China and Japan face unique intergenerational challenges – and represent divergent examples of a binary pattern that the rest of the ageing world might learn from. By Lauren A. Johnston*
Category: Population
The smaller generation to come – worldwide
Here’s some good news for the planet: the human population is set to peak and stabilise, not rising much above 9.7 billion, the total that it will reach around the year 2050, according to the latest UN figures. Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at Oxford University, explains how this works, and why it… Read more »
IF’s research features strongly in the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration’s Interim Report
The recently-launched interim report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration drew heavily on IF’s analysis of age segregation in England and Wales. David Kingman looks at what conclusions they reached about how to combat the lack of integration between different generations
New data highlight growth of the “oldest old” in the UK
David Kingman examines the latest ONS figures on the size of the population aged 90 and over in the UK
Review: “Shrinking Population: How Japan Fell Out of Love with Love”
David Kingman reviews a recent BBC Radio 4 documentary which looks at the worrying demographic scenario facing Japan
New IF research shows how the generations are moving apart (Part 2)
David Kingman explains the results of “Generations Apart”, IF’s latest research project, which measures the growth of age segregation in England and Wales
New IF research shows how the generations are moving apart (Part 1)
David Kingman introduces “Generations Apart”, IF’s latest research project undertaken in partnership with Legal & General, which measures the growth of age segregation in England and Wales
ONS: Share of UK population aged 65+ has increased 21% since 2005
David Kingman looks at the latest population estimates from the ONS
Crisis in Youth Mental Health
Professor Martin Knapp of the London School of Economics (LSE) has stated that mental health neglect for young people is a “moral scandal and an enormous economic mistake” so why is there currently so little provision for young people suffering from mental illness in the UK? Liz Emerson, IF Co-Founder, looks at the numbers behind the… Read more »
Older people are living longer in poor health, new figures show
David Kingman reports on the latest estimates of “Healthy Life Expectancy” from the ONS, which show that it is not rising as quickly as overall life expectancy