SWEOLD - Swedish panel study of living conditions of the oldest old
This study is part of the collection NEAR - National E-Infrastructure for Aging Research in Sweden
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Carin Lennartsson - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Johan Fritzell - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Olle Lundberg - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Mats Thorslund - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Description
Traditional level of living surveys often excluded the oldest sectors of the population, which has led to insufficient knowledge about elderly people's living conditions. As the population ages, the need for this knowledge increases. Professors Mats Thorslund and Olle Lundberg initiated the Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old - SWEOLD in the early 1990's. The study's aim is to describe and analyze the living conditions of elderly people in Sweden.
SWEOLD is a nationally representative survey of the oldest population in Sweden. The sample consists of individuals previously included in the selection of Swedish Level of Living Survey (LNU), who have passed the LNU age ceiling of 75 years. The first survey was carried out in 1992. Further waves were conducted 2002, 2004 (by telephone) and 2010. Except for the 2004 wave, the aim has been to perform the interviews by visit.
SWEOLD data is linked to the LNU data from 1968, 1974, 1981, 1991 and 2000. This provides longitudinal information on individuals over a 40 year period. Since each wave of LNU and SWEOLD is nationally r
Subject area
HEALTH, Elderly
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Geriatrics, Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Gerontology, specialising in Medical and Health Sciences
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
Aged, Activities of Daily Living, Housing, Life Style, Memory, Motor Activity, Socioeconomic Factors, Diet, Alcohol Drinking, Family, Leisure Activities, Physical Fitness, Gait, Hand Strength, Homemaker Services, Health, Health Status, Sex, Retention (Psychology), Oral Health, Retirement, Interpersonal Relations, Smoking, Disease, Hospitalization, Social Conditions, Social Class, Aging, living conditions, NEAR, NEAR - Towards a National E-Infrastructure for Aging Research in Sweden
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Accessibility status
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Responsible department/unit
Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Carin Lennartsson - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Johan Fritzell - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Olle Lundberg - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Mats Thorslund - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Identifiers
SND-ID: EXT 0010
Description
Traditional level of living surveys often excluded the oldest sectors of the population, which has led to insufficient knowledge about elderly people's living conditions. As the population ages, the need for this knowledge increases. Professors Mats Thorslund and Olle Lundberg initiated the Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old - SWEOLD in the early 1990's. The study's aim is to describe and analyze the living conditions of elderly people in Sweden.
SWEOLD is a nationally representative survey of the oldest population in Sweden. The sample consists of individuals previously included in the selection of Swedish Level of Living Survey (LNU), who have passed the LNU age ceiling of 75 years. The first survey was carried out in 1992. Further waves were conducted 2002, 2004 (by telephone) and 2010. Except for the 2004 wave, the aim has been to perform the interviews by visit.
SWEOLD data is linked to the LNU data from 1968, 1974, 1981, 1991 and 2000. This provides longitudinal information on individuals over a 40 year period. Since each wave of LNU and SWEOLD is nationally r
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Unit of analysis
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Data contains personal data
Yes
Funding
Swedish Council for Social Research — Ref. 91-0150
Swedish Medical Research Council — Ref. B92-27Ä-09997-01
Swedish Council for Planning and Coordination of Research — Ref. 910245:6-5/86
Swedish Research Council — Ref. 2001-6651
Swedish Research Council — Ref. 2009-6183
Subject area
HEALTH, Elderly
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Geriatrics, Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Gerontology, specialising in Medical and Health Sciences
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
Aged, Activities of Daily Living, Housing, Life Style, Memory, Motor Activity, Socioeconomic Factors, Diet, Alcohol Drinking, Family, Leisure Activities, Physical Fitness, Gait, Hand Strength, Homemaker Services, Health, Health Status, Sex, Retention (Psychology), Oral Health, Retirement, Interpersonal Relations, Smoking, Disease, Hospitalization, Social Conditions, Social Class, Aging, living conditions, NEAR, NEAR - Towards a National E-Infrastructure for Aging Research in Sweden
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Associated documentation
Publications
Lennartsson C, Agahi N, Hols Salén L, Kelfve S, Kåreholt I, Lundberg O, Parker, M.G., & Thorslund, M. 2014. Data Resource Profile: The Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old (SWEOLD). International Journal of Epidemiology, 43(3), 731-738, DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu057.
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Dataset 1
SWEOLD - Swedish panel study of living conditions of the oldest old 1992
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Carin Lennartsson - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Johan Fritzell - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Olle Lundberg - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Mats Thorslund - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Description
The first Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old (SWEOLD 1992) was carried out in 1992. The sample consisted of persons born between February 1892 and February 1915, who had been interviewed at least once in the Swedish Level of Living Surveys (LNU) 1968 - 1981.
Of the 1936 persons meeting this criteria, 563 were still alive in January 1992. The sample was nationally representative for the Swedish population. All but two of the persons could be located through intensive preparatory
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Data collection
Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview
Time period(s) for data collection: 1992-01-01 — 1992-04-01
Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Registers/Records/Accounts: Medical/Clinical, Population group
Number of individuals/objects
537
Response rate/participation rate
95
Dataset 2
SWEOLD - Swedish panel study of living conditions of the oldest old 2002
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Carin Lennartsson - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Johan Fritzell - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Olle Lundberg - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Mats Thorslund - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Description
The second study, SWEOLD 2002, was conducted in the fall of 2002 and in the first quarter of 2003. The sample consisted of persons born between 1892 and 1925, who had been in the sample of any of the Swedish Level of Living Surveys (LNU) 1968 - 1990.
The panel study consists of individuals born in or before February 1925 and previously interviewed in one of the Swedish Level of Living Surveys. This means that the extended selection also consists of both persons born in March – December 1925 and
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Data collection
Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview
Time period(s) for data collection: 2002-08-30 — 2003-03-31
Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Registers/Records/Accounts: Medical/Clinical, Population group
Number of individuals/objects
621
Dataset 3
SWEOLD - Swedish panel study of living conditions of the oldest old 2004
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Carin Lennartsson - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Johan Fritzell - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Olle Lundberg - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Mats Thorslund - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Description
The third study, SWEOLD 2004, was conducted in the fall of 2004 and in the first two months of 2005. The sample consisted of persons born between 1892 and 1935 who had been in the sample in any of the previous LNU-studies between 1968 and 2000.
The panel sample consists of individuals born in or before February 1927 or earlier and previously interviewed in one of the LNU-surveys. This means that the extended selection consists of persons born between March 1927 and December 1935 as well as pers
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Data collection
Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview
Time period(s) for data collection: 2004-09-29 — 2005-03-19
Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Registers/Records/Accounts: Medical/Clinical, Population group
Number of individuals/objects
1180
Response rate/participation rate
87
Dataset 4
SWEOLD - Swedish panel study of living conditions of the oldest old 2010/2011
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Carin Lennartsson - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Johan Fritzell - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Olle Lundberg - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Mats Thorslund - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Description
The fourth study, SWEOLD 2010/2011, was carried out from October 2010 to September 2011. The sample consisted of people born between 1892 and 1934 who had been in the sample of any of the Swedish level of living surveys (LNU) between 1968 and 2000.
In September 2010, 829 of these people were still alive and living in Sweden. These people nationally represent the Swedish population between the ages of 76 and 101, which is approximately one per thousand of the Swedish population in this age group
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Data collection
Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview: CAPI/CAMI
Time period(s) for data collection: 2010-10-01 — 2011-09-30
Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Registers/Records/Accounts: Medical/Clinical, Population group
Number of individuals/objects
931
Response rate/participation rate
86
Dataset 5
SWEOLD - Swedish panel study of living conditions of the oldest old 2014
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Carin Lennartsson - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Johan Fritzell - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Olle Lundberg - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Mats Thorslund - Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)
Description
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Data collection
Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview: CAPI/CAMI
Time period(s) for data collection: 2014-09-09 — 2015-12-19
Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Registers/Records/Accounts: Medical/Clinical, Population group
Number of individuals/objects
1297
Response rate/participation rate
84.3