RT Journal Article
SR 00
ID doi:10.1177/0898264316656517
A1 Scherbov, S.
A1 Sanderson, W.
T1 New Approaches to the Conceptualization and Measurement of Age and Aging
JF Journal of Aging and Health
YR 2016
FD 2016-10
VO 28
IS 7
SP 1159
OP 1177
K1 aging, prospective age, characteristics approach
AB Objective: Most studies of population aging focus on only one characteristic of people: their chronological age. Many important characteristics of people vary with age, but age-specific characteristics also vary over time and differ from place to place. We supplement traditional measures of aging with new ones that consider the changing characteristics of people.   Method: The characteristics approach to measuring of population aging is employed. We provide examples of new measures of population aging using characteristics, such as remaining life expectancy, health, normal public pension age, and hand-grip strength.   Results: Past and future population aging look less rapid using the characteristics approach, compared with traditional ones. For some regions, almost no aging occurred in the recent past.   Discussion: Supplementing chronological age with ages that take into account the changing characteristics of people allows us to analyze aging more comprehensively and more accurately.
PB Sage
SN 0898-2643
LK https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/13787/