Survey of Aging and Longevity, 2013

DOI

10.17605/OSF.IO/H4TQU

Summary

This 2013 survey examines views on and experience with end-of-life decisions, aging and quality of life in older age, medical advances and radical life extension, among other topics. It was commissioned by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press and produced multiple reports.

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Data File

Cases: 4006
Variables: 120
Weight Variable: WEIGHT

Data Collection

March 21 - April 8, 2013

Original Survey (Instrument)

Original Codebook

Funded By

The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

Collection Procedures

Telephone interviews conducted in English and Spanish under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International

Sampling Procedures

Interviews were conducted over the phone using a combination of landline and cell random digit dial (RDD) samples. Both samples were disproportionately stratified to increased the incidence of African-American and Hispanic respondents. Additionally, all interviews were conducted using a Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) system to ensure proper question sequence and skip patterns.

The survey questionnaire included a split form design whereby participants were randomly assigned to one of two subsets of questions, creating two simultaneous surveys. 1,944 adults were asked one subset and 2,012 adults were asked the other. Each of these subsets is weighted separately to represent U.S. adults. Questions asked on both forms can be combined to create a representative survey of U.S. adults with the full 4,006 respondents.

Principal Investigators

The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

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