Loneliness and quality of life among people aged 50 years and older

Single Wave Study

General Information

Title
Loneliness and quality of life among people aged 50 years and older
Project Number
352
Abstract
A list experiment plus a vignette experiment among people aged 50 years and older to gain more insight into the aspects that are important to people when it comes to the quality of life as they get older.
Longitudinal Type
Single Wave Study
Begin date
02-10-2023
End date
31-10-2023
Topics
Age groups
Emotional states
Health and well-being (LISS)
Psychology (LISS/ELSST)
Social problems
Survey methodology (LISS)
Researcher
Thijs van den Broek (Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management)
Publisher
Centerdata
Copyright
© 2024 Centerdata
Funding Organization
ODISSEI
OCW (Domeinplan SSH)
Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57990/mtve-qc91

Datasets and documentation

View Documentation

Codebook in English
codebook_xx23a_EN_1.0.pdf
Codebook in Dutch
codeboek_xx23a_NL_1.0.pdf

Data Files

English SPSS file
xx23a_EN_1.0p.sav
English STATA file
xx23a_EN_1.0p.dta
English CSV file
xx23a_EN_1.0p.csv

Variables

The metadata for the variables in this study have not yet been published.

Questions

The metadata for the questions in this study have not yet been published.

Response Information

Response Overview
Selected number of household members: 2,848 (100.0%)
Non-response: 295 (10.4%)
Response: 2,553 (89.6%)
Complete: 2,544 (89.3%)
Incomplete: 9 (0.3%)
Collection Events
Period
02-10-2023 to 31-10-2023
Sample
A random sample of panel members aged 50 years or older.
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents.

Publications

Do middle-aged and older people underreport loneliness? experimental evidence from the Netherlands European Journal of Ageing, 21(29), 1-10; van den Broek, T., et al.