DataSet

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

NIA funded a seven-year cooperative agreement with UNCCH to conduct a two-wave survey of over 3,000 persons 65 and older, with 1000 respondents being 85plus. The purpose of this survey was to collect data on older peoples functional status, their use of three types of self- care practices, and clinical, social and behavioral antecedents and consequences of different patterns of self-care. These data were linked to Medicare/Medicaid health utilization records. Funding for this study is officially over, but with archiving of the data, this represents a rich resource for those interested in self-care and aging research. Data from this follow-up has been linked with the baseline data (ICPSR Study No. 6718) using the variable ARCHIVID

This follow-up to the National Survey of Self-Care and Aging: Baseline, 1990-1991 (archived at NACDA as ICPSR Study No. 6718) was conducted in 1994 to continue examination of the health status and self-care practices of individuals aged 65 or older who were interviewed at baseline during 1991.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Archived at NACDA as ICPSR Study No. 2592.

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