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Active Aging and Wellbeing in a Cross-national Perspective
Maria Letizia Tanturri, Annalisa Donno, Omar Paccagnella

##manager.scheduler.building##: Velodromo - Bocconi University
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Date: 2019-01-25 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Last modified: 2018-12-26

Abstract


As societies age, the well-being of the elderly increasingly becomes a priority and active aging a new challenge. Many studies focuses on individual determinants of wellbeing, while macro-studies usually emphasise a single macro dimension of active aging. A research linking the contextual level of Active Aging  and a measure of individual wellbeing is necessary. In this paper we carried out a multilevel analysis on a subsample of  59,267 (50 and over) individuals from the SHARE survey (2015) living in 16 European countries. Individual wellbeing is measured by the composite indicator of CASP (Control, Autonomy, Self-Realization, Pleasure).  As a country-level variable we rely on the UNECE Active Aging Indexes. Controlling for a large number of individual characteristics (Demographics, SES, Physical and mental status, Cognitive abilities,  Social networks), our analysis shows that living in a context fostering active aging is positively correlated with high level of individual wellbeing other things being equal.


Keywords


Active aging, Older People’s Wellbeing, SHARE survey, Europe, Multilevel Models.