Living conditions of older people in Spain 2006 (Survey CIS nº 2647)

Summary

Survey carried out in collaboration with the Institute of the Elderly and the Social Services. Elderly people are asked to contribute by filling out the survey to allow the institutions to be aware of their problems and seek solutions.

Type of data

Data Source
Survey

Type of Study
Crosssection occasional

Data gathering method
Face-to-face

Access to data

Conditions of access
- Free access to Spanish general tables http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/2640_2659/2647/Es2647_mapa.html - Free access to cross tables (gender, age, educational level, municipal size) http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/2640_2659/2647/Cru2647_enlace.html - Access to microdata by completing an accessibility questionnaire (information about users and aims and conditions for using data) (http://www.cis.es/cis/opencms/ES/formulario.jsp?dwld=/Microdatos/MD2647.zip)

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Aggregated general and cross tables and anonymised microdata for the Spanish and Andalusian population

Formats available
After the access permission is obtained, a set of files is provided for analysis, as follows: Anonymised microdata file ASCII format. Questionnaire: .pdf format. Technical log: .pdf format. Code book: .pdf format. Cards: .pdf format. Syntax programme for reading the microdata file in SPSS: ASCII format. Syntax programme for reading the microdata file in SAS: ASCII format.

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data was collected in 2006. Survey carried out in collaboration with the Institute of the Elderly and the Social Services. The sample consisted of the Spanish population aged 65 and over. Out of the 3,537 interviews, 3,507 were effective/completed. There was an oversampling of the oldest old in rural municipalities and a multi-stage stratified sample (municipalities, census tracts, individuals) was used.

First year of collection
2006

Stratification if applicable
Municipalities (according size), census tracts and individuals, randomly selected

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
All of Spain (plus Andalusia where an additional sample was carried out)

Age range
Population aged 65 and over

Statistical representativeness
Population representative

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Data on households (membership, cohabitation behaviours), dwellings (equipment and facilities), and individuals (daily personal and social activities, mobility and residential accessibility, family and social relations, social and family care relations, life satisfaction, feelings and beliefs, demographic information – age, sex, civil status, educational level, economic activity, retirement age) are collected in this survey. Tables composed by the essential socio-demographic features (age, sex, educational level, municipality size and ideological position).

Linkage

Standardisation
No attention is paid to international standards

Possibility of linkage among databases
No

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
No information

Breaks
No information

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
No

Governance

Contact information
Research Department
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (Sociological Research Centre, CIS) (Agreement with the Institute for the Elderly and the Social Services)
Montalbán 8
28014 Madrid Spain Phone: (91) 580 76 00
Email: cis(at)cis.es
Url: http://www.cis.es/cis/opencm/ES/1_encuestas/estudios/ver.jsp?estudio=7740&cuestionario=8954&muestra=14085 http://datosbd.cis.es/ciswebconsultas/estudioSearchLoad.htm

Timeliness, transparency
Data were collected from September 23 to September 30, 2006. No information provided about publication