Learning Needs and Arrangements of Elderly People

Summary

Type of data

Data Source
Survey

Type of Study
Crosssection occasional

Data gathering method
Telephone
Face-to-face

Access to data

Conditions of access

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

Formats available
SPSS

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
1 year of collection The qualitative survey component (interview) consisted of 15 persons and the quantitative survey component consisted of 504 persons.

First year of collection
2006

Stratification if applicable
By gender, age, number of children, education, income, professional status, household size.

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
Not specified

Age range
Population aged 60 and over

Statistical representativeness
Not representative

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Data collected on education of the elderly, educational environment, lifelong learning, continuing education courses, informal learning, activities and leisure, and self-perceived health. Corresponds to: Education and Learning, Health and Performance, and Social, Civic and Cultural Engagement topics

Linkage

Standardisation
ISCED

Possibility of linkage among databases
No

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable

Breaks

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection

Governance

Contact information
Franz Kolland, Project Director, University of Vienna
Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection (BMASK)/WISDOM
BMASK Stubenring 6 / WISDOM, Liechtensteinstraße 22a/17
1010 Wien Austria Phone: +43 427748123
Email: datenarchiv(at)wisdom.at
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Timeliness, transparency
Data collected from September to October 2006. The final report was published in March 2007.