Quality of Life in Old Age

Summary

Strengths: The survey incorporates a range of quality of life indicators, including physical and mental health, real and disposable income, and accessibilty of institutional and other resources. Weaknesses: The survey uses a small sample size and self-reporting data. Institutionalized population and migrants are also not included.

Type of data

Data Source
Survey

Type of Study
Crosssection occasional

Data gathering method
Telephone

Access to data

Conditions of access

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

Formats available

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data collected in 2010 with a sample size of 800 individuals

First year of collection
2010

Stratification if applicable
Age, gender, income level, state (Bundesland)

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
By state (Bundesland)

Age range
Population aged 60 and over

Statistical representativeness
Special group, please specify

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Data collected on the following topics: age, quality of life and wellbeing, life satisfaction, health, financial situation (income, pension), mobility, social participation, volunteering, social interactions and contacts, living situation, assistance/care services. Corresponds to: Health and Performance, Wellbeing, and Social, Civic and Cultural Engagement, and Housing, Urban Development and Mobility Topics

Linkage

Standardisation

Possibility of linkage among databases

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
No errors reported

Breaks
No breaks reported

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
No inconsistencies reported

Governance

Contact information
Susanne Völkl (Report)/ Setare Seyyed-Hashemi (Evaluation and statistics)
Commissioned by Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection (BMASK); implemented by Institute for Empirical Social Research (IFES)
Stubenring 1
1010 Wien Austria Phone: Setare Seyyed-Hashemi:43154670575?
Email: setare.seyyed-hashemi(at)ifes.at
Url: Not available

Timeliness, transparency
The study was conducted between February and March 2010. A report with the main findings was published in May 2010.