Interview & Continued Participation

There is no need for these data to updated periodically.

There is generally one observation for each participant in this follow-up project.

Data were collected in 1989 and 1990 by the MayaTech Corporation for the BLSA.

The variable VISIT is, in fact, follow-up number. For this project, all should be "1."

There is no comparable information type in the traditional BLSA Master File.

                                          The SAS System        09:22 Friday, October 30, 1998
                                        CONTENTS PROCEDURE
         Data Set Name: LIBRARY.IN1FD751                       Observations:         426
         Member Type:   DATA                                   Variables:            42
         Engine:        REMOTE                                 Indexes:              0
         Created:       10:57 Wednesday, May 13, 1998          Observation Length:   336
         Last Modified: 10:57 Wednesday, May 13, 1998          Deleted Observations: 0
         Protection:                                           Compressed:           NO
         Data Set Type:                                        Sorted:               NO
         Label:
                           -----Engine/Host Dependent Information-----
           Data Set Page Size:       32768
           Number of Data Set Pages: 5
           File Format:              607
           First Data Page:          1
           Max Obs per Page:         97
           Obs in First Data Page:   80
           Filename:                 DISK$BETA14:[BLS$CDS.BLS$F1DF]IN1FD751.SASEB$DATA
           Host Format:              AXP
           Disk Blocks Allocated:    324
                       -----Alphabetic List of Variables and Attributes-----
          #    Variable    Type    Len    Pos    Label
         
          6    DECEA       Num       8     40    7510104 deceased?
         13    DENTA       Num       8     96    7510111 dental?
         26    DYBDI       Num       8    200    7510124 did you become disinterested in
         14    FIINW       Num       8    104    7510112 final interview with ...
          7    HOSPI       Num       8     48    7510105 hospital?
         36    HOVIP       Num       8    280    7510134 home visit participant response
         37    HOVIP0      Num       8    288    7510135 home visit proxy response
         27    HYBDW       Num       8    208    7510125 have you been dissatisfied with
         25    HYBTB       Num       8    192    7510123 have you been too busy to come?
         19    IACAT       Num       8    144    7510117 i am concerned about the confide
         21    ICHTW       Num       8    160    7510119 i can`t hear too well ...
         15    IDHTT       Num       8    112    7510113 i don`t have the time
          1    IDNO        Num       8      0
         24    IIDTY       Num       8    184    7510122 is it due to your health?
         18    IITEF       Num       8    136    7510116 it is too expensive for me to tr
         29    IITEF0      Num       8    224    7510127 is it too expensive for you to c
         16    ILIIT       Num       8    120    7510114 i lost interest in the study
          3    INTCO       Num       8     16    7510101 interview completed?
         42    INTCO0      Num       8    328    7510140 interviewer code
         12    IPI         Num       8     88    7510110 ipi?
         20    ITEAC       Num       8    152    7510118 i tire easily and cannot speak f
         28    ITTTT       Num       8    216    7510126 is the trip to the center too fa
         23    MARST       Num       8    176    7510121 marital status
          5    MOVED       Num       8     32    7510103 moved?
          8    NURHO       Num       8     56    7510106 nursing home?
          9    OTHER       Num       8     64    7510107 other?
         22    OTHER0      Num       8    168    7510120 other
         30    OTREG       Num       8    232    7510128 other (reason given)
         10    PARCO       Num       8     72    7510108 partial complete?
         11    PARLO       Num       8     80    7510109 participant located?
         38    QOTPP       Num       8    296    7510136 questions over the phone partic
         39    QOTPP0      Num       8    304    7510137 questions over the phone proxy
         40    QUMAP       Num       8    312    7510138 questionnaires mailed participa
         41    QUMAP0      Num       8    320    7510139 questionnaires mailed proxy res
          4    REFUS       Num       8     24    7510102 refused?
         31    RVE2Y       Num       8    240    7510129 regular visit every 2 years
         32    SHOVI       Num       8    248    7510130 shortened visit
         17    TINOT       Num       8    128    7510115 there is no one to bring me to t
         33    VIEVQ       Num       8    256    7510131 visit every 4-6 years
         34    VIIFT       Num       8    264    7510132 visit if transportation provided
          2    VISIT       Num       8      8
         35    VITEW       Num       8    272    7510133 visit if travel expenses were re