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Determinants of Healthy and Active Ageing in Korea
Based on a framework developed by the World Health Organization, we construct an individual-level percentage measure of healthy and active ageing employing the results of a unique survey of ten thousand elderly Korean respondents conducted in 2020 and relate its values to the senior respondent’s phy...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9779708/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36554685 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416802 |
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author | Repkine, Alexandre Lee, Hyun-Chool |
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description | Based on a framework developed by the World Health Organization, we construct an individual-level percentage measure of healthy and active ageing employing the results of a unique survey of ten thousand elderly Korean respondents conducted in 2020 and relate its values to the senior respondent’s physical, lifestyle, and socio-economic characteristics. We find that the median value of our healthy and active ageing index is approximately 40%, suggesting significant room for improvement. An important role in interpreting our empirical results is played by the apparent role of Korea’s senior employment as a means of “making ends meet” rather than a way of improving the quality of one’s ageing, suggesting an important direction for government policy development. Our results underscore the importance of promoting higher-quality employment opportunities for senior citizens as opposed to creating these opportunities per se. This appears especially important given the fast pace of Korea’s ageing. |
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spelling | pubmed-97797082022-12-23 Determinants of Healthy and Active Ageing in Korea Repkine, Alexandre Lee, Hyun-Chool Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Based on a framework developed by the World Health Organization, we construct an individual-level percentage measure of healthy and active ageing employing the results of a unique survey of ten thousand elderly Korean respondents conducted in 2020 and relate its values to the senior respondent’s physical, lifestyle, and socio-economic characteristics. We find that the median value of our healthy and active ageing index is approximately 40%, suggesting significant room for improvement. An important role in interpreting our empirical results is played by the apparent role of Korea’s senior employment as a means of “making ends meet” rather than a way of improving the quality of one’s ageing, suggesting an important direction for government policy development. Our results underscore the importance of promoting higher-quality employment opportunities for senior citizens as opposed to creating these opportunities per se. This appears especially important given the fast pace of Korea’s ageing. MDPI 2022-12-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9779708/ /pubmed/36554685 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416802 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Repkine, Alexandre Lee, Hyun-Chool Determinants of Healthy and Active Ageing in Korea |
title | Determinants of Healthy and Active Ageing in Korea |
title_full | Determinants of Healthy and Active Ageing in Korea |
title_fullStr | Determinants of Healthy and Active Ageing in Korea |
title_full_unstemmed | Determinants of Healthy and Active Ageing in Korea |
title_short | Determinants of Healthy and Active Ageing in Korea |
title_sort | determinants of healthy and active ageing in korea |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9779708/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36554685 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416802 |
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