Description & Citation--Study No. 22100
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Study No.: |
22100 |
Title: |
Longitudinal Study of Generations, 1971, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000 [California] |
Principal Investigator(s): |
Bengtson, Vern L., University of Southern California-Los Angeles
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Funding: |
United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Aging
(2R01AG00799-21A2)
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Bibliographic Citation: |
Bengtson, Vern L. Longitudinal Study of Generations, 1971, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000 [California]. ICPSR22100-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-05-12. doi:10.3886/ICPSR22100.v2 |
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Summary: |
The Longitudinal Study of Generations (LSOG), initiated in
1971, began as a survey of intergenerational relations among 300
three-generation California families with grandparents (then in their
sixties), middle-aged parents (then in their early forties), and
grandchildren (then aged 15 to 26). The study broadened in 1991 and now
includes a fourth generation, the great-grandchildren of these same
families. The LSOG, with a fully elaborated generation-sequential
design, allows comparisons of sets of aging parents and children at the
same stage of life but during different historical periods. These
comparisons make possible the investigation of the effects of social
change on inter-generational solidarity or conflict across 35 years and
four generations, as well as the effects of social change on the ability of
families to buffer stressful life transitions (e.g., aging, divorce and
remarriage, higher female labor force participation, changes in work and
the economy, and possible weakening of family norms of obligation), and
the effects of social change on the transmission of values, resources,
and behaviors across generations. The study also examines how
intergenerational relationships influence individuals' well-being as
they transition across the life course from early, to middle, to late
adulthood. The LSOG contains information on family structure, household
composition, affectual solidarity and conflict, values, attitudes,
behaviors, role importance, marital relationships, health and fitness,
mental health and well-being, caregiving, leisure activities, and life
events and concerns. Demographic variables include age, sex, income,
employment status, marital status, socioeconomic history, education,
religion, ethnicity, and military service. With the addition of Wave 7, in 2000, this collection supercedes LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF GENERATIONS, 1971, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997: [CALIFORNIA] (ICPSR 4076).
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Subject Terms: |
activities of daily living,
age,
aging,
caregivers,
children,
death,
drug use,
education,
employment,
ethnicity,
family history,
generations,
grandchildren,
grandparents,
household composition,
institutional care,
intergenerational relations,
interpersonal relations,
life satisfaction,
marital status,
mental health,
military service,
parents,
physical condition,
political affiliation,
race,
religion,
self concept,
siblings
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Smallest Geographic Unit: |
California
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Geographic Coverage: |
California,
Los Angeles,
United States
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Date of Collection: |
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Unit of Observation: |
individual
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Universe: |
Families were drawn randomly from a subscriber list of
840,000 members of a California Health Maintenance Organization in Los Angeles.
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Data Types: |
survey data
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Sample: |
Families were recruited by enlisting a grandfather over the
age of 60 who was part of a three-generation family that was willing to
participate.
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Mode of Data Collection: |
computer-assisted self interview (CASI),
face-to-face interview,
mail questionnaire,
self-enumerated questionnaire,
telephone interview
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Extent of Processing: |
All archived data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. The archive also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, the archive performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
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Created variable labels and/or value labels.
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Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.
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Note: |
Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed
in the file manifest. |
Original ICPSR Release: |
2008-10-08 |
Version History: |
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