Elderly Population in Modern Russia Between work, education and heal

This book compares the wellbeing of older Russian adults in the EU, USA, China, Japan, and Russia. Through providing a general overview of population ageing, social, economic and IT-literacy among older Russian adults, it fills the gap in quality of life

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Population in Modern Russia Between work, education and health

Elderly Population in Modern Russia

Irina Grigoryeva • Lyudmila Vidiasova Alexandra Dmitrieva • Olga Sergeyeva

Elderly Population in Modern Russia Between work, education and health

Irina Grigoryeva St. Petersburg University Saint Petersburg, Russia ITMO University Saint Petersburg, Russia Alexandra Dmitrieva Alliance for Public Health Kyiv, Ukraine

Lyudmila Vidiasova ITMO University Saint Petersburg, Russia Olga Sergeyeva St. Petersburg University Saint Petersburg, Russia

ISBN 978-3-319-96618-2    ISBN 978-3-319-96619-9 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96619-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018957077 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Acknowledgments

The study was performed at ITMO University (Russia) with financial support by the grant from the Russian Science Foundation (project №14-18-03434): “Models of the interaction between society and the elderly: a study of opportunities for the social inclusion.”  The translation from Russian into English was performed  by Allen Translation LLC (USA).

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Contents

1 Introduction������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������   1 References����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������   7 2 An Aging Population in the Modern World��������������������������������������������   9 2.1 Defining Aging������������������������������������������������������������������������������������  11 2.2 Special Characteristics of Aging in Russia ����������������������������������������  13 2.3 The Relationship of