Experiences from longitudinal studies of aging: An international perspective

A review of current longitudinal studies of aging was undertaken to obtain background information for the initiation of new studies. Through interviews with investigators information was obtained on the aspects of population and sampling, topic selection, data collection, data quality, and collabora...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of cross-cultural gerontology 1991-01, Vol.6 (1), p.7-22
Main Authors: Deeg, D J, Van Der Zanden, G H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aging
Longitudinal Studies
Methodological Problems
Methodology (Data Collection)
Research Design
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:A review of current longitudinal studies of aging was undertaken to obtain background information for the initiation of new studies. Through interviews with investigators information was obtained on the aspects of population and sampling, topic selection, data collection, data quality, and collaboration. All investigators emphasized the importance of broad, multidisciplinary data collection to meet future research interests. Differences between studies are mainly related to organization, sampling design, and monitoring of data quality.
ISSN:0169-3816
1573-0719
DOI:10.1007/BF00117109