Asian Population Association Scientific Group Workshop on “Changing Household Structure, Aging and Well-being in Western and Southern Asia” 1st February 2024, 10:00-14:00 (Tehran time)

Asian Population Association Scientific Group
Workshop on “Changing Household Structure, Aging and Well-being
in Western and Southern Asia”
1^st February 2024, 10:00-14:00 (Tehran time)

A rapid rise in the size of older persons in Western and Southern Asia has raised concerns both at national and international levels about the well-being of this growing segment of the population. This prompts two dimensions of understanding aging and well-being that relate to its measurement and comparative assessment of differentials in the quality of life. These differentials could be linked to households that accommodate older persons and their dynamic of dependence. In other words, an ongoing change in household structure and a rise in the number of one-person households, female-headed households, and one-parent households, among other emerging household types, could be consequential for the elderly well-being in these regions. This workshop investigates the phenomenon of aging accounting for complexities of measurement as well as implications for differential well-being as a consequence of transformation in household size, structure, and composition, with a special focus on Western and Southern Asia.

Date

Thursday 1^st February 2024

Time

10:00-14:00 (Tehran time); 13:30-17:30 (Bangkok time); 15:30-19:30 (Tokyo time)

Program

10:00	Opening remarks – Reiko Hayashi, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (IPSS), Japan
10:10	Introduction – Fatemeh Torabi, University of Tehran, Iran
10:20	Keynote speech: Positive Impact of Increasing Educational Attainment on Aging and Well-being in Asia – Samir K.C., International Institute for Applied System Analysis, Austria
	*Panel 1*
10:50	Living Arrangements and Healthy Aging: A Comparative Study among Asian Regions – Fatemeh Torabi, University of Tehran, Iran
11:10	Elderly Living Arrangements in Turkey – Ayşe Banu Ergöçmen, Faruk Keskin, Pelin Çağatay, Hacettepe University, Turkey
11:30	Living Arrangements of Older Persons in Bangladesh – Mohammad Mainul Islam, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
11:50	Q & A
12:10	Break
	*Panel 2*
12:30	Differentiating Population Aging from Individual Aging: An Analysis based on Asian Countries – Udaya Shankar Mishra, International Institute for Population Sciences, India
12:50	Measuring Healthy and Active Aging in Asia - Comparison between Eastern, South-Eastern and Southern Asia – Reiko Hayashi, IPSS, Japan
13:10	Ageing with/without Migrants? Alternative Scenarios of Aging in GCC Countries – Stuart Gietel-Basten, Khalifa University, UAE
13:30	Q & A
13:50	Conclusion – Fatemeh Torabi, University of Tehran, Iran

Venue

Online (via Zoom)

Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAufu6hrTsvEtXXMfoek8UY6Pirbu5lRVqx