Social functioning - Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

In the the table below, entries in the left column refer to the related documentation, while the values in the cells of columns LASA-B to LASA-J (K in progress) refer to the corresponding LASA-data files (e.g. ‘078‘ in column B refers to ‘LASAB078‘). 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 available yet (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 SOCIAL
Affiliation	B	C	D	E	2B	F	G	H	3B	MB	I	J	K
Need for affiliation – scaled	078 278	– –	– –	078 278	141 341	– –	141 341	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –

Housing	B	C	D	E	2B	F	G	H	3B	MB	I	J	K
Housing characteristics Adaptations in the house	014 015 – – 014	014 015 601 701 014	014 015 601 701 014	014 015 601 701 014	014 015 – – 014	014 015 601 701 014	014 015 601 701 014	014 015 601 701 014	014 015 – – 014	014 – – – –	014 015 601 701 014	014 015 601 701 014	014 015 601 701 014
Relocation – tel. proxy* – tel. respondent*	014 015 – –	014 015 601 701	014 015 601 701	014 015 601 701	014 015 – –	014 015 601 701	014 015 601 701	014 015 601 701	014 015 – –	– – – –	014 015 601 701	014 015 601 701	014 015 601 701
Neighborhood characteristics	015 z095	015 z095	015 z095	015 z095	015 z095	015 z095	015 z095	015 z095	015 z095	– z095	015 z095	015 z095	015 z095
Neighborhood problems**													170
Pets in household	012	012	012	012	012	012	012	012	012	–	012	012	012

Residence in 1944**	013	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Partner relationship	B	C	D	E	2B	F	G	H	3B	MB	I	J	K
Relationship quality	–	–	–	139	–	139	139	139	139	–	139	139	139

Relationships between generations	B	C	D	E	2B	F	G	H	3B	MB	I	J	K
Parental data**	–	–	–	–	140	–	–	–	140	–	–	–	–
Children**	– –	048 –	– –	048 248	048 248	048 248	– –	– –	048 248	048 248	048 –	– –	– –
Filial responsibility expectations ^IM – scaled	– –	– –	132 332	132 332	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	132 332	– –
Vignettes about help – total scores	– –	– –	074 274	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Grandchildren**	–	–	–	–	–	049	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Social network	B	C	D	E	2B	F	G	H	3B	MB	I	J	K
Personal network – network size	047 247	047 247	047 247	047 247	047 247	047 247	047 247	047 247	047 247	– –	047 247	047 247	047 247
Contact network	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	167	167	167	–	–

Loneliness	B	C	D	E	2B	F	G	H	3B	MB	I	J	K
Loneliness -scaled – tel. respondent* Existential loneliness	073 273 – –	073 273 – –	073 273 – –	073 273 – –	073 273 – –	073 273 – –	073 273 – –	073 273 712 –	073 273 – –	073 273 – –	073 273 712 –	073 273 712 173	073 273 712 –

Social participation	B	C	D	E	2B	F	G	H	3B	MB	I	J	K
Social participation	070 125	070 125	070 125	070 125	070 125	070 125	070 125	070 –	070 –	070 –	070 –	070 –	070 –
Environmental influence**	121	121	121	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Social norms	B	C	D	E	2B	F	G	H	3B	MB	I	J	K
Values and norms**	122	122	122	122	122	122	122	122	122	–	122	122	122
Social desirability – scaled**	– –	130 330	– –	– –	– –	130 330	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Social identity – scaled**	– –	– –	131 331	131 331	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –
Donorship**	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	128	128	–
Ties with country of origin**	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	069	–	–	–
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LASA-wave	B	C	D	E	2B	F	G	H	3B	MB	I	J	K

* Files in the 700 series contain data from telephone interviews held with respondents, while files in the 600 series contain data from telephone interviews held with proxies.

** 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.