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 1991 and 1992 by Dr. Lauren Whetstone.

The variable VISIT is, in fact, follow-up number. For this project, all should be either "1" or "2."

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.IN2FD751                       Observations:         464
         Member Type:   DATA                                   Variables:            44
         Engine:        REMOTE                                 Indexes:              0
         Created:       14:13 Wednesday, May 13, 1998          Observation Length:   352
         Last Modified: 14:14 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: 6
           File Format:              607
           First Data Page:          1
           Max Obs per Page:         93
           Obs in First Data Page:   76
           Filename:                 DISK$BETA14:[BLS$CDS.BLS$F2DF]IN2FD751.SASEB$DATA
           Host Format:              AXP
           Disk Blocks Allocated:    387
                       -----Alphabetic List of Variables and Attributes-----
          #    Variable    Type    Len    Pos    Label
         
         25    ATSTM       Num       8    192    7510123 any temporary situation that mig
          6    DECEA       Num       8     40    7510104 deceased?
         14    FIINW       Num       8    104    7510112 final interview with ...
          7    HOSPI       Num       8     48    7510105 hospital?
         38    HOVIP       Num       8    296    7510136 home visit participant
         39    HOVIP0      Num       8    304    7510137 home visit proxy
         28    HYBDI       Num       8    216    7510126 have you become disinterested in
         29    HYBDW       Num       8    224    7510127 have you been dissatisfied with
         27    HYBTB       Num       8    208    7510125 have you been too busy to come?
         17    IACAT       Num       8    128    7510115 i am concerned about the confide
         20    IATIT       Num       8    152    7510118 i am too ill to complete a telep
         19    ICHTW       Num       8    144    7510117 i can`t hear too well...
         15    IDHTT       Num       8    112    7510113 i don`t have the time
          1    IDNO        Num       8      0
         26    IIDTY       Num       8    200    7510124 is it due to your health?
         31    IITEF       Num       8    240    7510129 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?
         13    INTTY       Num       8     96    7510111 interview type
         12    IPI         Num       8     88    7510110 ipi?
         22    IROSO       Num       8    168    7510120 interviewer rating of strength o
         18    ITEAC       Num       8    136    7510116 i tire easily and cannot speak f
         24    ITPWY       Num       8    184    7510122 is the place where you live...
         30    ITTTT       Num       8    232    7510128 is the trip to the center too fa
         35    MAQUP       Num       8    272    7510133 mailed questionnaires proxy
         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?
         21    OTHER0      Num       8    160    7510119 other
         32    OTREG       Num       8    248    7510130 other (reason given)
         10    PARCO       Num       8     72    7510108 partial complete?
         11    PARLO       Num       8     80    7510109 participant located?
         36    QOTPP       Num       8    280    7510134 questions over the phone partic
         37    QOTPP0      Num       8    288    7510135 questions over the phone proxy
         34    QUMAP       Num       8    264    7510132 questionnaires mailed participa
          4    REFUS       Num       8     24    7510102 refused?
         40    RVETY       Num       8    312    7510138 regular visit every two years
         33    RWIMI       Num       8    256    7510131 reason which is most important
         41    VEFTS       Num       8    320    7510139 visit every four to six years
         43    VIIFT       Num       8    336    7510141 visit if transportation provided
         44    VIRFE       Num       8    344    7510142 visit if reimbursed for expenses
          2    VISIT       Num       8      8
         42    VSTOT       Num       8    328    7510140 visits shortened to one to two d