DECADE REVIEW/FR THEORY PAPER PROJECT CODES
Data Base
Abbreviation Full Name
ACS Aging Couples Study
ACL(S) American Changing Lives (Survey)
AHEAD Asset and Health Dynamics among the Oldest Old
ASOC Aging Status and Sense of Control
AVTMH Americans View Their Mental Health
BCGS Berkeley Child Guidance Study
Census Data
Census (PUMS) Census Public Use Micro Sample
CHS Cardiovascular Health Study
CPS Current Population Survey
EPESE Established Populations for Epidemiological Studies of the Elderly
FSP (Duke) Duke University Family Support Program
HBS High School and Beyond (Part of National Education Longitudinal Study)
HRS Health and Retirement Study
ICS (NLTCS) Informal Caregivers Survey – companion to NLTCS
ISSP Iowa Single Parent Project
IYEP Iowa Youth and Families Project
LSOA Longitudinal Study of Aging
MHEP MA Elder Health Project
MIDUS National Survey of Midlife Development in the U.S.
MIOLC Marriage Instability Over the Life Course
NBS/SSA New Beneficiary Survey of the Social Security Administration
NCHS National Center for Health Statistics
NCS National Caregiver Study
NFVS National Family Violence Survey
NHIS National Health Interview Study
NHIS - CHS NHIS – Child Health Supplement
NHIS - SoA NHIS - Supplement on Aging
NHS National Housing Survey
NLSMW National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women
NLTCCD National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration
NLTCS National Long-Term Care Survey
NLTCS CFE NLTC Survey of Caregivers of the Frail Elderly
NMES National Medicare Expenditure Survey
NMFS National Mortality Follow Back Survey
NORC/GSS National Opinion Research Center General Social Survey (U.S.)
NSBA National Survey of Black Americans
NSFH National Survey of Families and Households
NSHEP National Survey of Hispanic Elderly People
NSIC National Survey of Informal Caregivers
OCG-II Occupational Changes in a Generation II
PAC Post-Acute Care Project (Medicare beneficiaries discharged – St. Paul, Pittsburgh, Houston)
PSID Panel Study of Income Dynamics
QALS Quality of American Life Survey
RHS Retirement History Study
RWBS Retirement and Well-Being Study
SAD Study of Adult Development (Harvard)
SIPP Survey of Income and Program Participants
SMOLC Study of Marriage over the Life Course
SNAL Social Networks in Adult Life
SSE Social Support of the Elderly
STGMP Study of Three Generation Mexican American Families
USCLSG USC Longitudinal Study of Generations (Bengtson)
WBW Well-Being of Women Study (Wisconsin)
WLS Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
YHAP Yale Health and Aging Project
International Databases
AMSTEL Amsterdam Study of the Elderly
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations Population Program
BAS Berlin Aging Study
BHPS British Household Panel Study
CARNET Canadian Aging and Research Network
FFS Family and Friends Survey (Canada)
GSOEP German Socioeconomic Panel
GSS (Canada) General Social Survey (Canada)
HLS Health and Lifestyle Survey (UK)
HSOP Health Study of Older People (Melbourne, Australia)
NESTOR-LSN NESTOR Survey on Living Arrangements and Social Networks (Netherlands)
NSFP National Survey of Family Planning (Japan)
PAQUID Project AQUItaine Demence (France)
SATSA Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging
SHAA Social and Health Aspects of Aging (WHO)
SHLCA Survey of Health and Living Conditions of the Aged (China)
WFS World Fertility Study
Geographic Area: Used state abbrev.
Sample Type: Individual (I), Dyad (D), Triad (T), Family (F), Group (G), Community (C), Policy (P), Household (H)
Age Range: Mean (sometimes authors gave the median, abbreviated ‘mdn’), rounded to the nearest whole number; Range
Type of Study: Quantitative (1), Qualitative (2), Review/Essay (3)
Data Collection Method: Face-to-Face Interview (F-F Inter), Phone Interview (P Inter), Mail Questionnaire (M Quest), In-Person Questionnaire (IP Quest), Focus Group (FG), Observation (Obs), Participant Observation (PartObs), Event Analysis (EvevtAna), Content Analysis (ContAna), Cardiovascular Reactivity Data (CVR), Others (videos, etc - self explanatory)
Cross-sectional (C) / Longitudinal (L)
Urban (U) / Rural (R)
Level of Analysis:
Descriptive (Desc): included frequencies, percentages, correlation, chi-squares, t-test)
Analysis of Variance: ANOVA, RMANOVA, MANOVA, RMMANOVA
Regression: Muliple/OLS = Regr, Logistic = Lregr, Hierarchical = Hregr, Stepwise =
Sregr
Path Analysis/Path Modeling (PA or PM)
Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
Discriminant Analysis (DA): may be PDA, predictive, or DDA, descriptive, or not specified
Log Linear (LL)
Latent Growth Curve Analysis (LGCA)
Latent Variable Path Analysis (LVPA)
Multiple Classification Analysis (MCA, or CA)
Content Analysis (ContAna)
Factor Analysis (FA)
Validation Study (Validation)
Code / Substantive Content of Article / Code / Substantive Content of Article /1 / Caregiving / 9 / Bereavement, Grief, Death, and Suicide /
2 / Social Support and Social Networks / 10 / Siblings /
3 / Parent-Adult Child Relations / 11 / Health Care Decision Making /
4 / Marital Status Transitions / 12 / Theories, Methods, Reviews, Policies /
5 / Grandparenting / 13 / Elder Abuse & Violence /
6 / Family Relationships and Structures / 14 / Oldest Old /
7 / Intergenerational Exchanges, Processes, and Transmission / 15 / Sexual Orientation /
8 / Living Arrangements and Parent-Child Coresidence /
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