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Psycho-Social Aspects of Health Burden in Advanced Age 1989

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6403 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.6403
Abstract: Condition of health and psycho-social effects in advanced age. Topics: Length of residence in Leipzig; form of housing; length of living in residence; number of children; place of residence of child with most frequent contact; frequency of contact; desire for more frequent contacts; employment; occupation characteristics; management function; satisfaction in occupation; condition of health; reasons for not being of good health; "visible" condition of health (estimated by interviewer) such as mobility, ability to see and hear, function of arms; frequency of leaving the house; someone pr ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 01.1989 - 12.1989
Geographic coverage: German Democratic Republic (1949-1990) (DDDE), GDR: Leipzig, municipal district central
Universe: Women 60 years old and older from a file on care of a geriatric center.
Number of Units: 100
Sampling Procedure: Simple random selection
Mode of Data Collection: Oral survey with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector: Institut fuer Sozialhygiene an der Karl-Marx-Universitaet Leipzig
Analysis System(s): SPSS
Number of Variables: 84

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - Institut für Sozialhygiene an der Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig
Publication year: 1989
DOI: 10.4232/1.6403
Study number: ZA6403
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.6403
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Reference publications

Publications: Meier, J.: Gesundheitliche Belastung im höheren Lebensalter. Psychosoziale Aspekte und rehabilitative Ansätze - Eine empirische Studie. Dissertation. Leipzig 1992.
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Institut für Sozialhygiene an der Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig (1989). Psycho-Social Aspects of Health Burden in Advanced Age 1989. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6403 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.6403.

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