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THE ELDERLY IN SLOVENIA5The Elderly in SloveniaCONTENTSTHE POPULATION AGEING IS AN ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SOCIETY .................. 7THE POPULATION KEEPS GETTING OLDER ........................................................... 10THE NATURAL CHANGE OF POPULATION IS MODEST ........................................ 21(CO)EXISTENCE OF THE ELDERLY .......................................................................... 27THE EMPLOYMENT RATE OF THE ELDERLY IS LOW ............................................. 35INCOME OF THE ELDERLY ........................................................................................ 37HEALTH IN LATER YEARS .......................................................................................... 49AT-RISK-OF-POVERTY RATE FOR THE ELDERLY..................................................... 51CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................. 54METHODOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS AND DEFINITIONS ................................... 55STATISTICAL AND OTHER SIGNS ............................................................................ 58ABBREVIATIONS AND UNITS OF MEASUREMENT ................................................ 58LIST OF COUNTRIES: NAMES AND ABBREVIATIONS (ISO 3166) ........................ 59MUNICIPALITIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA, 1 January 2009 ................. 59SOURCES AND LITERATURE ..................................................................................... 60
6 THE ELDERLY IN SLOVENIAThe more you know, the less you need.Aboriginal Australian proverbMen grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is nocure for it.Chinese proverbAge is an issue of mind over matter. If youdon’t mind, it doesn’t matter.Mark TwainThe strength of the old is their ready counsel.Welsh proverbWhat an elder sees sitting; the young can’t seestanding.Gustave FlaubertA new broom sweeps clean, but the old brushknows all the corners.Irish proverbThe oldest trees often bear the sweetest fruit.German proverbPhoto: Nelka VertotEarly to bed and early to rise makes a manhealthy, wealthy and wise.Slovenian proverbA good rest is half the work.Slovenian proverbDo not seek to follow in the footsteps of themen of old; seek what they sought.Zen proverbOld age needs so little but needs that little somuch.Margaret WillourThere are five ways in which to become wise:be silent, listen, remember, grow older andstudy.Arabian proverbAge is a very high price to pay for maturity.Tom StoppardWhen a noble life has prepared old age, it isnot decline that it reveals, but the first days ofimmortality.Germaine De StaelA society grows great when old men plant treeswhose shade they know they shall never sit in.Greek proverbOld bread isn’t hard, no bread, that is hard.German proverbIf youth knew; if age could.Henri EstiennePhoto: Nelka Vertot
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