A New Index for Monitoring Local Policies on Active Ageing in the EU (AAI_locp)

Abstract

The combination of an increase in life expectancy over the last century and a decline in fertility rates since the 1970s has led to the ageing of the EU population. The purpose of this study is to design a new index to monitor local active ageing policies in the EU. This index is called the AAI_locp. The European Active Ageing Index (AAI) (developed to measure the potential of the older population), and survey on active ageing policies implemented across the Galicia-North Portugal Euroregion at local level from 2000 to 2012 were used in its construction. The survey was part of the “More Active Ageing” European project, which was funded by the ERDF under a European Territorial Cooperation programme for the 2007-2013 period. The AAI_locp provides an independent variable at the local level that could be associated to the results of the AAI in future multilevel analyses.