Lebensqualität und Wohlbefinden hochaltriger Menschen in NRW (Hochaltrigenpanel NRW 80+)

GENERAL
Year
2016 -2021
Country
Germany
STUDY DETAILS
Waves

Wave 1: 2017/2018
Wave 2: 2019/2020

Sample size

Wave 1: 1.863
Wave 2:v 912 (panel interviews before pandemic)
+ 753 (face-to-face interviews from additional base sample, before pandemic)
+ approx. 220 (paper-pencil interviews from additional base sample during pandemic, fieldwork ends March 2021)

Sample population

80+

Sample residence

80+

Survey mode

Quantitative

90-minute standardized face-to-face self-or proxy interview (pre-pandemic),
paper-pencil questionnaire and telephone interview (during pandemic for rest of wave 2 base sample)

Longitudinal or cross-section study

Longitudinal

Data sources

Cognitive and physical performance tests, standardized questionnaires

Main topics

Quality of life
Well-being
Successful life conduct
Lifestyle and social relations
Health
Values and attitudes
Life history
Material status

Goals

Representative Survey NRW, comprehensive QoL assessment, trend study (repeated cross-sectional),
predictors of Qol (longitudinal)

Scientific domain

Social Sciences (Sociology, Psychology, Medicine, Gerontology)

Age studies subcategories
Age Study (80+)
INSTITUTION
Institution

ceres – Cologne Center for Ethics, Rights, Economics, and Social Sciences of Health
Universitätsstr. 91
50931 Köln

Contact

Dr. Roman Kaspar

+49 (0)221 470-89121
nrw-80plus[at]uni-koeln.de

LINKS / PUBLICATIONS
Publications

Zank, Susanne, Woopen, Christiane, Wagner, Michael, Rietz, Christian, & Kaspar, Roman (2020). Lebensqualität und Wohlbefinden hochaltriger Menschen in NRW (Repräsentativbefragung NRW80+). GESIS Datenarchiv, Köln. ZA7558 Datenfile Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13527.