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- catalog contributor b12205505.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- Is There a "Crisis of Aging"? -- Value and Challenges of Cross-National Research -- Charge to the Panel -- Study Approach and Scope -- Cross-Cutting Issues -- Organization of This Report -- 2. Our Aging World -- Numbers and Proportions of Elderly -- Growth of the Oldest Old -- Metrics of Aging -- Dynamics of Population Aging -- Reliability of Demographic Projections of the Elderly -- 3. Work, Retirement, and Pensions -- Patterns of Work and Retirement Around the World -- Retirement Incentives and Pension Arrangements -- Key Data Requirements -- Recommendations -- 4. Private Wealth and Income Security: International Comparisons -- Wealth Accumulation: Research Framework and Key Questions -- Data Sources -- Patterns of Household Wealth Accumulation -- Recommendations -- 5. Intergenerational Transfers -- Policy Considerations -- Intergenerational Transfers, Economic Welfare, and Transfer Institutions -- Collection of Data on Intergenerational Transfers -- Assessing Family Dynamics and Their Implications for Future Transfer Patterns -- Research Gaps and Implications for Data Collection -- Recommendations -- 6. Health of Aging Populations -- Key Issues -- Conceptual Model of the Determinants of Health Status -- Measuring Health Status -- Characterizing Health Care Systems -- Existing Health Data on Older Persons: Types, Availability, and Quality -- Overcoming Obstacles to Cross-National Research on the Health Status of the Elderly -- Recommendations. Annex 6-1. Role of Social Inequality in the Health of Elders -- Annex 6-2. Commonly Used Measures of Health Status -- 7. Well-Being: Concepts and Measures -- Measurement of Well-Being -- Findings on Well-Being Among the Elderly -- Recommendations -- 8. Conclusion and Major Recommendations -- App. A. Learning from Cross-National Research.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xv, 308 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Preparing for an aging world.".
- catalog identifier "0309074215 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Preparing for an aging world.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press,".
- catalog relation "Preparing for an aging world.".
- catalog subject "2002 F-735".
- catalog subject "305.23/072 21".
- catalog subject "Aged.".
- catalog subject "Aging Research.".
- catalog subject "Aging.".
- catalog subject "Cross-Cultural Comparison.".
- catalog subject "HQ1061 .D317 2001".
- catalog subject "Health Planning.".
- catalog subject "Older people Economic conditions.".
- catalog subject "Older people Health and hygiene.".
- catalog subject "Population Dynamics.".
- catalog subject "Public Policy.".
- catalog subject "Research Design.".
- catalog subject "WT 104 P9275 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- Is There a "Crisis of Aging"? -- Value and Challenges of Cross-National Research -- Charge to the Panel -- Study Approach and Scope -- Cross-Cutting Issues -- Organization of This Report -- 2. Our Aging World -- Numbers and Proportions of Elderly -- Growth of the Oldest Old -- Metrics of Aging -- Dynamics of Population Aging -- Reliability of Demographic Projections of the Elderly -- 3. Work, Retirement, and Pensions -- Patterns of Work and Retirement Around the World -- Retirement Incentives and Pension Arrangements -- Key Data Requirements -- Recommendations -- 4. Private Wealth and Income Security: International Comparisons -- Wealth Accumulation: Research Framework and Key Questions -- Data Sources -- Patterns of Household Wealth Accumulation -- Recommendations -- 5. Intergenerational Transfers -- Policy Considerations -- Intergenerational Transfers, Economic Welfare, and Transfer Institutions -- Collection of Data on Intergenerational Transfers -- Assessing Family Dynamics and Their Implications for Future Transfer Patterns -- Research Gaps and Implications for Data Collection -- Recommendations -- 6. Health of Aging Populations -- Key Issues -- Conceptual Model of the Determinants of Health Status -- Measuring Health Status -- Characterizing Health Care Systems -- Existing Health Data on Older Persons: Types, Availability, and Quality -- Overcoming Obstacles to Cross-National Research on the Health Status of the Elderly -- Recommendations. Annex 6-1. Role of Social Inequality in the Health of Elders -- Annex 6-2. Commonly Used Measures of Health Status -- 7. Well-Being: Concepts and Measures -- Measurement of Well-Being -- Findings on Well-Being Among the Elderly -- Recommendations -- 8. Conclusion and Major Recommendations -- App. A. Learning from Cross-National Research.".
- catalog title "Preparing for an aging world : the case for cross-national research / Panel on a Research Agenda and New Data for an Aging World, Committee on Population and Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.".
- catalog type "text".