National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP)

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Label

National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP)

Statement of responsibility

Linda J. Waite, Edward O. Laumann, Wendy Levinson, Stacy Tessler Lindau, Martha K. McClintock, Colm A. O'Muircheartaigh, L. Philip Schumm

Contributor

• Laumann, Edward O
• Levinson, Wendy S
• McClintock, Martha K
• O'Muircheartaigh, Colm A
• Schumm, L. Philip
• Tessler Lindau, Stacy
• Waite, Linda J
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Subject

• Aging
• Anxiety
• Attitudes
• Body height
• Body weight
• Demographic characteristics
• Doctor visits
• Ethnicity
• Family size
• Health attitudes
• Health behavior
• Health problems
• Health services utilization
• Health status
• Illness
• Intimate partnerships
• Life satisfaction
• Medical evaluation
• Medical procedures
• Menopause
• Mental health
• Morbidity
• Older adults
• Quality of life
• Sexual activity
• Social networks
• Social support
• Statistics

Genre

• Statistics

Language

eng

Summary

The health of older adults is influenced by many factors. One of the least understood is the role that social support and personal relationships may play in healthy aging. The National Social Life, Health and Aging Project (NSHAP) is the first population-based study of health and social factors on a national scale, aiming to understand the well-being of older, community-dwelling Americans by examining the interactions among physical health, illness, medication use, cognitive function, emotional health, sensory function, health behaviors, and social connectedness. It is designed to provide health providers, policy makers, and individuals with useful information and insights into these factors, particularly on social and intimate relationships. The study will be important in finding new ways to reduce morbidity and prevent dysfunction and disease as people age. The National Opinion Research Center (NORC), along with Principal Investigators at the University of Chicago, conducted more than 3,000 interviews during 2005 and 2006 with a nationally representative sample of adults aged 57 to 85. Face-to-face interviews and biomeasure collection took place in respondents' homes. Included in the Core File (Part 1) are: demographic characteristics, social networks, social and cultural activity, physical and mental health including cognition, well-being, illness, medications and alternative therapies, history of sexual and intimate partnerships and patient-physician communication. Also included in the Core File is a count of the total number of drugs taken, and a variable for each observed therapeutic categories indicating whether the respondent reported taking one or more medications in that category. These variables are derived from the information in the medications file, and so are guaranteed to be consistent with it. The Marital History Data (Part 2) contains one record for... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20541

Member of

• ICPSR (Series), 20541

Additional physical form

Also available as downloadable files.

Cataloging source

ICPSR

Characteristic

combination

Date time place

Start: 2005-07; and end: 2006-03

Funding information

United States Department of Health and HumanServices. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Aging; United States Department of Health and HumanServices. National Institutes of Health. National Institute ofNursing Research

Geographic coverage

United States.

Government publication

unknown if item is government publication

Series statement

ICPSR

Series volume

20541

Target audience

specialized