EWAS: ENHANCING WELLBEING IN AN AGEING SOCIETY

 

• Home Page
• Aims and Objectives
  • 1. Expanding the knowledge base
  • 2. Transitions to older age
  • 3. Perspectives, experiences and transactions
  • 4. Knowledge development, transfer and application
• Publications
• Members of the EWAS Team
• Charles Waldegrave
• Professor Peggy Koopman-Boyden
• Professor Ian Pool
• Dr Peter King
• Dr Suzan van der Pas
• Dr Michael Cameron
Links

The Family Centre Social Policy Research Unit	The University of Waikato Population Studies Centre

 

 

 

 

Objective Two: Resources for the future: transitions to older age

 

New knowledge on profiles of New Zealand’s future older population is generated aiding fiscal and social policy making. The objective responds to KKQ1, 2 and 5 by identifying and examining processes associated with transitions to older age and variations according to cultural (including Maori), socio-economic, and gender backgrounds using a sample survey of New Zealanders aged 40 to 64. Stochastic projections and micro-simulations provide detailed assessments of demographic and socio-economic trajectories up to 2051 showing age, gender, cultural, familial and spatial variations. Qualitative approaches, including focus groups and in-depth interviews, are used with selected survey participants.

Key Knowledge Questions

1. Describing and monitoring variation in social outcomes.
2. Understanding the multiple causes of variation in social outcomes.
3. Monitoring key causal factors.
4. Analysing what works to change variation in social outcomes: design, delivery and impact of policy.
5. Anticipating the likely impact of future social, socio-demographic and technological trends on social outcomes.