculating the index with
secondary databases
Most of the indicators were supplied by the Eustat- Basque
Institute for Statistics for the population above 55 in Biscay.
– Labour Force Survey of the Basque Country
– Social Capital Survey of the Basque Country
– Basque Health Survey
– Demographic Survey of the Basque Country
– Survey of Poverty and Social Inequalities of the Basque Country
– Mortality Statistics of the Basque Country
– Information Society Survey of the Basque Country
Methodology AAI for Biscay
8. 8
Conclusion: Some comparability problems
Direct or indirect comparability was reached in 86% of all
the 22 indicators:
Methodology AAI for Biscay
Domain Comparability issues
Employment 100% directly comparable
Participation in Society 75% were fundamentally comparable.
No data existed to calculate indicator 2.2.
Some questions were differently formulated.
Independent, healthy
and secure living
100% were fundamentally comparable.
In four indicators, questions were slightly
differently formulated in the local surveys.
Capacity and enabling
environment
83% directly or indirectly comparable.
No data existed to calculate indicator 4.3
Some questions were differently formulated.
9. 9
2. Calculation of the AAI index using a primary database:
survey
In order to improve comparability and overcome some
availability limitations, a survey was designed to get new
data
Based on 1.362 CATI interviews (Computer Assisted
Telephone Interview) to the population above 55
Sampling: simple random, with an error of 2.65% and a
95% confidence level
Conducted in November 2014 from the Call Center of the
Regional Government of Biscay (Zugaztel)
4 indicators were not collected (because information of
the rest of the population was also needed)
Methodology AAI for Biscay
10. 3. Calculation of the AAI index based on a combined
methodology
After evaluating the accuracy of all the indicators, we decided
to use a combined methodology
Methodology AAI for Biscay
22 indicators
for final AAI
calculation
12 indicators
using primary
survey
10 indicators
using secondary
data sources
-Employment rates
-Living alone/couple
-Income and poverty
- LE/HLE
10
11. Methodology AAI for Biscay
Table: Source of indicators: orange=> secondary; green=> primary
11
12. Results AAI for Biscay
Figure. AAI results for European countries and Biscay
• Biscay´s value is above the European average, but almost 10 points below the
Swedish score
• It shares position with Germany and Luxemburg
34,0
35,9
44,8
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
35.0
40.0
45.0
12
13. Results AAI for Biscay
Figure . AAI results by domain in Biscay, EU28 and EU27
• Biscay´s values are higher than the European average in Capacity and Participation
(in this domain it almost reaches the highest value of Europe: Ireland)
• The value is lower than the European average in Employment and Independent
living.
23,2 23,7
67,8
63,6
35,9
27,9
18,1
70,6
54,4
34,0
43,4
25,2
79,0
69,2
44,8
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
1. Employment 2. Participation 3. Indep. Life 4. Capacity Overall AAI
Biscay EU28 Highest score
13
14. Biscay EU28 Highest score
1.1. Employment rate for the age group 55-59 58,7 62,2 82,0 Sweden
1.2. Employment rate for the age group 60 a 64 30,4 31,6 64,2 Sweden
1.3. Employment rate for the age group 64 a 69 2,5 11,6 27,0 Estonia
1.4. Employment rate for the age group70 a 74 1,2 6,1 20,4 Romania
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 23,2 27,9 43,4 Sweden
2.1. % of older population aged 55+ providing unpaid voluntary work through the organizations 20,0 14,8 32,7 Austria
2.2. % of older population aged 55+ providing care to their children, grandchildren (at least once a week) 37,4 32,5 53,7 Italy
2.3. % of older population aged 55+ providing care to elderly or disabled relatives (at least once a week) 21,5 12,9 17,1 Finland
2.4. % of older population aged 55+ taking part in the activities of meeting of a trade union, a political party
or political action group
14,7 12,0 26,5 Sweden
TOTAL PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY 23,7 18,1 25,2 Ireland
3.1. % of people aged 55 years and older undertaking physical exercise or sport at least 5 times a week 54,3 15,6 48,9 Finland
3.2. % of people aged 55 years and older who report no unmet need for medical and dental examination or
treatment during the last 12 months
76,7 88,2 97,7 Netherland
3.3. % of people aged 75 years and older who live in a single household alone or in a couple household 54,2 84,2 99,5 Denmark
3.4. The relative median income ratio is defined as the ratio of the median equivalised disposable income of
people aged above 65 to the median equivalised disposable income of those aged below 65
76,8 86,7 110,2 Luxemburg
3.5. % of people aged => 65 who are not at risk of poverty 90,8 93,0 98,6 Czech Rep
3.6. % of people aged => 65 who are not severely materially deprived 94,1 90,0 100,0 Luxemburg
3.7. % of people aged=> 55 who are not worried about becoming a victim of violent crime 83,7 69,3 94,6 Slovenia
3.8. % of people aged 55 to 74 who stated that they received education or training in the four weeks
preceding the survey
16,9 4,5 22,9 Denmark
TOTAL INDEPENDENT AND SECURE LIVING 67,8 70,6 79,0 Denmark
4.1 Remaining life expectancy achievement of 50 years at age 55 60,2 53,8 59,4 France
4.2. % of healthy life years in the remaining life expectancy at age 55 61,9 53,2 76,1 Sweden
4.3. Mental well-being in people =>55 87,9 64,6 87,3 Denmark
4.4. % of people aged 55-74 using the internet at least once a week. 46,4 40,8 78,0 Sweden
4.5. % of people aged 55 or more that meet socially with friends, relatives or colleagues several times a week
or every day.
67,7 49,0 73,6 Portugal
4.6. % of people aged 55-74 with upper secondary or tertiary educational attainment. 33,1 59,7 84,3 Czech Rep
TOTAL CAPACITY FOR ACTIVE AGEING 63,5 54,4 69,2 Sweden
ACTIVE AGEING INDEX 35,9 34,0 44,8 Sweden
14
Results for each indicator and dimension in Biscay, EU28 average and the country with the highest score
Results AAI for Biscay
15. 15
• Employment: Biscay´s values are especially lower in the
population aged 64 and over.
• Participation: indicators about voluntary work and taking
care were clearly higher in Biscay than EU average.
• Independent Living: highest value for physical exercise in
Europe, while population living alone or in couple was
markedly lower.
• Capacity: high scores for life expectancy and healthy life
expectancy at age 55, and also for mental health and
frequency of meetings with other people. Population with
upper secondary/tertiary education was clearly lower in
Biscay
Results AAI for Biscay
Specifically:
16. 16
• The relative better position of Biscay comparing to the rest of the
countries was evident in the Participation domain
– The Basque Country is positioned among the regions with highest activity in
active membership in Europe1,2
• Fewer people living alone or in couple could be due to the strong
familistic ideology and a family-centred welfare system in southern
Europe
• Lower employment rates in those above 65 could be due to the
productive structure of Biscay (high % of manual workers who took
advantage of early retirement policies in the 90s until nowadays).
• Later universalization of education in Spain and also in Biscay explains a
lower proportion of older people with secondary/tertiary education.
Conclusions AAI for Biscay
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Main findings and conclusions
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1. Even if a regional Institute of Statistics supplies data for the Basque
Country (EUSTAT), no secondary statistical data is available for this
local area -a province of a region inside a country-, with sufficient
sample size and level of comparability.
2. On the contrary, most of the competencies regarding ageing
(including active ageing) are located at province level, which
generates an important mismatch between the lack of reliable and
high quality data and the place where policies are implemented.
3. In highly decentralized countries such as Spain, the European
Commission- Eurostat should encourage existing regional institutes
of statistics to offer comparable data, as with national institutes,
where European surveys are directly applied. These data should
also be representative for smaller areas within the regions (cities).
Moving forward… AAI for Biscay
Methodological and political challenges
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What do we propose to advance in a better calculation of the index in
Biscay?
1. To further validate the results we got based on the survey, comparing them
with other data sources and to explore the reasons explaining some of the
differences among indicators
2. To calculate again the index in 2016, using the same survey design
3. To incorporate the perspective of social inequality, analyzing more specific
subgroups defined by gender, socioeconomic position or living in smaller
areas within the province
Moving forward… AAI for Biscay
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primary
Secondary University Until
primary
Secondary University
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Life expectancy at age 20. Basque Country, 2004-2008
Unhealthy life years
Healthy life years
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What do we propose to advance in a better calculation of the AAI in
Biscay?
- To explore which are the areas where the provincial government
should go in depth to improve the results of the index, incorporating
citizens´ opinions about the most important dimensions in the AAI.
- Selection of an indicator /area of interest where we are performing
worse than the average to design local interventions to improve it,
and also identify some area of good practice in Biscay to promote it
in the province.
Moving forward… AAI for Biscay
Regional level as an opportunity more than a
problematic level for the extension of the AAI