Design of instruments and survey methods to collect information on older populations in institutions

125. In spite of the increases in numbers and proportions of older people in many countries across the UNECE region, the absolute numbers living in institutions remain small. Because of this small size, and due to the characteristics of the institutions themselves (for example, communications being channelled through a central authority; reluctance of such authorities to grant survey-takers access to residents), there are numerous challenges in reaching and interviewing individual residents to administer censuses and surveys. At the same time, as argued in the preceding chapter, the importance of doing so is clear, especially when we are concerned with ageing-related topics and issues that particularly affect the oldest-old, since the proportion of these age groups living in institutions can reach high levels.

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