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AbstractThis study aimed to estimate among the older population in Egypt (aged 60 years and over): 1) disability prevalence rates, their levels of severity and the common types and 2) disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) by sex, age and disability type. Data were from the nationally representative 2016 Household Observatory Survey (HOS-2016), with 4658 persons aged 60+ constituting the study sample population. To identify individuals with disabilities, the HOS asked respondents a short set of questions on functional difficulties, as suggested by the United Nations Washington Group on Disability Statistics. The DFLE was estimated using the Sullivan method. Older (60+) women reported a higher prevalence of disability than older men. Women had longer DFLEs and longer disabled life expectancies (DLEs) than men but had lower proportions of DFLE to their total lifetime. The findings suggest that, at age 60, around 30% of life expectancy in Egypt can be expected to be with limitations in mobility and vision. Men, although they live for fewer years than women, can expect to have a greater proportion of their life expectancy free of disability. The findings of the study suggest that the contextual differences in how the process of ageing is experienced need to be considered by decision-makers when designing gender-responsive health policies.

This paper examines some significant trends in the Egyptian perception of the European Union. In this framework, some of the most important stances of the Egyptian government, civil society, press and public opinion towards the European Union are considered from different points of view. It is argued here that, from the Egyptian standpoint(s), three main concerns, related to pragmatic interests, a true belief in the potential of entertaining a partnership with the European Union and a rejection of paternalistic interference, are key dimensions in understanding the Egyptian perception of the EU. These aspects are discussed in the light of various issues, such as EU–Egypt cooperation, the EU's role in the resolution of regional conflicts, the international role of the EU and the EU as a 'normative power'.

This comment discusses a disqualification common to all state statutes' disqualifying from benefits workers unemployed because of a labor dispute, and focuses upon the Washington Supreme Court's interpretation of the labor dispute disqualification in the Washington Unemployment Compensation Act. After discussing the court's approach to the disqualification in the context of Washington case law, the comment examines various policy considerations underlying the labor dispute disqualification and contrasts the Washington court's interpretation with the interpretation other state courts have accorded similar labor dispute disqualification statutes. Finally, the comment concludes that the Washington court's singularly narrow interpretation of the labor dispute disqualification results from a basic misunderstanding of the disqualification's function in unemployment insurance legislation.

Does presidential leadership of the news through press conferences extend to both television and newspaper coverage? Presidents speak directly to reporters during their press conferences, and it is likely that both newspapers and television news cover them. Despite important differences between television and newspaper coverage of politics, however, we do not know whether newspapers and television cover the president's press conferences, how this coverage differs, and what these differences mean for presidential leadership of the news. Theoretically, journalistic professionalism and the profit incentive of news media predict that newspapers and television will cover press conferences, particularly those held in Washington, DC Using plagiarism detection software to create similarity scores between the text of the president's press conference and subsequent news coverage, I find that although both media cover press conferences, newspapers devote much more coverage to primetime conferences, a finding that has important implications for the president's leadership of the news media.