Activating Senior Potential in Ageing Europe (ASPA)

Summary

Strengths: Data is internationally comparable.

Type of data

Data Source
Survey

Type of Study
Crosssection occasional

Data gathering method
Other: SAQ

Access to data

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

Formats available
SPSS (default)

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data was collected in 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008, and 2009. The sample size used was of approximately 1,000 Dutch employers.

First year of collection
2000

Stratification if applicable
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Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
Dutch employers

Age range
Not applicable

Statistical representativeness
Special group, please specify

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Detailed study of: Employers’, civil society organisations’ and governments’ behaviour, related to ageing, and the resulting societal arrangements; recruitment, retention measures, personnel policies and features of the organisation.

Linkage

Standardisation
Questionnaires are standardised

Possibility of linkage among databases
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Data quality

Entry errors if applicable

Breaks

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection

Governance

Contact information

Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)
Lange Houtstraat 19
2511 CV Den Haag Netherlands Phone: 003170 3565200
Email: info(at)nidi.nl
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Timeliness, transparency
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