Ageing

This is the part of a series of short articles examining the well-being of older people. It provides an analysis of reported feelings of loneliness by older people using data from Wave 5 of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). More information about the Measuring National Well-being Programme and the measures of well-being can be found in the ‘National Well-being Wheel of measures’ .

National interim life tables for England, Wales and England and Wales, 2009-2011 pre-release access list.

A short report comparing three measures of average life span: life expectancy at birth (mean age at death), modal age at death and median age at death.

Summary of proposed domains and measures of national well-being

This report analyses data taken from the lx and qx tables in this release. It discuses the chances of surviving to age 100, the projected numbers of people surviving to age 100 using the principal, high and low variants and projections of future numbers of centenarians.

This chapter examines trends in labour market participation and the transition from work to retirement

Besides those involved in the production and quality assurance of these statistics, the persons included in this list were given pre-release access for the period indicated before release.

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Pre-release access for 2008-2010 Interim Life Tables

Recent spending cuts in the area of adult social care raise policy concerns about the proportion of older people whose need for social care is not being met. Such concerns are emphasised in the context of population ageing and other demographic changes. For example, the increasing proportion of the population aged 75 and over places greater pressure on formal and informal systems of care and support provision, while changes in the living arrangements of older people may affect the supply of informal care within the household. This article explores the concept of ‘unmet need’ for support in relation to specific Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs), using data on the receipt of support (informal, formal state or formal paid) from the General Household Survey, the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and the British Household Panel Survey. The results show that different kinds of need tend to be supported by particular sources of care, and that there is a significant level of ‘unmet need’ for certain activities.

Probability of survival to age 75 for local areas in England and Wales, 2003–05 to 2007–09

Older People’s Day 2010

No. 34, 2007 Edition

No. 31, 2004 Edition

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No. 28, 2001 Edition

No. 27, 2000 Edition

No. 22, 1995 Edition

No. 20, 1993 Edition