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| Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old: an overview of the AHEAD study | | Author(s) | Beth J Soldo, Michael D Hurd, Willard L Rodgers |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 52B, special issue, May 1997 |
| Pages | pp 1-20 |
| Keywords | Over 70s ; Living in the community ; Health [elderly] ; Economic status [elderly] ; Methodology ; Interviewing ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Background information is provided on the study of Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD), a prospective survey of people born in 1923 or earlier and living in the community at the time of the 1993 baseline. Interviews were sought with both spouses in married households, and an overall total of 8,222 were completed. The authors review the interdisciplinary scientific issues motivating the study, describe the fundamental design decisions for structuring the study, and summarise the content in the core and experimental modules. The study provides unusually detailed data on cognition, family structure and transfers, and assets. Data are presented on sample selections, response rates, and over-samples of minority groups. Basic descriptive data on the demographic, health and socio-economic attributes of respondents are also presented. Plans for future waves of AHEAD are described, including a next-of-kin interview concerning respondents who have since died. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-971125259 A |
| Classmark | BBK: K4: CC: F:W: 3D: 3DL: 3J: 7T |
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