Undiscovered and Unused Resources and Potential of the Elderly

Summary

Strengths: This survey is comparable to the German Ageing Survey (Alterssurvey) and fills a gap in data availability for the Austrian population. Weaknesses: The survey has a small sample size

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.)

Formats available

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data was collected in 2006 with a sample size of 528 individuals.

First year of collection
2006

Stratification if applicable
By state (Bundesland), age, gender, and size of community of residence (population size)

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
State (Bundesland)

Age range
Ages 51-75

Statistical representativeness
Special group, please specify

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Data collected on individual productivity and engagement, and determination to be independent and self-reliant; Intergenerational productivity as voluntary activity for the wider social environment; Social productivity and the self-organisation of elderly persons from a societal perpective Corresponds to: Work and Productivity, Intergenerational Relationships, and Social, Civic and Cultural Engagement Topics

Linkage

Standardisation

Possibility of linkage among databases
Uses the same measures as the German Ageing Survey (Alterssurvey)

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
No errors reported

Breaks
No breaks reported

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
No inconsistencies in terminology or coding reported

Governance

Contact information
Anton Amman with the Institute for Sociology at the University of Vienna/Funded by the Austrian National Bank (ÖNB), carried
Institute for Sociology at the University of Vienna
Rooseveltplatz 2
1090 Wien Austria Phone: 431427748101
Email: anton.amman(at)univie.ac.at
Url: NA

Timeliness, transparency
The survey was conducted in Summer 2006 and the main findings were published in 2007.