Project Summary

In 2020, the Basque Government, with the collaboration of Matia Instituto, intends to carry out a new “Survey of Living Conditions of people aged 55 and over in the Basque Country”, with the aim of providing planners and those responsible for social policies with detailed and specific information on the conditions of family, individual and environmental life in which the population aged 55 and over in the Basque Country lives. The survey also aims to collect information, systematise and disseminate the reality of older people in the Basque Country, addressing a wide range of aspects that concern this population group. In this sense, a battery of questions has been included to find out the incidence of the Covid-19 crisis on the daily life of people aged 55 and over in the Basque Country.

Project Aims

The instrument used in the different studies has evolved over time, responding to the changing reality of Basque society. The objectives of the survey for this year are specified in:

• To offer an updated picture of multiple aspects that are part of the daily life of older people (material conditions, state of health, level of education, free time, participation, social relations, environment). Including the impact of the covid-19 crisis on these aspects of daily life.
• Addressing a comparative analysis of trends and developments since 1993.
• To identify the needs of the elderly in the Basque Country.
• To know the degree of friendliness of the Basque Country and to analyse the variables that affect this perception in order to advance in its improvement.
• To carry out a new calculation of the AAI that will serve to obtain evidence to monitor and compare results on active ageing obtained in 2014 and to compare the situation of the Basque Country with other territories and countries.

Project Methods

This research was based on a quantitative survey of the population of both genders aged 55 and over living in family dwellings in the Basque Country.

The information was collected during June and July by means of telephone interviews with almost 3,000 people aged 55 and over throughout the Basque Country.

Outputs / expected Outputs