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Update on Work Strand 1

by Asghar ZaidiSeoul National University, KoreaLondon School of Economics, the UK

Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford, the UK

Presentation at the 2nd Technical Meeting of the Titchfield City Group on Ageing

Daejeon, 11-13 June

Stocktaking of Age-Disaggregated Data and Ageing-Related Statistics

Overview

1. The TCGA: Realisation of Importance of Data1.1 DATA (i.e. Surveys, Censuses and Administrative Registers)

1.2 EVIDENCE (i.e. What works? Identifying policy priorities! Mutual learning)

1.3 POLICY (i.e. Better ageing-related policies, better sustainable development).

2. Work Strand 1: Objectives and Features2.1 Key objectives and outcomes of Work Strand 1 of the TCGA

2.2 Salient features of ageing-related statistics

3. Work Strand 1: Programme, Steps and Key Questions

3.1 Specific work programme and steps

3.2 Key questions concerning the timeline, challenges and contingencies

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The Realisation

Good policy is the ultimate objective

Data as the backbone of the whole processData

Evidence

Policy

Countries have varying levels of capacity in each

of these three pillars

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1. Surveys, Censuses and Administrative Registers to provide timely, credible and representative DATA;

The Titchfield City Group on Ageing working with NSOs and other stakeholders, during 2018-2023, is taking stock of the age-disaggregated data to offer recommendations for better data for the future

First pillar is about generating data

e.g. The Official Statistics compiled by National Statistical Offices on lives of older persons and on ageing;

e.g. The UN Population Division providing projections of key demographic indicators (population estimates of older age groups).

2. Data used subsequently in generating ageing-related statistics to provide EVIDENCE;

Second pillar is about generating evidence

e.g. Academic researchers carrying out applied research, especially to help identify policy priorities?

e.g. Civil society and international organisations helping translate research to drum up support for policy reforms

The Titchfield City Group on Ageing offers a platform for mutual learning and in producing evidence on what works in ageing-related policies

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3. Good evidence leads to better POLICY

Third pillar is about evidence-based policy making (and monitoring)

e.g. The national and local policy programmes based on the evidence generated by research

e.g. International policy frameworks (such as the MIPAA, the 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Development) provide structure and guidelines and stimulus

The Titchfield City Group on Ageing working with NSOs and other stakeholders will strengthen the hands of the future policy makers (local, national and global)

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Objectives, Features and Framework of Work Strand 1

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2.1 Key objectives of WS1• WS1 will provide a thorough assessment of the

availability of age-disaggregated data in existing data sources from a selected group of countries.

• In the process, it will draw conclusions about what mutual learnings can be drawn by countries at different stages of production of ageing-related statistics.

• It will provide recommendations towards the improvements with respect to production of data for better policies.

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2.1 Key Outcomes of WS1

• One of the outcomes of Work Strand 1 will be the development of a platform to disseminate the baseline information about the availability of data in the most recent year.

• The Platform will help identify good practices in developing and expanding age-disaggregated data and ageing-related statistics within countries and across regions.

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2.2 Salient features of our stocktaking work1. It will focus on cross-cutting themes, to concern multiple

areas of statistics (not just demographics, but also including government finances and public sector statistics).

2. It will focus on the processes of ageing throughout the life course and not just on one single phase of life.

3. It will also include information about the enabling environment in which older persons live.

Therefore, a substantive conceptual and analytical framework is required to understand fully the multiple domains of ageing

and its processes on which countries should collect data.

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Work Strand 1: Programme, Steps and Key Questions

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3.1 Specific Work Programme of WS1

The stocktaking work starts by reviewing what data is available in a limited number of representative

themes, for example health and care, income and participation.

It will show what is available at the national level from the range of data sources that the review will include,

as well as highlight gaps and raise issues of comparability.

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Specific Work Programme of WS1

The stocktaking will include administrative data as they are important data sources for ageing data.

However, they are complex and taking a global stocktaking of their potential is overly ambitious

Here we will restrict ourselves to providing few good practice examples from different countries (e.g.

Australia).

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Specific Work Programme of WS1The stocktaking will cover metadata (i.e. information

about the data and its sources) rather than the data itself.

It will review how regularly data is collected and look at the balance between timeliness/regularity and generation

of comprehensive information on ageing.

Similarly, disaggregation into finer age groups would be an important issue to assess across sources.

Non-official data sources can also be included, but we keep in mind that the TCGA is serving the NSIs.

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3.1 Key steps1. To outline the approach required for the stocktaking

work, by identifying the key themes.

2. To provide a review of types of data available for countries around the world, on key themes.

3. To make recommendations to develop a platform to share meta data of data sources of the key themes.

The work will also bring together already completed reviews and mapping, such as those carried out in specific

countries (e.g. the US) and a region (Asia-Pacific)

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3.2 Key questions for the discussion1. Should the stocktaking work focus on key themes only? If

yes, what should they be in your opinion?2. Should the work be restricted to reviewing meta-data of

relevant Censuses and surveys or should it also include the administrative data sources (even ‘big data’) as well?

3. Should the review be restricted to official data sources only or it should cover non-official sources as well?

4. How should this work be undertaken? Should we identify a focal person in each country (as initiated already)?

5. What could be the potential sources of funds to undertake this work? What realistic timeline?

Thank you

email: Asghar.Zaidi@snu.ac.krs.m.asghar.zaidi@gmail.com

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