Demographics - Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

In the table below, entries in the left column refer to the related documentation, while the numbers in the cells of columns LASA-B to LASA-J (K in progress) refer to the corresponding LASA-data files (e.g. ‘016‘ in column B refers to ‘LASAB016‘). Table entries are hyperlinks. Hovering over the waves in the header will show the years in which the corresponding measurements took place.

For more details about the LASA-waves, see Design LASA.

Note that some of the data are not yet available (in red).

LASA-WAVE	B	C	D	E	2B	F	G	H	3B	MB	I	J	K
Cohort 1
Cohort 2
Cohort 3
Migrant Cohort

THEME DEMOGRAPHICS
General variables	B	C	D	E	2B	F	G	H	3B	MB	I	J	K
(Non-)response more detailed non-response	z002 002	z002 002	z002 002	z002 002	z002 002	z002 002	z002 002	z002 002	z002 002	- 002	z002 002	z002 002	z002 002
Age at interview**	z008	z008	z008	z008	z008	z008	z008	z008	z008	mb008	z008	z008	z008
Time of measurement**	z008	z008	z008	z008	z008	z008	z008	z008	z008	mb008	z008	z008	z008
Sex**¹	z004	-	-	-	z004	-	-	-	z004	mb004	-	-	-
Education¹	z004	-	-	-	z004	-	-	-	z004	mb004	-	-	-
Nationality**¹	z004	-	-	-	z004	-	-	-	z004	mb004	-	-	-
Ethnicity**¹	z004	-	-	-	z004	-	-	-	z004	mb004	-	-	-
Weight factors⁵

Mortality	B	C	D	E	2B	F	G	H	3B	MB	I	J	K
Mortality data	z990	z990	z990	z990	z990	z990	z990	z990	z990	-	z990	z990	z990
Mortality and cause of death - Specified	z991 z992	z991 z992	z991 z992	z991 z992	z991 z992	z991 z992	z991 z992	z991 z992	z991 z992	- -	z991 z992	z991 z992	z991 z992

Geography	B	C	D	E	2B	F	G	H	3B	MB	I	J	K
Urbanization²	z095	z095	z095	z095	z095	z095	z095	z095	z095	mb095	z095	z095	z095
History of domestic addresses**	z052	z052	z052	z052	z052	z052	z052	z052	z052	-	z052	z052	z052

Living arrangements	B	C	D	E	2B	F	G	H	3B	MB	I	J	K
Household composition**^IM	011	011	011	011	011	011	011	011	011	011	011	011	011
Housing characteristics^IM see Theme Social
Marital and partner status - tel. proxy* - tel. respondent*	z010 - -	z010 601 701	z010 601 701	z010 601 701	z010 - -	z010 601 701	z010 601 701	z010 601 701	z010 - -	mb010 - -	z010 601 701	z010 601 701	z010 601 701

Religion³	B	C	D	E	2B	F	G	H	3B	MB	I	J	K
Church affiliation	-	z038	z038	z038	z038	-	-	-	z038	038	-	-	-
Church attendance	-	-	z038	z038	z038	z038	z038	z038	z038	038	z038	038	038

Socio-economic status	B	C	D	E	2B	F	G	H	3B	MB	I	J	K
Occupation⁴	016	016	016	016	016	016	016	016	016	016	016	016	016
Income - Income specification	017 217	017 -	017 -	017 -	017 -	017 -	017 -	017 -	017 -	017 -	017 -	017 -	017 -
Income decline / evaluation	019	019	019	019	019	019	019	019	019	019	019	019	019
Health insurance**	018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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LASA-wave	B	C	D	E	2B	F	G	H	3B	MB	I	J	K

¹ Only determined at baseline measurements

² See also Theme Social: Housing

³ For Religiousness, see Theme: Emotional

⁴ For information on Work and Retirement, see Theme Work: Work and Retirement

⁵ Weight factors previously described in 005-files (data are not distributed any more)

** Not yet documented

^IM In 2004, three years after wave E an interim measurement was carried out on the first cohort, see the specific topics for more details. More information will follow.