Help to elderly people regarding different tasks

Summary

Weakness: The survey only covers eight municipalities in sparsely populated areas of Denmark.

Type of data

Data Source
Survey

Type of Study
Crosssection occasional

Data gathering method
Face-to-face

Access to data

Conditions of access

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

Formats available
SAS, SPSS, tab-delimited file

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data was collected in 2002 and only collected once.

First year of collection
2002

Stratification if applicable
N.A.

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
Eight different, sparsely populated municipalities, sample from the population

Age range
Population aged 76 and over

Statistical representativeness
Population representative

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
The survey includes hypothetical questions about who should be obliged to help the elderly, including different scenarios where gender and health varies, who carries out different tasks in the elderly's homes, and psychological wellbeing. Two focus group interviews were conducted in each of the eight municipalities - one interview with relatives to the elderly and one with different players involved in the services provided for senior citizens.

Linkage

Standardisation
N.A.

Possibility of linkage among databases
No

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
N.A.

Breaks
N.A.

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
N.A.

Governance

Contact information
Danish Data Archive (DDA)
Danish Data Archive (DDA)
Islandsgade 10
5000 Odense Denmark Phone: +45 66113010
Email: mailbox(at)dda.dk
Url: http://samfund.dda.dk/ddakatalog//sdfiler/R10460.htm

Timeliness, transparency
N.A.