Assessing Age-Disaggregated Data: Titchfield City Group Workshop

1. WORKSHOP AGROUP A1stmeeting of the Titchfield City Group on ageing and age-disaggregated data Chichester, 26th June 2018

2. Focus • Assessment of current evidence, including recommendations and barriers (such as age-caps). This will also include the development of a tool to form the baseline for this assessment. • Horizon scanning / future needs of data users (including how well do we anticipate the current evidence meets future needs?)

3. Key messages • SDG framework to provide guidance on what indicators we should prioritise for age disaggregation (IAEG / UNDESA/ UNDP/ UNFPA) • Countries are not all starting on a level playing field, so we need to come up with steps to make the work an the process inclusive and collaborative (RELEVAce- Implementing • The diversity between countries involved in terms of access to tools and available resources should be acknowledged. Offices with tools should assist those that don’t (sharing experiences; • Learning from past experiences to be prepared for the future. Stakeholders to be already busy to be consulted • Humanitarian disaster and older people – what data? Good practice? best to get it? OCHA UN Office

4. What is data? It’s not just numbers, but its meta data • SDG framework; open up the indicators list; and prioritise which indicators must be disaggregated by age (harmonised/ standardised) (initial work on indicators by UNDESA) • Important issues concerning older people - Health, Income, and Enabling Environments (and employment and lifelong learning) • We need to understand ageing process, what is pertinent for the young is also for the old (of future generations): Ageing is a dynamic process and is about whole society and including persons of all ages (not to come at the exclusion of the older persons). • An emphasis on the Life Course approach and leads us to consider the different stages of a life where policies of different nature is of significance (with a continued emphasis on older persons) • Do we have any existing instruments (such as the ICF) which could provide guidance (indicators of wellbeing of older generation; active ageing and healthy ageing)

5. Sources of information • The first step is to have a comprehensive understanding of the surveys and other sources of ageing related disaggregated data that currently exists • With this background we can perform a detailed assessment of what can be drawn from these sources e.g. what can we actually get data beyond age 60? • How credible are the age groups and what level of granularity do we need in terms of age groups? Each NSO - A FOCAL PERSON FOR AGEING STATISTICS

6. Disaggregation with respect to age • Determine what kind of disaggregation is possible from existing data e.g. for all ages particularly older ages, as well as other relevant attributes for older persons (income and disability) • Sample size for each disaggregation also needs to be considered to gauge the credibility of data • Using existing official data, we need good examples of actionable data where we can triangulate and incentivise other countries to follow our lead

7. Future needs of data users – horizon scanning • There may be a need for specialised training on how to collect data on older persons e.g. expert enumerators on persons living with dementia for future needs • Other issues – policies for ageing populations are as much about data as they are about attitudes (ageism; mindset change; empowerment of older population) • Need to talk about participation of older people, rather than pre-supposing their purpose (e.g resources). • Need to be open to new and novel data collection methods and resources e.g. admin data