Mikrocensus 1987, 2. quarter: Elderly People

20 percent of the Austrian population are over 60 years old and the percentage is increasing. The specific problems and demands of elderly people are one focus of modern social politics. Successful social policy needs reliable information and knowledge on elderly people's personal circumstances. In addition to manifold scientific studies on this population group, Mikrozensus can show the problems of elderly people in concrete numbers. In 1971 (Mikrozensus MZ7104) and 1979 (Mikrozensus MZ7904) there had already been studies on the living conditions of elderly people. This study - for reasons of comparability - aims at gathering information on certain living conditions of elderly people, their social relationships and help-relationships among themselves but also the problems of the younger generations with their older relatives. In addition to the question program from 1979 there are now questions on contact and leisure behaviour.

奥地利60岁以上人口占总人口的20%，且该比例仍在持续上升。老年人的具体困境与需求是当代社会政策的核心关注点之一。科学有效的社会政策，需要依托关于老年人个人处境的可靠信息与研究认知。除了针对该群体的多项科学研究外，奥地利微型人口普查（Mikrozensus）能够以具体数据呈现老年人面临的各类问题。早在1971年（Mikrozensus MZ7104）与1979年（Mikrozensus MZ7904），学界就已针对老年人的生活状况开展过相关研究。本次研究为保证研究的可比性，旨在收集老年人特定生活状况、社会关系及内部互助关系的相关信息，同时也将关注年轻一代与年长亲属间的相处难题。相较于1979年的问卷框架，本次新增了关于社交互动与休闲行为的相关问题。