Analýza kognitivních schopností stárnoucí populace

The thesis is focused on the analysis of the cognitive abilities of the aging population. The research method consisted of descriptive data analysis based on the information available regarding the cognitive functions of individuals. It was based on the following research Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE and included analyzing of the individual based cases. The main objective of the work is to investigate three factors that can affect cognitive functions (age, gender, and length of education). The thesis is divided into three chapters, where the first chapter presents information about the SHARE sample survey and its process. The second chapter contains a descriptive analysis of data in the time direction and a description of each variable which, examined separately. In the third chapter, panel data models are described and an attempt is made to find the best model for each variable describing cognitive abilities. The descriptive approach has many benefits. Most importantly, it allows creating panel models which open diversified angle for data analysis and observation of the strong connection between cognitive functions and individual characteristics of correspondents participating in the survey.