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Leefvormen en sociale netwerken van ouderen 1992-1995 : Netwerkstudie
This study is part of the programme Living arrangements and social networks of older adults ( Leefvormen en sociale netwerken van ouderen - LSN - ), containing the network data of this programme. The survey data are stored as a separate study as P1296. The programme was developed on request of the Netherlands Programme for Research on Aging ( Nederlands...
Verwijzing naar de data van: SHARE - Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe
The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) is a multidisciplinary and cross-national panel database of micro data on health, socio-economic status and social and family networks of more than 30,000 individuals aged 50 or over. Eleven countries have contributed data to the 2004 SHARE baseline study. They are a balanced representation of the various regions...
Netherlands Kinship Panel Study - wave 3 - 2010-2011: A Multi-Actor, Multi-Method Panel Study on Solidarity in Family Relationships
The Netherlands Kinship Panel Study is a survey meant to improve our understanding of the dynamics of family relationships in the Netherlands. The NKPS-data are collected from multiple actors, by multiple methods, and at multiple points in time.- Multi-actor. This implies that the focus is on relationships and networks of relationships rather than on individuals. Data are...
SHARE - Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - Wave 6
The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), is a longitudinal micro-data infrastructure created in response to a communication by the European Commission (2000) to the Council and the European Parliament, which identified population ageing and its social and economic challenges to growth and prosperity to be among the most pressing challenges of the 21st...
SHARE - Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - Wave 7
The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), is a longitudinal micro-data infrastructure created in response to a communication by the European Commission (2000) to the Council and the European Parliament, which identified population ageing and its social and economic challenges to growth and prosperity to be among the most pressing challenges of the 21st...
Ageing in Women and Men: A Longitudinal Study of Gender Differences in Health Behaviour and Health among Elderly (GENDER)
The Longitudinal Study of Gender Differences in Health Behaviour and Health among Elderly (GENDER) is a study of unlike-sex twin pairs born between 1906 and 1925 (Gold et al., 2002).
Sub-studies:
• A survey concerning health and health behaviors was mailed in 1994 with responses from 1210 twins from 605 pairs where both responded. Mean age at baseline assessment was 74.43...
Studying the trajectories and mediators of old-age problematic alcohol use and the agency of older persons
The study sought insight into the experiences and perspectives of older persons on ageing, alcohol use, treatment, and recovery from an alcohol problem, as well as their understanding of what healthy ageing entails. The study, hence, focused on the subjective experiences of older persons, for an understanding of the challenges and strengths they face in relation to alcohol...
The Swedish National study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen (SNAC-K)
The national study SNAC - The Swedish National Study on Aging and Care, includes four participating areas: SNAC-Blekinge, SNAC Kungsholmen, SNAC Nordanstig and SNAC Skåne (GÅS). In all four areas, a research centre conducts a population study and a health care system study. (Metadata related to the main study SNAC and the other participating areas can be found under the...
The Swedish National study on Aging and Care in Nordanstig (SNAC-N)
The national study SNAC - The Swedish National Study on Aging and Care, includes four participating areas: SNAC-Blekinge, SNAC Kungsholmen, SNAC Nordanstig and SNAC Skåne (GÅS). In all four areas, a research centre conducts a population study and a health care system study has been conducted. (Metadata related to the main study SNAC and the other participating areas can be...
The Swedish National study on Aging and Care in Blekinge (SNAC-B)
The national study SNAC - The Swedish National Study on Aging and Care, includes four participating areas: SNAC-Blekinge, SNAC Kungsholmen, SNAC Nordanstig and SNAC Skåne (GÅS). In all four areas, a research centre conducts a population study and a health care system study. (Metadata related to the main study SNAC and the other participating areas can be found under the...
SHARE – Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - Wave 1
SHARE - Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - is a multidisciplinary and cross-national panel database. It provides micro data on health, socio-economic status and social and family networks of thousands individuals aged 50 or over and their (younger) partners.
The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe seeks to analyse the process of population...
SHARE – Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - Wave 3
SHARE - Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - is a multidisciplinary and cross-national panel database. It provides micro data on health, socio-economic status and social and family networks of thousands individuals aged 50 or over and their (younger) partners.
The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe seeks to analyse the process of population...
SHARE – Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - Wave 2
SHARE - Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - is a multidisciplinary and cross-national panel database. It provides micro data on health, socio-economic status and social and family networks of thousands individuals aged 50 or over and their (younger) partners.
The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe seeks to analyse the process of population...
SHARE – Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - Wave 4
SHARE - Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - is a multidisciplinary and cross-national panel database. It provides micro data on health, socio-economic status and social and family networks of thousands individuals aged 50 or over and their (younger) partners.
The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe seeks to analyse the process of population...
SHARE – Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - Wave 5
SHARE - Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - is a multidisciplinary and cross-national panel database. It provides micro data on health, socio-economic status and social and family networks of thousands individuals aged 50 or over and their (younger) partners.
The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe seeks to analyse the process of population...
Generations and Gender Programme (GGP) - Sweden Wave 1
The Generations and Gender Programme (GGP) is a Social Science Research Infrastructure that provides micro- and macro-level data which significantly improve the knowledge base for social science. The Infrastructure is run by institutes with strong traditions in academic and policy-related research on population and family change and on survey methodology.
The survey was...
Vitality 90+ Survey 1996
The survey studied longevity and the oldest-old by charting the care, activity and everyday life of people aged 90 and over living in Tampere. The respondents were asked who they lived with, whether someone helped them at home, who helped them the most with everyday tasks, and whether a housekeeper or home helper visited them regularly. Further questions examined whether the...
Vitality 90+ Survey 1995
The survey studied longevity and the oldest-old by charting the care, activity and everyday life of people aged 90 and over living in Tampere. The respondents were asked who they lived with, whether someone helped them at home, who helped them the most with everyday tasks, and whether a housekeeper or home helper visited them regularly. Further questions examined whether the...
Vitality 90+ Survey 2003
The survey studied longevity and the oldest-old by charting the care, everyday life, and physical activity and capability of people aged 90 and over living in Tampere. The respondents who lived at home were asked who they lived with, whether someone helped them at home, who helped them the most with everyday tasks, whether a housekeeper or home helper visited them regularly,...
Vitality 90+ Survey 2001
The survey studied longevity and the oldest-old by charting the care, activity and everyday life of people aged 90 and over living in Tampere. The respondents who lived at home were asked who they lived with, whether someone helped them at home, who helped them the most with everyday tasks, whether a housekeeper or home helper visited them regularly, whether they spent most...
Vitality 90+ Survey 2010
The survey studied longevity and the oldest-old by charting the care, everyday life, and physical activity and capability of people aged 90 and over living in Tampere. The respondents who lived at home were asked what kind of housing they lived in (e.g. ordinary home, sheltered housing), who they lived with, whether someone helped them at home, who helped them the most with...
Informal Care and Employment 2008-2009
The data consist of the interviews of people in paid work who regularly cared for a person close to them. The interviews were conducted in 2008 and 2009 and the main theme was combining paid work and informal care. The interviews cover, among others, informal care, employment, family and social relationships, leisure time, public services, and future. The study was part of...
Interviews with Gerontological Social Work and Diaconal Work Clients and Those Working with Older Adults 2021
The data includes 30 group interviews and 19 individual interviews conducted in the Gerontological social work responding to complex needs of older adults (GERIT) research project. Due to the timing of the interviews, several of the interviews discuss the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on the lives of older people and the services provided to them. Group interviews with...
Gerontological Social Work 2000: Interviews
In the study, Finnish social workers working with the elderly were interviewed about their work, its significance, ways of improving it and its future. The data consist of 13 transcribed interviews in Finnish. The respondents were asked about their their typical working day, job tasks and content, professional and personal equirements for the work, changes in the...
Aged Canadian Finns 2004
The material is part of the research project on ageing and immigration, conducted in the University of Tampere. Some questionnaire questions are the same as in the Finnish GOAL (Good Ageing in Lahti region; Ikihyvä in Finnish) survey targeted at people aged over 50 years. First, the respondents' demographics were charted in the questionnaire. Their age, marital status,...
New Challenges of Grandparenting 2009: Writing Competition
The data comprise 185 texts written by people taking part in the writing competition titled "Isovanhemmuuden uudet haasteet" [New Challenges of Grandparenting]. The invitation for the competition was published in a Finnish magazine. Especially those grandparents who were born in the 1940s and 50s were invited to participate, but texts from grandparents in general were...
Gerontological Regional Database (GERDA) Survey 2021-2022
The data includes a survey collected by the Gerontological Regional Database (GERDA), which has mapped the health and living conditions of Finnish people aged 65 and over. The themes of the survey include activities, civic engagement, social contacts and well-being. First, respondents reported on their social contacts and their use of the internet. Next, respondents were...
School Leavers Study, 1978
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study is available via the UK Data Service QualiBank, an online tool for browsing, searching and citing the content of selected qualitative data collections held at the UK Data Service.
This is a qualitative data collection. The School Leavers Study is a collection of essays written by school...
Families, Social Mobility and Ageing, an Intergenerational Approach, 1900-1988
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study, colloquially known as '100 Families', sought to trace connections between family life and social mobility. It did so through 170 in-depth life story interviews spread across three generations of family life.
The research team, headed by Paul Thompson and Howard Newby at the University of...
Quality of Life of the Healthy Elderly: Residential Setting and Social Comparison Processes, 2000-2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The objectives and research questions of this project were:to increase understanding of the factors that contribute to quality of life (QoL) perceptions in the healthy elderlyto obtain a broader understanding of the factors that influence QoL perceptions among the healthy elderlyto contribute to...