National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) / Linda J. Waite, Edward O. Laumann, Wendy Levinson, Stacy Tessler Lindau, Martha K. McClintock, Colm A. O'Muircheartaigh, L. Philip Schumm.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Waite, Linda J.

Laumann, Edward O.

Levinson, Wendy S.

Tessler Lindau, Stacy.

McClintock, Martha K.

O'Muircheartaigh, Colm A.

Schumm, L. Philip.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 20541.

ICPSR ; 20541

Language:

English

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

The health of older adults is influenced by many factors. One of the least understood is the role that social support and personal relationships may play in healthy aging. The National Social Life, Health and Aging Project (NSHAP) is the first population-based study of health and social factors on a national scale, aiming to understand the well-being of older, community-dwelling Americans by examining the interactions among physical health, illness, medication use, cognitive function, emotional health, sensory function, health behaviors, and social connectedness. It is designed to provide health providers, policy makers, and individuals with useful information and insights into these factors, particularly on social and intimate relationships. The study will be important in finding new ways to reduce morbidity and prevent dysfunction and disease as people age. The National Opinion Research Center (NORC), along with Principal Investigators at the University of Chicago, conducted more than 3,000 interviews during 2005 and 2006 with a nationally representative sample of adults aged 57 to 85. Face-to-face interviews and biomeasure collection took place in respondents' homes. Included in the Core File (Part 1) are: demographic characteristics, social networks, social and cultural activity, physical and mental health including cognition, well-being, illness, medications and alternative therapies, history of sexual and intimate partnerships and patient-physician communication. Also included in the Core File is a count of the total number of drugs taken, and a variable for each observed therapeutic categories indicating whether the respondent reported taking one or more medications in that category. These variables are derived from the information in the medications file, and so are guaranteed to be consistent with it. The Marital History Data (Part 2) contains one record for... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20541

Contents:

Part 1: Core Data; Part 2: Marital History Data; Part 3: Social Network Data; Part 4: Medications Data

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2008-01-04.

Start: 2005-07; and end: 2006-03.

OCLC:

190872074

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Restricted for use by site license.