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Impact of leisure and social activites on quality of life among erderly in Europe - SHARE data analysis
Pluhařová, Markéta ; Lustigová, Michala (advisor) ; Hnilicová, Helena (referee)
Impact of leisure and social activites on quality of life among erderly in Europe - SHARE data analysis Abstract Due to demographic aging, the quality of life of an increasing proportion of seniors is becoming more important than ever. According to activity theory and the concept of active aging, active life is a way to experience good old age. The diploma thesis focuses on the impacts of leisure and social activities on the quality of life of elderly over 65 in 17 European countries. Sixth wave data from The Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) from 2015 and the easySHARE panel dataset are analyzed using binary regression analysis and multilevel modeling using binary regression analysis. The relationship of 11 selected activities, which were divided for the needs of this thesis into social, individual activities and activities aimed at helping others, and quality of life is controlled for socio-economic, demographic and health characteristics. Quality of life is meassured using the CASP-12 indicator. For social and individual activities, active elderly have a higher chance of a high quality of life (CASP-12 score> 39) than inactive. Elderly who do not provide personal care assistance to people from the same household also have a better chance than caregivers. Key words ageing, ageing of...
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Analysis of European populations structure by marital status, impact on health
Pluhařová, Markéta ; Rychtaříková, Jitka (advisor) ; Malinová, Albína (referee)
Analysis of European populations structure by marital status, impact on health Abstract The bachelor thesis studies population structure by marital status in 21 countries of European Union (EU) and 3 countries of European Free Trade Association (EFTA) based on data from population census 2011 published by European Statistical Office using the descriptive and cluster analysis applied on age groups 30-39 and 50-54, for men and women separately and both sexes together. The next part is focused on examines relationship between marital status and health based on data from the sixth round European Social Survey 2012. Multivariet regression analysis was processed for the same 21 countries EU and 3 countries EFTA for men and women in age group 30-39 and 50-54. Key words marital status, age, sex, health, Europe
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