The SecondLongitudinal Study of Aging.ppt

OH9900 LSOA II Staff Presentation Topics Sponsors The LSOA II was designed to… Describe the continuum from functional, community-dwelling independence through dependence, including institutionalization, to death; Describe the covariates associated with changes in functional status; Replicate the first LSOA in order to determine whether there have been changes in the disability and impairment process across the decades. The Longitudinal Studies of Aging(LSOAs) Relationship Between the Surveys Based on the 1994 NHIS Complex, multistage area probability design Civilian, non-institutionalized population Persons 70 years of age and over in 1995 N = 9,447 persons SOA II Design LSOA IIResponse Rates LSOA II Data Sources LSOA II Content NHIS Core Sex Age (DOB) Race / Ethnicity Marital status Veteran status Education Family income Family Resources Access to care Reasons for no care Disability Supplement Mental health Depression RA Disability LSOA II Content Housing characteristics Transportation Social activities Family structure Family interactions Living arrangements Employment history Community services LSOA II Content LSOA II Content Migration and reasons for moves Cognitive functioning (HRS) Income questions (HRS) Home health care utilization Preventive services Information on the spouse Symptomatic conditions Nutrition and use of supplements LSOA II Content EOL and LYOL transitions Eligibility: deaths subsequent to SOA II Conducted at Waves 2 and 3 Respondent rule Wave 2 n = 938 Wave 3 n = 906 LSOA II Content Most of the Survivor questions repeated Reference periods changed Cognitive functioning for proxies (HRS) Place of death, prior living arrangements Changes in functioning prior to death Directives and durable POA LSOA IIAdministrative Record LinkagesChristine S. CoxNCHS Special Assistant for Record Linkage Additional Information Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Second Longitudinal Study of Aging Julie Dawson Weeks, Ph.D. LSOAs Project Direc