Alameda County [California] Health and Ways of Living Study, 1999 Panel

This fifth wave of data, collected in 1999, provides
follow-up with 2,123 respondents from Alameda County who were
originally interviewed in 1965 for the first wave of the Health and
Ways of Living Study. The purpose of the survey was to explore the
influences of health practices and social relationships on the
physical and mental health of a typical sample of the population.
Part 2 of this collection contains mortality data including cause and
year of death. The first wave of the study, HEALTH AND WAYS OF LIVING
STUDY, 1965 PANEL: [ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA] (ICPSR 6688),
collected information for 6,928 respondents (including 360 men and 530
women aged 65 years and older) on chronic health conditions, health
behaviors, social involvements, and psychological characteristics. The
second wave, the 1974 panel, ALAMEDA COUNTY [CALIFORNIA] HEALTH AND
WAYS OF LIVING STUDY, 1974 PANEL (ICPSR 6838), collected information
from 4,864 of the original respondents. The third and fourth waves,
ALAMEDA COUNTY [CALIFORNIA] HEALTH AND WAYS OF LIVING STUDY, 1994 and
1995 PANELS (ICPSR 3083), provided a follow-up of 2,729 original 1965
and 1974 respondents. The fourth wave is a follow-up to the 1994 panel
and contains 2,569 cases.