Longitudinal Extension of SHARE-Israel Baseline Data

描述(由申请者提供)：该项目的目的是将第一波分享以色列的基线数据转变为纵向调查。SHARE(欧洲健康、老龄化和退休调查)是一家受HRS启发的企业，它采用国际和跨学科的方法来比较50岁及以上人群的健康、社会生活和经济状况。以色列在2005-2006年加入了份额框架。本申请的目标是：1)通过2008-2009年(n=2250)和2010-2011年(n=2000)两波额外的数据收集，对以色列基线样本进行纵向跟踪；2)在第2波(n=350)中招募补充样本，并在第1波(n=600)以来的新50岁新人中补充样本(n=600)，以保证样本的代表性和足够的样本规模用于集体比较；3)在每一轮数据收集之前采取行动，以便最大限度地提高答复率和提高调查质量，包括小组护理，调整和翻译履约协助方案和投放调查表的变化，培训外地机构工作人员执行将要采取的新措施，测试监测数据流动和质量的机制，4)执行各项任务，使数据可用于纵向分析，包括数据修复、处理和归类，数据的文件编制和组织，存档和制作干净和可访问的公共用途数据文件，统一研究措施，以便与其他数据集进行比较，5)通过与国家数据分析协会合作，使国际研究界能够获得来自更多共享以色列浪潮的数据，包括地理编码数据，6)收集受访者在第二次黎巴嫩战争期间暴露于危险中的新数据。在以色列收集的小组数据将丰富研究人员的研究能力，他们研究终身创伤、移民、种族和养老金改革等领域与晚年健康相关结果之间的关联。在所有这些研究领域，以色列目前的老龄化群体呈现了独特的特征和经验，可能会促进对背景和普遍进程的理解。这些预期数据还将丰富对阿拉伯人口老龄化伴随而来的科学调查。最后，来自SHARE-以色列项目的纵向数据将使政策分析员能够对照其他小组数据集，特别是HRS、ELSA和来自其他SHARE国家的数据，审查从以色列数据中出现的趋势。 公共卫生相关性：在以色列收集小组数据将有助于更有效地分析终身创伤、移民、族裔和养老金改革等领域与晚年与健康相关的广泛结果之间的关系。这些数据还将丰富对阿拉伯人口老龄化伴随而来的科学调查，并有望鼓励邻国阿拉伯国家采用HRS启发的Share-以色列阿拉伯问卷。在SHARE-以色列框架中收集纵向数据还将使政策分析员能够审查从以色列数据中出现的趋势，以及其他小组数据集的比较方面，特别是HRS、ELSA和来自其他SHARE国家的数据。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The aim of this project is to turn baseline data from the first wave of SHARE-Israel into a longitudinal inquiry. SHARE (The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe) is an HRS- inspired enterprise that employs an international and interdisciplinary approach to compare the health, social life and economic situations of persons aged 50 and older. Israel joined the SHARE framework in 2005-06. The goals of the current application are: 1) execution of longitudinal follow- up of the baseline Israeli sample by means of two additional waves of data collection in 2008-2009 (n=2250) and 2010-2011 (n=2000), 2) Recruitment of a supplementary sample in Wave 2 (n=350) and a Wave 3 refresher sample of the new 50 year olds since Wave 1 (n=600), in order to guarantee the representativeness of the sample and sufficient sample size for group comparisons, 3) implementation of actions prior to each round of data collection in order to maximize response rate and to improve survey quality, including panel care, adaptation and translation of changes in the CAPI and drop-off questionnaires, training of field agency staff in the implementation of new measures to be introduced and testing of mechanisms for monitoring the flow and the quality of the data, 4) implementation of tasks to make the data usable and accessible for longitudinal analysis, including data repair, treatment and imputations, documentation and organization of the data, archiving and the production of clean and accessible public use data files, and harmonization of study measures for comparability with other data sets, 5) making the data from additional waves of SHARE-Israel accessible to the international research community through collaboration with NACDA, including geo-coded data, and 6) collection of new data on respondents' exposure to danger during the Second Lebanese War. The collection of panel data in Israel will enrich the research capabilities of investigators who study the association between such areas as lifelong trauma, immigration, ethnicity, and pension reform, and health-related outcomes in late life. In all these areas of study, the current aging cohorts in Israel present unique features and experiences that may advance understanding of both contextualized and universal processes. The prospective data will also enrich the scientific inquiry into the concomitants of aging within the Arab population. Finally, longitudinal data from the SHARE-Israel project will allow policy analysts to examine trends that emerge from the Israeli data in relation to other panel data sets, particularly the HRS, ELSA and data from the other SHARE countries. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The collection of panel data in Israel will facilitate more effective analysis of the relationship between such areas as lifelong trauma, immigration, ethnicity, and pension reform, and a wide range of health-related outcomes in late life. The data will also enrich scientific inquiry into the concomitants of aging within the Arab population and will hopefully encourage the adoption of the HRS-inspired SHARE-Israel Arabic questionnaire in neighboring Arab countries. Collection of longitudinal data in the SHARE-Israel framework will also allow policy analysts to examine trends that emerge from the Israeli data with comparative aspects in other panel data sets, particularly the HRS, ELSA and data from the other SHARE countries.