Description & Citation--Study No. 9915 | | | ICPSR Study No.: | 9915 |
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Persistent URL:
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| | | Title: | Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly, 1981-1993: [East Boston, Massachusetts, Iowa and Washington Counties, Iowa, New Haven, Connecticut, and North Central North Carolina] |
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| | | Principal Investigator(s): | James O. Taylor |
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| Robert B. Wallace |
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| Adrian M. Ostfeld |
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| Dan G. Blazer |
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| | | Funding Agency: | National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Aging. |
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| | | Grant Number: | N01-AG-0-2107, N01-AG-0-2106, N01-AG-0-2105,
N01-AG-2-2102 |
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| | | Bibliographic Citation: | Taylor, James O., Robert B. Wallace, Adrian M. Ostfeld, and Dan G. Blazer. ESTABLISHED POPULATIONS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES OF THE ELDERLY, 1981-1993: [EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, IOWA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, IOWA, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA] [Computer file]. ICPSR09915-v3. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Aging [producer], 1997. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1998. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09915 |
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| | | | Summary: | The goals of the Established Populations for Epidemiologic
Studies of the Elderly (EPESE) project were to describe and identify
predictors of mortality, hospitalization, and placement in long-term
care facilities and to investigate risk factors for chronic diseases
and loss of functioning. The survey elicited information from persons
65 years of age and older in four geographic locations: East Boston,
Massachusetts, New Haven, Connecticut, Iowa and Washington Counties,
Iowa, and five counties in north central North Carolina. The public
use baseline data (Part 1) cover demographic characteristics (age,
sex, race, income, education, marital status, number of children,
employment, and religion), height, weight, social and physical
functioning, chronic conditions, related health problems, health
habits, self-reported use of dental, hospital, and nursing home
services, and depression. Data from six follow-up surveys conducted in
all four of the sites are also provided (Parts 2-4 and 6-8), along
with information from death certificates for deaths occurring in the
first six years of follow-up for all four sites (Part 5). |
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| | | Subject Term(s): | aging population, chronic illnesses, death, health care, hospitalization, long term care, medical history, mortality rates, nursing homes, older adults |
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| | | Geographic Coverage: | Boston, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Haven, North Carolina, United States |
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| | | Time Period: | 1981 - 1993 |
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| | | Universe: | All noninstitutionalized persons 65 years of age and older
in East Boston, Massachusetts, New Haven, Connecticut, Iowa and
Washington Counties, Iowa, and five counties in north central North
Carolina. |
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| | | Data Type: | survey data, and administrative records data |
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| | | Data Collection Notes: | (1) Additional documentation, the EPESE RESOURCE DATA
BOOK, Volumes I and II, is available only in hardcopy form upon
request from ICPSR. (2) The baseline age distribution is: East Boston:
65-69 (N = 1,277), 70-74 (N = 1,081), 75-79 (N = 697), 80-84 (N =
413), and 85+ (N = 341). Iowa: 65-69 (N = 986), 70-74 (N = 988), 75-79
(N = 815), 80-84 (N = 523), and 85+ (N = 361). New Haven (non-Blacks):
65-69 (N = 611), 70-74 (N = 590), 75-79 (N = 491), 80-84 (N = 335),
and 85+ (N = 256). New Haven (Blacks): 65-74 (N = 351), and 75+ (N =
178). North Carolina: 65-69 (N = 1,420), 70-74 (N = 1,121), 75-79 (N =
794), 80-84 (N = 505), and 85+ (N = 322). Totals for each area are:
East Boston (N = 3,809), Iowa (N = 3,673), New Haven (N = 2,811), and
North Carolina (N = 4,165). (3) The codebook and data collection
instruments are provided as Portable Document Format (PDF) files. The
PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be
accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat
Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is
provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet. |
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| | | | Sample: | In East Boston, individuals eligible for the study were
identified through a total community census performed concurrently
with the baseline interview in 1982. In Iowa, interviews were
attempted with all eligible persons enumerated using a list from the
area's Agency on Aging, supplemented by additional listings from local
informants. New Haven used a stratified random sample of clusters of
households. The sample was stratified for three different types of
residence: public housing for the elderly, private housing for the
elderly, and elsewhere in the community. Males were oversampled to
attempt to achieve balance in the sex distribution of the sample. In
North Carolina area sampling was used at the first stage of the design
to obtain a sample of 1980 census blocks, block clusters, and
enumeration districts. The sample was designed so that it would
consist of at least 50 percent Black older persons. |
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| | | Data Source: | personal interviews and administrative records |
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| | | | Note: | A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the
summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the
file manifest. |
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| | | Original ICPSR Release: | 1993-04-09 |
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| | | Version History: | The last update of this study occurred on 2006-01-18. |
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| 2006-01-18 - File CB9915.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads. |
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| 1998-11-16 - Missing pages from the codebook (Part 6, the Fifth
Interview, Fourth Follow-Up), have been inserted. An updated EPESE
Bibliography is also now available, as part of the codebook. |
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| 1998-05-20 - Follow-up data for the North Carolina site were
added to the original follow-up files (Parts 2-4), and data for the
fourth through sixth follow-ups (Parts 6-8) have been supplied for all
four sites. In addition, death certificate information for the fourth
through sixth follow-ups has been added to Part 5, Deaths Data, for
all four sites. Also, the data collection instrument and a revised
codebook are now available as Portable Document Format files. |
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| | | Dataset(s): | - DS1: Baseline Data
- DS2: First Follow-Up Data
- DS3: Second Follow-Up Data
- DS4: Third Follow-Up Data
- DS5: Deaths Data
- DS6: Fourth Follow-Up Data
- DS7: Fifth Follow-Up Data
- DS8: Sixth Follow-Up Data
- DS9: Resource Data Book and Questionnaires
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