SWEOLD - Swedish panel study of living conditions of the oldest old

SND-ID: EXT 0010

This study is part of the collection NEAR - National E-Infrastructure for Aging Research in Sweden

Description Data and documentation

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

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Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

Stockholm University

Responsible department/unit

Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC)

Funding 1

  • Funding agency: Swedish Council for Social Research
  • Funding agency’s reference number: 91-0150

Funding 2

  • Funding agency: Swedish Medical Research Council
  • Funding agency’s reference number: B92-27Ä-09997-01

Funding 3

  • Funding agency: Swedish Council for Planning and Coordination of Research
  • Funding agency’s reference number: 910245:6-5/86

Funding 4

  • Funding agency: Swedish Research Council
  • Funding agency’s reference number: 2001-6651

Funding 5

  • Funding agency: Swedish Research Council
  • Funding agency’s reference number: 2009-6183
Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

Yes

Method

Unit of analysis

Time Method

Sampling procedure

Probability
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. 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.
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Topic and keywords

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

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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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyu057

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Dataset 1
SWEOLD - Swedish panel study of living conditions of the oldest old 1992

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

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

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)

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

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

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

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)

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

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

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

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)

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

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

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

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)

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

Description

The fifth survey of SWEOLD was conducted during september 2014 to february 2015. The sample consisted of persons born between 1892 and 1944. Similar to SWEOLD 2004 the survey was done by telephone interviews. The survey targeted 1539 people and of those 1297 answered the survey (84,3 % response rate).

Data format / data structure

Numeric

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)

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

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Published: 2017-02-27
Last updated: 2019-12-20