Metadata record for National Survey of Self-Care and Aging: Baseline, 1990-19916718Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social ResearchICPSR metadata records are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.2024-03-18National Survey of Self-Care and Aging: Baseline, 1990-1991671810.3886/ICPSR06718.v3DeFriese, Gordon H.Norburn, Jean E. KincadePlease see full citation.United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Aging#5-P20-AG09648-06Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research1996-10-012006-06-22The Stata dictionary and system data files for dataset 1 were corrected to set the storage type as double for numeric variables with more than nine significant digits.2006-02-17The data, the SAS, SPSS, and Stata setup files, and the documentation have been updated.DeFriese, Gordon H., and Jean E. Kincade Norburn. National Survey of Self-Care and Aging: Baseline, 1990-1991. ICPSR06718-v3. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-06-22. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06718.v3http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06718.v3activities of daily livingagingassistive deviceschronic illnesseshealth carehealth services utilizationindependent livingolder adultsself medicationAHRQMCC I. Multiple Chronic ConditionsDSDR IX. NIA Supported StudiesICPSR XVII.D. Social Institutions and Behavior, Age and the Life CycleNACDA VI. Health Care Needs, Utilization, and Financing for Older AdultsThe National Survey of Self-Care and Aging (NSSCA) was conducted during 1990 and 1991 to create a baseline database on the prevalence of self-care behaviors by noninstitutionalized older adults. Personal interviews were conducted with 3,485 individuals 65 years of age and older. Oversampling of the oldest old was employed to assure representation of those who were frail or difficult to reach. A proxy was substituted if the subject was hospitalized, too ill, or cognitively not able to respond. Questions were asked about the type and extent of self-care behaviors for activities of daily living, management of chronic conditions (through self-care activities, equipment use, and environmental modifications), medical self-care for acute conditions, and health promotion/disease preventions. Social support, health service utilization, and socio-demographic/economic variables were also included. A follow-up study was conducted in 1994 (see NATIONAL SURVEY OF SELF-CARE AND AGING: FOLLOW-UP, 1994 [ICPSR 2592]).1990-09-161991-01-2519901991Please see geographic coverage.United StatesNoninstitutionalized Medicare beneficiaries 65 years of age and older in 1990.survey dataThe stratified random sample of noninstitutionalized Medicare beneficiaries 65 years of age and older was drawn from 50 Primary Sampling Units (PSUs), 38 urban and 12 rural. Stratification was by gender and three age groups (65-74, 75-84, 85 or older).personal interviewThe data dictionary lists the variables in alphabetic order as well as by position.Ann Arbor, Mi.: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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