Collected Dataset / WLS_2011_Graduate

WLS_2011_Graduate

WLS_2011_Graduate

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Population

WLS Graduate sample

The population consists of a random sample of all Wisconsin high school graduates in 1957, born between 1938 and 1940.

Data Collection Event

2011 survey

In-person survey and mail survey. 2004 measures were repeated. The survey also included information on:

  • Financial literacy
  • Retirement attitudes
  • Risk preferences
  • Questions regarding the great recession
  • Special survey of parents of children with developmental disabilities or significant mental illness
  • Activities of daily living/instrumental activities of daily living
  • Cognition-delayed and immediate recall
  • Cogntion-cookie theft description
  • Extensive cognitive testing for 10% of the sample
  • Waist-hip ratio
  • Peak-flow capacity
  • Time gait test
  • Chair rise
  • Vision screener
  • Medication inventory
  • Detailed questions on diabetes knowledge
  • Anaesthesia experiences
  • Elder abuse