Wave 1: 2017/2018
Wave 2: 2019/2020
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)
80+
80+
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
Cognitive and physical performance tests, standardized questionnaires
Quality of life
Well-being
Successful life conduct
Lifestyle and social relations
Health
Values and attitudes
Life history
Material status
Representative Survey NRW, comprehensive QoL assessment, trend study (repeated cross-sectional),
predictors of Qol (longitudinal)
Social Sciences (Sociology, Psychology, Medicine, Gerontology)
ceres – Cologne Center for Ethics, Rights, Economics, and Social Sciences of Health
Universitätsstr. 91
50931 Köln
Dr. Roman Kaspar
+49 (0)221 470-89121
nrw-80plus[at]uni-koeln.de
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.