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URL: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/NACDA/studies/04076/version/1

Proper Citation: Longitudinal Study of Generations (RRID:SCR_008939)

Description: A dataset of a survey of intergenerational relations among 2,044 adult members of some 300 three- (and later four-) generation California families: grandparents (then in their sixties), middle-aged parents (then in their early forties), grandchildren (then aged 16 to 26), and later the great-grandchildren as they turn age 16, and further surveys in 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997 and 2001. This first fully-elaborated generation-sequential design makes it possible to compare sets of parents and adult-children at the same age across different historical periods and addresses the following objectives: # To track life-course trajectories of family intergenerational solidarity and conflict over three decades of adulthood, and across successive generations of family members; # To identify how intergenerational solidarity, and conflict influence the well-being of family members throughout the adult life course and across successive generations; # To chart the effects of socio-historical change on families, intergenerational relationships, and individual life-course development during the past three decades; # To examine women''s roles and relationships in multigenerational families over 30 years of rapid change in the social trajectories of women''s lives. These data can extend understanding of the complex interplay among macro-social change, family functioning, and individual well-being over the adult life-course and across successive generations. Data Availability: Data from 1971-1997 are available through ICPSR as Study number 4076. * Dates of Study: 1971-2001 * Study Features: Longitudinal * Sample Size: ** 345 Three-generational families ** 2,044 Adults (1971 baseline) Link: * ICPSR: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/04076

Abbreviations: LSOG

Synonyms: Longitudinal Study of Generations (LSOG)

Resource Type: data set, data or information resource

Keywords: adult, california, survey, intergenerational relations, adolescent, middle adult human, early adult human, late adult human, interview, questionnaire, activities of daily living, age, caregiver, child, death, drug use, education, employment, ethnicity, family history, generation, grandchildren, grandparent, household composition, institutional care, interpersonal relations, life satisfaction, marital status, mental health, military service, parent, physical condition, political affiliation, race, religion, self concept, sibling, conflict, woman, social change, family functioning, well-being, longitudinal