We propose a 1992 survey of more than 9000 American men and women who were first interviewed as seniors in high school in 1957 and have subsequently been followed up in 1957, 1964, and 1975; they will be about 53 years old when they are interviewed. At the same time, we will interview a randomly selected sibling of each respondent, and we will obtain a waiver that will permit us to link our survey records to information from the Social Security system and the National Death Index. The WLS data will be a valuable public general resource for studies of aging and the life course, inter-generational transfers and relationships, family functioning, social stratification' physical and mental well-being, and mortality. The study has 5 specific goals: (1) To extend models of occupation and earnings and to elaborate the roles of aspirations in adolescence and at mid-life, of previous achievements, and of familial responsibilities in current economic and social standing, subjective well-being, mental and physical health, disability, and wealth; (2) To identify and measure local effects on opportunity, that is, specific characteristics of a person, firm, or economic sector that directly influence the chances of obtaining a job or a limited range of jobs; (3) To extend and elaborate models of sibling resemblance that will elucidate influences of the family of origin on the life course; (4) To investigate self-assessments of well-being in the context of aspirations, accomplishments, and social relationships with significant others; (5) To measure social and economic exchange relationships with parents, children, and siblings and assess the consequences of those relationships for well-being.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01AG009775-02
Application #
3121691
Study Section
Social Sciences and Population Study Section (SSP)
Project Start
1991-06-01
Project End
1994-05-31
Budget Start
1992-06-01
Budget End
1993-05-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
1992
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Wisconsin Madison
Department
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
161202122
City
Madison
State
WI
Country
United States
Zip Code
53715
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