Older people’s problems across the world

Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction 3
Chapter 2. Demographic characteristics 5
Chapter 3. Economic and occupational characteristics 17
Chapter 4. Health issues 32
Chapter 4.1. Subjective and objective health outcomes 32
Chapter 4.2. Cognition 52
Chapter 5. Access to social and medical services 54
Chapter 6. Emancipative values studied from an intersectional perspective 67
Chapter 6.1. Relevance of intersectionality for emancipative research 67
Chapter 6.2. Research methods 67
Chapter 6.3. Results 68
Chapter 6.4. Discussion 69
Chapter 7. Discussions and ideas for further research 71
Chapter 7.1. The feminization of aging and gender equality plans 71
Chapter 7.2. The relevance of digital infrastructures and abilities to access them nowadays 71
Chapter 7.3. Intersectional disadvantage measured in different ways quantitatively 72
References 74