The Comparative Macro-Level Ageism Index: An International Comparison

Kim, Ju Hyun; Song, Ahyoung; Chung, Soondool; Kwak, Kwi Byung; Lee, Yeonjin

doi:10.1080/08959420.2020.1750540

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“…A study in the Korean elderly revealed that there is the cultural characterization explanation of ageism and related coping processes among Korean elderly (71). However, a study conducting an international comparison found that the overall ageism score was lowest in Japan where favorable conditions for economic status, health status, and social participation are provided for older adults (72). From this, professional interventions and organizational interventions also be considered through teaching modern culture and beliefs in the community college to cultivate positive attitude toward aging for the elderly.…”

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Association Between Self-Perceived Stigma and Quality of Life Among Urban Chinese Older Adults: The Moderating Role of Attitude Toward Own Aging and Traditionality

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Zhang

Yan

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Front. Public Health

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BackgroundAgeism is a global challenge, which leads to a range of adverse outcomes for elderly people worldwide, which maybe more severe among urban older adults in a competitive society. However, how self-perceived ageism influences the quality of life in a sample of urban older adults remains inconclusive.ObjectivesThe current study aims to assess the status of self-perceived stigma among urban Chinese older adults, identify its relationship with quality of life, and further explore whether both attitude toward own aging and traditionality moderate this relationship.Materials and MethodsPrimary data were collected through cross-sectional surveys among urban older adults in three provinces of China from October 2019 to December 2020. A total of 764 urban older adults were valid participants (effective response rate = 81.28%) and completed questionnaires via anonymous face-to-face interviews. Socio-demographic factors, self-perceived stigma, attitude toward own aging, traditionality, and quality of life were assessed using questionnaires that included the Self-perceived Stigma, Attitude Toward Own Aging, Traditionality, and SF-8 Scales.ResultsFor urban Chinese older adults, the average score of self-perceived stigma was 2.041 ± 0.726. Self-perceived stigma (β = −0.391, p < 0.05) and attitude toward own aging (β = −0.211, p < 0.05) both influenced quality of life. Additionally, attitude toward own aging (β = −0.530, p < 0.05) and traditionality (β = −0.525, p < 0.05) moderated the association between self-perceived stigma and quality of life. Simple slope analysis revealed that when the level of negative attitude toward own aging and traditionality was higher, the strength of the influence of self-perceived stigma on quality of life was stronger.ConclusionUrban Chinese older adults were aware of the self-perceived stigma, which contributes to decreased quality of life. Attitude toward own aging and traditionality could moderate the association between self-perceived stigma and quality of life. When negative attitudes toward own aging and traditionality are higher, self-perceived stigma has a greater effect on the quality of life. More interventions related to relieving self-perceived stigma, traditionality, and negative attitude toward own aging should be considered to build a new modern society that emphasizes health, friendliness, well-being, and dignity for all ages.

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confidence: 99%

Association Between Self-Perceived Stigma and Quality of Life Among Urban Chinese Older Adults: The Moderating Role of Attitude Toward Own Aging and Traditionality

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Zhang

Yan

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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“…In support of this index, the scoring of structural ageism in this study significantly correlated with a recent parallel report that ranked country-level ageism based on social indices of five domains, including economic, health, employment, environment and social participation, across 15 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries (R=0.59, p=0.02). 50 Results from three sensitivity analyses suggested the robustness of the results. First, in support of the discriminant validity of structural ageism index, ageism was not correlated with violent discipline (R=0.31, p=0.21) or bullying (R=−0.13, p=0.59).…”

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Impact of structural ageism on greater violence against older persons: a cross-national study of 56 countries

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ObjectiveTo determine the association between country-level structural ageism and prevalence of violence against older persons.DesignCountry-level ecological study.SettingStructural ageism data were drawn from the nationally representative World Values Survey 2010–2014 (WVS), global databases from the WHO, United Nations and the World Bank. Violence data were based on the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) study 2017.ParticipantsAnalysis of 56 countries that represented 63.1% of the world’s ageing population aged 60 and over across all six of WHO regions.ExposureStructural ageism, following established structural stigma measures, consisted of two components: (1) discriminatory national policies related to older persons’ economic, social, civil and political rights, based on the four core components of human rights protection in Madrid International Plan of Action on Aging and (2) prejudicial social norms against older persons, measured by negative attitudes toward older persons in 56 national polls in WVS aggregated to country-level. These components were z scored and combined such that higher score indicated greater structural ageism.Main outcomes and measuresPrevalence rates of violence per 100 000 persons aged 70 and over in each country was based on extensive epidemiological surveillance data, survey, clinical data and insurance claims in GBD and compiled by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington.ResultsThere was a wide variation in levels of structural ageism across countries. As predicted, structural ageism was significantly associated with the prevalence rates of violence in multivariate models (β=205.7, SE=96.3, p=0.03), after adjusting for relevant covariates. Sensitivity analyses supported the robustness of our findings. That is, structural ageism did not predict other types of violence and other types of prejudice did not predict violence against older persons.ConclusionsThis study provides the first evidence of the association between higher structural ageism and greater violence against older persons across countries.

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“…The sociological concept of active aging (Bútorová et al, 2013;Rodriguez--Rodriguez et al, 2017;Hatar, 2019;Ortega, 2021) is closely linked to the use of the employment potential of older people in the labor market by its focus on the employment of older people (UNECE, 2020), in which ageism still plays a negative role (Harris et al, 2018;Mirza et al, 2021;Kim et al, 2021) and age discrimination against older people (Gomezbellenge & Belgrave, 1984;Leitner, 2001;Oskova, 2010;Pawera & Jančíková, 2017;Meliou et al, 2019;Busygina & Shtrikova, 2019). The classic theme of life cycles is being revised due to changes in the social roles of older people as a consequence of their later retirement, and thus a redefinition of life stages according to the individual's working life (Komp-Leukkunen, 2019;Langot, 2019).…”

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Employment Potential Index of Older People in the European Union

Bartek¹

2022

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The aging of the population in Europe brings an increase in the group of people 65+, which is important to reflect on not only from the perspective of state governance in developing strategies and finding solutions to aging-related phenomena such as the growing economic dependence of older people, but it is also necessary to pay attention to this in terms of the theory and practice of human resources and age management within using the employment potential of older people in the labor market. The article focuses on the employment potential index of older people (EPIOP) and on the characterization of the factors which were used to create EPIOP and subsequently to monitor its development in the European Union (EU 28) during the years 2008-2018. The data were obtained from Eurostat and UNECE databases. The findings indicate that the indices of the individual countries had a predominantly increasing trend and converged with the EU 28 average, and none of the countries monitored in the index fell below the base year 2008 throughout the period under review. Latvia (23%), Bulgaria (23%) and Cyprus (19%) had significantly higher growth rates compared to the base year. The lowest EPIOP grew in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Denmark, Slovenia and the Czech Republic. The EU 28 average had a maximum growth rate of 9%.

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The Comparative Macro-Level Ageism Index: An International Comparison

Cited by 13 publications

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Association Between Self-Perceived Stigma and Quality of Life Among Urban Chinese Older Adults: The Moderating Role of Attitude Toward Own Aging and Traditionality

Association Between Self-Perceived Stigma and Quality of Life Among Urban Chinese Older Adults: The Moderating Role of Attitude Toward Own Aging and Traditionality

Impact of structural ageism on greater violence against older persons: a cross-national study of 56 countries

Employment Potential Index of Older People in the European Union

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