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Active Ageing Index: A Russian Study

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In this chapter the authors focus on the application of AAI domains in Russia and at the subnational level of Russian Federal Districts, to find methodological and real-life challenges in the process of evaluating and enhancing wellbeing of older people. Total AAI for Russia accounts for 30.2 points, which corresponds to the 22nd rank among 29 countries. Enabling environment and capacity are the most contributing domains of active ageing in Russia. Employment and social participation domains contribute considerably less to active ageing provision. Little difference between Russian regions in overall scores is accompanied by considerable variations of sub-indices within all domains in the regions. The practical use of the AAI in Russia could be beneficial for the state policy aimed at ensuring older adults’ wellbeing while population ageing.

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    • Central FO with almost 39 million prevalently urban and Russian population is the leading region in gross regional product.

    • North-Western FO with 14 million is quite similar by the share of urban population and ethnic composition.

    • Ural FO plays a role of heavy and mining (including oil and gas) industry centre for Russian economy.

    • South FO with 14 million people is far less urbanized, is agriculturally oriented and has more national minorities.

    • Volga FO has even greater variety of nationalities among its 30 million population and equal shares of agriculture and industry in its gross regional product.

    • Siberian FO occupies one third of the country territory and is known for low density of the population, oil and gas extraction and universities.

    • North Caucasian FO differs from all other FOs by its ethnic composition with Russians as a minority, prevalent Muslim traditions affecting family relations and other spheres of living and ageing.

    • Far East FO is characterized by continuous depopulation during the last decade and large migration inflow from China.

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Data analysis was supported by the project “Evaluation and enhancement of social, economic and emotional wellbeing of older adults”, under the agreement No.14.Z50.31.0029, Tomsk Polytechnic University. Data collection was supported by the Tomsk Polytechnic University within the framework of Tomsk Polytechnic University Competitiveness Enhancement Program.

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    Galina A. Barysheva, Elena A. Frolova, Veronika A. Malanina & Ekaterina A. Taran

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Barysheva, G.A., Frolova, E.A., Malanina, V.A., Taran, E.A. (2018). Active Ageing Index: A Russian Study. In: Zaidi, A., Harper, S., Howse, K., Lamura, G., Perek-Białas, J. (eds) Building Evidence for Active Ageing Policies. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6017-5_19

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