Active Ageing Index 2012 Concept, Methodology and Final Results

Active Ageing Index 2012 Concept, Methodology and Final Results European Centre Vienna (Authored by Asghar Zaidi / Project Coordinator, Katrin Gasior, Maria M. Hofmarcher, Orsolya Lelkes, Bernd Marin, Ricardo Rodrigues, Andrea Schmidt, Pieter Vanhuysse and Eszter Zolyomi) Report submitted to European Commission’s Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, and to the UNECE, for the project Active Ageing Index (AAI), UNECE Grant No: ECE/GC/2012/003. European Centre Vienna March 2013

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