Longitudinal Study of Generations, 1971, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2005 [California] (ICPSR 22100)

Version Date: Jul 6, 2016

Principal Investigator(s):
Merril Silverstein, Syracuse University; Vern L. Bengtson, University of Southern California-Los Angeles

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22100.v4

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  • V5 [2019-08-21]
  • V4 [2016-07-06] unpublished

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2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:

  • Silverstein, Merril, and Vern L. Bengtson. Longitudinal Study of Generations, 1971, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2005 [California]. ICPSR22100-v4. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2016-07-06. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22100.v4

2016-07-06 Merril Silverstein was added to the collection as a P.I.

2015-07-16 Wave 8 was added; including SPSS, SAS, and STATA datasets as well as an ICPSR Variable Description and Frequencies codebook. The codebook for part one was recompiled into a collection level codebook, including both parts one and two. A user guide for the collection has also been added.

2009-05-12 Setup files have been updated.

2008-10-08 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR 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, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Created variable labels and/or value labels.
  • Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.

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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 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.

Citation

Silverstein, Merril, and Bengtson, Vern L. Longitudinal Study of Generations, 1971, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2005 [California]. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2016-07-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22100.v4

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Funding

United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Aging (2R01AG00799-21A2)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

None

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Date of Collection

1971 -- 2005

Data Collection Notes

  1. At this time the datasets for part 1 (Waves 1-7) and part 2 (Wave 8) of the Longitudinal Study of Generations cannot be merged. Both datasets contain the variable ID, however, in the dataset for Part 1 the decimal values for ID are truncated resulting in several non-unique ID values and preventing merger based on this variable.

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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.

Time Method

Longitudinal

Universe

Families were drawn randomly from a subscriber list of 840,000 members of a California Health Maintenance Organization in Los Angeles.

Unit(s) of Observation

individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Presence of Common Scales

Affectual Solidarity Reliability, Consensual Solidarity (Socialization), Associational Solidarity, Functional Solidarity, Intergenerational Social Support, Normative Solidarity, Familism, Structural Solidarity, Intergenerational Feelings of Conflict, Management of Conflict Tactics, Rosenberg Self-Esteem, Depression (CES-D), Locus of Control, Bradburn Affect Balance, Eysenck Extraversion/Neuroticism, Anxiety (Hopkins Symptom Checklist), Activities of Daily Living (IADL/ADL), Religious Ideology, Political Conservatism, Gender Role Ideology, Individualism/Collectivism, Materialism/Humanism, Work Satisfaction, Gilford-Bengtson Marital Satisfaction

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Original Release Date

2008-10-08

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:

  • Silverstein, Merril, and Vern L. Bengtson. Longitudinal Study of Generations, 1971, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2005 [California]. ICPSR22100-v4. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2016-07-06. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22100.v4

2016-07-06 Merril Silverstein was added to the collection as a P.I.

2015-07-16 Wave 8 was added; including SPSS, SAS, and STATA datasets as well as an ICPSR Variable Description and Frequencies codebook. The codebook for part one was recompiled into a collection level codebook, including both parts one and two. A user guide for the collection has also been added.

2009-05-12 Setup files have been updated.

2008-10-08 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR 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, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Created variable labels and/or value labels.
  • Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.

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