Aging in Cuba and Public Policy Responses

Quantitative data recently released on various facets of Cuba’s aging process allows to draw new analyses on several demographic and socioeconomic dimensions of the phenomenon, as well as policy responses and their effects. This new data will be put in relation with results of sociological / ethnographic qualitative surveys conducted in Cuba (mainly, but not exclusively Habana) since 2009 and until 2016. With a view on gender gaps, the poster will thus articulate new quantitative and qualitative data concerning: -The extent and facets of Cuba’s aging process, namely life expectancy, fertility, epidemiology/morbidity, demographic growth and population structure. -The sociodemographic profile of the care issue, especially aging persons’ household composition, migration, caregivers’ aging, elders’ isolation, public care supply, and the socioeconomic biases of the incipient care market. -The components of the elderly’s socioeconomic condition public problem, contrasting a high level of access to public health and social services and informal community and family support, on the one hand, and a widespread monetary and material destitution, and its public policy responses, on the other. These innovative results will demonstrate the specificity of the challenges posed to public policies by Cuba’s aging process, and assess the responses brought by institutions and social / community organisations. The poster will finally discuss research results in terms of public policy options and models

Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Life expectancy · Political science · Population · Population ageing · Public health · Public policy · Qualitative property · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Survey data collection · Aging, Health, and Disability · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Nursing