TY - JOUR
T1 - The Gender Gap in Reaching “Old Age” in the Russian Federation
T2 - A Regional Approach
AU - Gietel-Basten, Stuart
AU - Mau, Vladimir
AU - Scherbov, Sergei
AU - Shulgin, Sergey
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the EuropeanResearch Council: & Reassessing Ageing from a PopulationPerspective [Grant agreement ID: 323947] and the EuropeanUnion’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program undergrant agreement No 635316 [Project Name: Ageing Trajectories ofHealth: Longitudinal Opportunities and Synergies, ATHLOS].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Reaching older age and longevity in later life is determined by health and mortality across the life course. In the case of Russia, the history of high male mortality skews the interaction between population aging and gender. These differentials can be viewed through a spatial lens in order to both understand their causes, and to better determine policy responses, especially in a federal political system. Using alternative conceptualizations of the “boundary to old age”, we produce the first estimates of the gender gap in reaching “old age” for all Russian Federal Subjects using 2017 data. We identify some regional differentiations, but uncertainties around the consistency of registration as well as overall heterogeneity mean that clear-cut regional patterns are hard to ascribe. Our analysis shows the highly significant gender gap at the age of “becoming old” in Russia when disaggregated by region. When looking at the regional level and comparing to other countries, the range of male “boundaries to old age” is almost as great as the global range. We argue that when applying alternative “old-age thresholds”, this gap represents a more accurate representation of interaction between space, gender, and mortality in Russia. We conclude with policy and research priorities to better understand and ameliorate the drivers of these spatial and gendered inequalities.
AB - Reaching older age and longevity in later life is determined by health and mortality across the life course. In the case of Russia, the history of high male mortality skews the interaction between population aging and gender. These differentials can be viewed through a spatial lens in order to both understand their causes, and to better determine policy responses, especially in a federal political system. Using alternative conceptualizations of the “boundary to old age”, we produce the first estimates of the gender gap in reaching “old age” for all Russian Federal Subjects using 2017 data. We identify some regional differentiations, but uncertainties around the consistency of registration as well as overall heterogeneity mean that clear-cut regional patterns are hard to ascribe. Our analysis shows the highly significant gender gap at the age of “becoming old” in Russia when disaggregated by region. When looking at the regional level and comparing to other countries, the range of male “boundaries to old age” is almost as great as the global range. We argue that when applying alternative “old-age thresholds”, this gap represents a more accurate representation of interaction between space, gender, and mortality in Russia. We conclude with policy and research priorities to better understand and ameliorate the drivers of these spatial and gendered inequalities.
KW - Aging
KW - health
KW - inequality
KW - mortality
KW - regions
KW - Russia
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U2 - 10.1080/08959420.2020.1777823
DO - 10.1080/08959420.2020.1777823
M3 - Article
C2 - 32567536
AN - SCOPUS:85087358439
SN - 0895-9420
VL - 33
SP - 600
EP - 610
JO - Journal of Aging and Social Policy
JF - Journal of Aging and Social Policy
IS - 6
ER -