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Lifestyles and their Influence on Health and Life Expectancy - Life Expectancy Survey of BiB (LES)

Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BIB), Wiesbaden
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6765 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12924
Abstract: Many illnesses that lead to death can be influenced by personal lifestyles. ´Unhealthy´ behavior makes successful, active aging difficult. Several waves of surveys are used to close information gaps with regard to a further increase in life expectancy and the growing proportion of older people. Over the past decades, chronic diseases, cardiovascular diseases and malignant neoplasms have become increasingly important causes of death. Recent analyses show that many of these diseases are influenced by personal behaviour, forms of life and environmental conditions and are therefore often ´avoidabl ... more
Topics: Morbidity and mortality | Diet and nutrition | General health and well-being | Physical fitness and exercise

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 04.1984 - 15.10.1998
Date(s) of Data Collection: 04.1984 - 03.1986, 1st Survey West | 09.1991 - 10.1992, 1st Survey East | 25.03.1998 - 15.10.1998, 2nd Survey
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Persons aged 45 years and older (born 1952 and older)
Number of Units: 8474 (West 1984-1986) 1546 (Ost 1991-1992) 4843 (1998) 3939 (Panel West) 904 (Panel Ost)
Sampling Procedure: Probability Sample: Multistage Sample
Mode of Data Collection: Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
Data Collector: Infratest Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsforschung, München
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: 826 (West 1984-1986) 811 (Ost 1991-1992) 662 (1998) 1452 (Panel West) 1464 (Panel Ost)
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Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BIB), Wiesbaden
Publication year: 2017
DOI: 10.4232/1.12924
Study number: ZA6765
Contributor, Institution, Role: Naderi, Robert - Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB) - Other
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2017-12-06, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12924
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Reference publications

Publications: Breckenkamp, Jürgen; Laaser, Ulrich; Danell, Thomas: Freizeitinteressen und subjektive Gesundheit. Wiesbaden: Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB), Materialien zur Bevölkerungswissenschaft 2001, Heft 102b | Müller, Ulrich; Heinzel-Gutenbrunner, Monika: Krankheiten und Beschwerden (subjektive Gesundheit) unter Bewertung der eigenen Gesundh ... more
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Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BIB), Wiesbaden (2017). Lifestyles and their Influence on Health and Life Expectancy - Life Expectancy Survey of BiB (LES). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6765 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12924.

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