What age is old?

Hello,

At the most recent WAI-AGE TF teleconf [1] it was suggested that the 
project should possibly have a definitive position of what age a person 
becomes an "older person". Section 2.1 of the Literature Review [2] 
discussed the issue of age and section 2.4 talks about the interaction 
of chronological age with Attitude and Aptitude. Other factors also come 
into play.

Should we take a position that an "older person" is 60 years (or 50 
years or 70 years or ???)? Is Bailey's classification [3]:
   older = 60-74 years
   old-old = 75+ years
a reasonable one to adopt?

Please share your thoughts on this topic on the mailing list.

Thanks, Andrew


[1] http://www.w3.org/2008/05/27-waiage-minutes.html
[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-wai-age-literature-20080514/
[3] http://www.webusability.com/article_age_classifications_8_2002.htm

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Andrew Arch
Web Accessibility and Ageing Specialist
W3C/ERCIM, Sophia Antipolis, France
Ph +33 (0)4 92 38 79 46
www.w3.org/WAI/WAI-AGE/

Received on Monday, 2 June 2008 19:48:04 UTC