Transcript United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division Statistics Related to Population Ageing In-depth review Conference of European Statisticians 60th plenary session Paris, 6-8 June 2012

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Statistical Division
Statistics Related to
Population Ageing
In-depth review
Conference of European Statisticians
60th plenary session
Paris, 6-8 June 2012
International activities
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United Nations Population Division: population estimates and projections
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WHO: mortality, morbidity, health care
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OECD: pensions, labour market
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Eurostat: population projections, active ageing report
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European Commission: demography reports, age-related expenditure
projections
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European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna (ECV):
monitoring indicators
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Joint project by UNECE, European Commission and ECV: Active Ageing
Index
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CIS-Stat: plans for a study, database, pocketbook, reviews
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Surveys: GGS, SHARE, EU-SILC, …
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Slide 2
Age
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A great deal of social statistics are not
tabulated by age
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Age-groups and age cut-off points vary
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Need to consider prospective age: the
expected years ahead matter a lot
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Slide 3
Dispersion
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Across departments in statistical offices
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Across national agencies
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Across international organizations
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Across publications
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Across databases (internet access points)
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Data gaps
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E.g. population, life expectancy, labour force
participation by age: universal availability
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E.g. unemployment at age 55-64, average
effective labour market exit age, poverty,
household structure: weak availability among
non-OECD countries
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E.g. for many monitoring indicators for the
UNECE Strategy: weak availability in EU and
OECD countries as well
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Subjective measures.
Longitudinal data
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Subjective perceptions to complete picture of
the situation of older persons and on
transitions such as retirement
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Longitudinal data to grasp the dynamic
character of the ageing process:
•
change over time
• reactions to changes in the institutional
environment and to specific policies
• linkages between different domains
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Way forward
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Task force of statisticians and policymakers
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Dashboard of indicators
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Consolidating ageing-related statistics
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Slide 7
For discussion
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Establishment of a joint task force of statisticians
and policymakers
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Measurement of age: streamlining of
conventional measures and introducing
prospective ones
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Good practices in consolidating ageing-related
statistics
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Data collection initiatives related to ageing
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Issues in addition to those mentioned in the
paper
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Slide 8