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This study is part of the programme Living arrangements and social networks of older adults ( Leefvormen en sociale netwerken van ouderen - LSN - ), containing the survey data of this programme. The network analysis data are stored as a separate study as P1297. The programme was developed on request of the Netherlands Programme for Research on Aging ( Nederlands Stimuleringsprogramma Ouderenonderzoek - NESTOR ). In the framework of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam ( LASA ), the respondents of this survey born after 1908 are being followed up until the year 2000. At the Dipartimento di Statistica e Matematica Applicata all'Economia, Universita degli Studi di Pisa, Italia similar data were collected in Tuscany, Italia. The original documentation pays attention to links between these data. For a number of largely technical reasons, the data of this study are stored as a set of files that cover various hierarchic levels, contain various research units, and in so far as the files of the same hierarchic level pertain to the same research unit, they have varying numbers of cases. Consultation of the original Sourcebook, available as machine readable file, is strongly recommended.Themes: background data on respondent and partner / if problems suspected: Minimal Mental State Examination ( cognitive screening test ) / data on household members / living arrangements / living in institution / housing situation / feelings regarding neighbourhood: pleasurable, safety, victimization / rooms available / housing situation / special adaptations / wish to move / indication for nursing home / background data on parents / data on household situation during R's youth / significant life events during youth / data on siblings, frequency of contact / data on children and grand children, frequency of contacts, type of contacts with grandchildren / health, illness, handicaps R. and partner / capacity for everyday life activities, AADL IADL - items / ...