National Health Interview Survey, 1994: Second Supplement on Aging

The National Health Interview Survey, 1994: Second
Supplement on Aging (SOA II), conducted approximately 10 years after
the original SOA (see NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY, 1984 [ICPSR
8659], Parts 6 and 7), had four specific aims. The first was to
provide a replication of the first SOA to determine whether changes
had occurred in the level of disability among older persons between
1984 and the mid-1990s. The second aim was to elicit information on
the causes and correlates of changes in health and functioning in
older Americans, including background demographic characteristics,
health behaviors, and attitudes, pre-existing illness, and social and
environmental support. The third was to describe the sequence and
consequences of health events, including utilization of health care
and services for assisted community living, on the physiological
consequences of disability such as pain and fatigue, on social
consequences such as changes in social activities, living
arrangements, social support, and use of community services, and on
the deployment of assisted living strategies and accessibility of
technological and environmental adaptations. The final aim was to
serve as the baseline for another national longitudinal study focusing
on older Americans, the SECOND LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF AGING (LSOA II)
(for the first LSOA see NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY: LONGITUDINAL
STUDY OF AGING, 70 YEARS AND OVER, 1984-1990 [ICPSR 8719]).