<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The active ageing policy supports several types of activities, including labour force participation, caregiving, social participation, and physical activity. The paper illustrates the prevalence of supported activities across individual characteristics and four supra-national European regions to assess how these activities are available for specific groups of older people. The analysis draws on wave 6 from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe held in 2015. A set of figures describes the availability of activities sorted by gender, age, health status, and the level of education in 17 European countries divided into four regions, and thus, presents the unavailable descriptive data important for researchers and policymakers. The results most of all show that the majority of the 50+ population engages in vigorous physical activity, whilst labour force participation and caregiving concern about one-third of it, and other activities much less. The findings show the inadequacy of the active ageing as a uniform context-insensitive EU policy and detect its potential for raising inequalities in later life, whilst the theoretical implications are discussed.</p></abstract>

The active ageing policy supports several types of activities, including labour force participation, caregiving, social participation, and physical activity. The paper illustrates the prevalence of supported activities across individual characteristics and four supra-national European regions to assess how these activities are available for specific groups of older people. The analysis draws on wave 6 from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe held in 2015. A set of figures describes the availability of activities sorted by gender, age, health status, and the level of education in 17 European countries divided into four regions, and thus, presents the unavailable descriptive data important for researchers and policymakers. The results most of all show that the majority of the 50+ population engages in vigorous physical activity, whilst labour force participation and caregiving concern about one-third of it, and other activities much less. The findings show the inadequacy of the active ageing as a uniform context-insensitive EU policy and detect its potential for raising inequalities in later life, whilst the theoretical implications are discussed.

Prevalence of activities in later life across European regions

Department of Sociology/Department of Social Policy and Social Work

Central European Journal of Public Policy

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The active ageing policy supports several types of activities, including labour force participation, caregiving, social participation, and physical activity....

Prevalence of activities in later life across European regions

Published Online: Oct 02, 2020

Page range: 14 - 27

Received: Sep 02, 2019

Accepted: May 10, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cejpp-2020-0006

Keywords
Active ageing policy, older age, inequalities, European regions, SHARE, descriptive data

© 2020 Martin Lakomý, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Prevalence of activities in later life across European regions

Published Online: Oct 02, 2020

Page range: 14 - 27

Received: Sep 02, 2019

Accepted: May 10, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cejpp-2020-0006

KeywordsActive ageing policy, older age, inequalities, European regions, SHARE, descriptive data

© 2020 Martin Lakomý, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Active ageing policy, older age, inequalities, European regions, SHARE, descriptive data