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Socioeconomic Differences in Old Age MortalityData and Methods

Socioeconomic Differences in Old Age Mortality: Data and Methods Chapter 7 7.1 The Health and Retirement Study The data for the USA come from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and a sub- study, the study of Assets and Health Dynamics among the oldest old (AHEAD). These are two representative studies conducted by the Institute of Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan, and supported by the National Institute on Ag- ing (NIA). They were started separately in 1992 and 1993 respectively and then combined in 1998, with a follow-up every second year (Soldo et al. 1997). Since HRS focuses on retirement ages and AHEAD on the ages 70+, they are merged for this study with the help of datasets prepared by RAND (for information, see http://hrsonline.isr.umich.edu). This resulted in a sample of 9,376 persons born be- fore 1934 (aged 59 to 107) and surveyed from 1992 to 2000, with 2,608 deaths during the period of observation. Black persons are excluded from the analysis because the small number of them in the sample would only show general racial mortality differences, which is not the purpose of this study. By the same token, it would not be possible to analyze their specific age trajectory of social mortality differences. Institutionalized persons http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Springer Netherlands
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© Springer Netherlands 2008
ISBN
978-1-4020-8691-5
Pages
129 –138
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4020-8692-2_8
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Chapter 7 7.1 The Health and Retirement Study The data for the USA come from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and a sub- study, the study of Assets and Health Dynamics among the oldest old (AHEAD). These are two representative studies conducted by the Institute of Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan, and supported by the National Institute on Ag- ing (NIA). They were started separately in 1992 and 1993 respectively and then combined in 1998, with a follow-up every second year (Soldo et al. 1997). Since HRS focuses on retirement ages and AHEAD on the ages 70+, they are merged for this study with the help of datasets prepared by RAND (for information, see http://hrsonline.isr.umich.edu). This resulted in a sample of 9,376 persons born be- fore 1934 (aged 59 to 107) and surveyed from 1992 to 2000, with 2,608 deaths during the period of observation. Black persons are excluded from the analysis because the small number of them in the sample would only show general racial mortality differences, which is not the purpose of this study. By the same token, it would not be possible to analyze their specific age trajectory of social mortality differences. Institutionalized persons

Published: Jan 1, 2008

Keywords: Objective Health; Gompertz Model; Labor Force Status; Institutionalize Person; National Nurse Home Survey

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