Danish Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Summary

Strengths: There is a high participation rate and high rate of re-interviews from earlier rounds. Data from different birth cohorts can be compared. More information i.e. study description and variable list is available in both English and Danish at http://www.sfi.dk/Default.aspx?ID=7745. Weakness: The latest report is only available in Danish.

Type of data

Data Source
Survey

Type of Study
Survey same

Data gathering method
Telephone
Face-to-face

Access to data

Conditions of access

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Anonymised microdata and aggregated tables

Formats available
SAS, SPSS, Stata

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
First round in 1997consisted of a random sample of people born in 1920, 1925, 1930, 1940 and 1945 from the CPR-register. The response rate was 70% (5,864 individuals), which was lower among the oldest, and those living alone and higher among the younger and those living in good housing. The second round in 2002 had a response rate of 88% among those re-interviewed and 83% overall. In the third round in 2007, the overall response rate was 74%. 7,010 of the 9,633 interviewees had participated in 1997 and/or 2002.

First year of collection
1997

Stratification if applicable
Not stratified

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
N.A.

Age range
52 and above. In the first round in 1997, the sample was drawn among individuals born in the following years: 1920, 1925, 1930, 1935, 1940, 1945. In 2002, a new cohort of 52-year-olds (1950) were added, and this is also the case in 2007 (1955) and in 2012 (1960)

Statistical representativeness
Other, please specify

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
The database covers health and performance; social systems and welfare; work and productivity; education and learning; housing, urban development and mobility; social, civic and cultural engagement; wellbeing; and intergenerational relationships.

Linkage

Standardisation
SHANA index used in questions about level of function.

Possibility of linkage among databases
Data can be linked to register data available at Statistics Denmark through an encrypted identification key.

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
N.A.

Breaks
N.A.

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
The main parts of the questions have been repeated in all rounds even though there have been some slight changes in order to take developments in society into account.

Governance

Contact information
Contact: Head of CSSR, Leif Jensen
CSSR
Herluf TrollesGade 11
DK-1052 Copehagen K Denmark Phone: (+45)33480820
Email: leh(at)sfi.dk
Url:

Timeliness, transparency
N.A.