Prospective Age Dataset

Computed prospective ages for 1950-2100 for all countries and regions based on 2017 Revision of the UN World Population Prospects.<br>Content:<br>1. <b><i>codebook.pdf </i></b>contains a brief overview of the dataset, its background and a description of the cases and variables.<br>2. <i><b>methods.pdf</b> </i>is a (draft but complete) write up of the calculations used to create the dataset.<br>3.<b><i> 2017_prospective-ages.csv</i></b> is the human readable form of the prospective age dataset containing the calculated prospective old-age thresholds for 241 countries and regions, for the period 1950-2100, for men, women and both together, as well as the proportions of the population (male, female and total) over these thresholds.<br>This figshare fileset is published directly from the github repository ProspectiveAgeData. <br>For an application of this data see the factsheet on ageing in the Middle East and Northern Africa which will be published in Population Horizons journal.

本数据集基于联合国《世界人口展望》2017年修订版，计算得到1950年至2100年全球所有国家和地区的预期年龄数据。<br>内容详情：<br>1. **<i>codebook.pdf</i>（代码手册）** 包含本数据集的简要概述、研究背景，以及案例与变量说明。<br>2. **<i>methods.pdf</i>（方法手册）** 为构建本数据集所使用计算方法的完整说明文档（虽为草案，但内容完整）。<br>3. **<i>2017_prospective-ages.csv</i>** 为便于人类阅读的预期年龄数据集文件，涵盖241个国家和地区在1950-2100年间的男性、女性及总人口的预期老年门槛值，同时包含对应门槛以上的人口（分男性、女性及总人口）占比数据。<br>本Figshare数据集集合直接从GitHub仓库ProspectiveAgeData发布。如需应用本数据，可参阅即将发表于《Population Horizons》期刊的中东与北非人口老龄化情况简报。