Replication data: Challenges and benefits of including institutionalized, cognitively impaired, and unable-to-respond individuals in a representative survey of the very old
GESIS, Cologne. Data File Version 2.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2536
Abstract: Institutionalization, cognitive impairment, and the inability to conduct an interview due to health impairment are among the top exclusion criteria for most large-scale social and aging surveys. Reservations about targeting vulnerable groups result from economic or legal restrictions of recruitment and concerns regarding research ethics or the validity of the data obtained. However, failure to include these individuals may lead to substantial bias. Metadata showed that privileged data access and checks against nursing home repositories prevented the undercoverage of institutionalized individua ... more Availability: Free access (without registration)
Subject area: [Sociology [=] Demography [=] Psychology [=] Interdisciplinary and Applied Fields of the Social Sciences [=] Other]
Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 2017; 2018
Geographic coverage: [Germany / DE]
Geographic coverage (free): [NRW [=] Nordrhein-Westfalen]
Sampling Procedure: Probability Sample
Temporal Research Design: cross-section
Mode of Data Collection: Face-to-face interview
Bibliographic information
Primärforschende, Institution: Kaspar, Roman; Universität zu Köln | Brijoux, Thomas; Universität zu Köln | Albrecht, Andrea; Universität zu Köln | Zimmermann, Jaroslava; Universität zu Köln | Wenner, Judith; Universität zu Köln | Fey, Jonas; Universität zu Köln | Reissmann, Marcella; Universität zu Köln | Wagner, Michael; Universität zu Köln | Zank, Susanne; Universität zu Köln
Publication year: 2023
DOI: 10.7802/2536
Study number: SDN-10.7802-2536
Project funder: Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Publisher: GESIS, Cologne
Versions
Current Version: 2.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2536
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