eprintid: 13787
rev_number: 7
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datestamp: 2016-09-05 09:57:20
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creators_name: Scherbov, S.
creators_name: Sanderson, W.
creators_id: 7113
creators_id: 1631
creators_orcid: 0000-0002-0881-1073
title: New Approaches to the Conceptualization and Measurement of Age and Aging
ispublished: pub
divisions: prog_pop
keywords: aging, prospective age, characteristics approach
abstract: 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.
date: 2016-10
date_type: published
publisher: Sage
id_number: doi:10.1177/0898264316656517
creators_browse_id: 270
creators_browse_id: 265
full_text_status: none
publication: Journal of Aging and Health
volume: 28
number: 7
pagerange: 1159-1177
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0898-2643
coversheets_dirty: FALSE
fp7_project: no
fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
citation:   Scherbov, S. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/270.html> ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0881-1073 <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0881-1073> & Sanderson, W. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/265.html>  (2016).  New Approaches to the Conceptualization and Measurement of Age and Aging.   Journal of Aging and Health 28 (7) 1159-1177. 10.1177/0898264316656517 <https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264316656517>.