AHEAD 1993 (Wave 1) Documentation


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SECTION C. COGNITION BY R (All Respondents) V355 [RESP] C1. RATE MEMORY NOW C1. Part of this study is concerned with people's memory, and ability to think about things. First, how would you rate your memory at the present time? Would you say it is excellent, very good, good, fair or poor? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 679 EXCELLENT.......................... 1 1948 VERY GOOD.......................... 2 2915 GOOD............................... 3 1495 FAIR............................... 4 338 POOR............................... 5 4 DK................................. .D 3 RF................................. .R 840 INAP, PROXY IW V356 [RESP] C2. COMPARE MEMORY WITH LAST YEAR C2. Compared with 1 year ago, would you say your memory is better now, about the same, or worse now than it was then? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 220 BETTER............................. 1 6220 SAME............................... 3 937 WORSE.............................. 5 4 DK................................. .D 1 RF................................. .R 840 INAP, PROXY IW C3. I'll read a set of 10 words and ask you to recall as many as you can. We have purposely made the list long so that it will be difficult for anyone to recall all the words -- most people recall just a few. Please listen carefully as I read the set of words. When I finish, I will ask you to recall aloud as many of the words as you can, in any order. Do you have any questions? V362 [RESP] C3. PERMISSION TO DO WORDS. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7194 GO ON.............................. 1 188 REFUSED............................ .R GO TO C5 840 INAP, PROXY IW C3a. LAKE BIRD CAR WINTER ARMY DOOR FOREST MOUNTAIN TICKET PLANT V368A1-A11 [RESP] C4. WORD RECALL IMM-X (X=1-11) C4. Now please tell me the words you can recall. PERMIT AS MUCH TIME AS R WISHES -- UP TO ABOUT 2 MINUTES. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Correct Incorrect None Refused INAP (1-10) (11-13) (96) .R . V368A1 6940 77 146 31 1028 V368A2 6733 138 0 0 1351 V368A3 6184 241 0 0 1797 V368A4 5204 248 0 0 2770 V368A5 3702 210 0 0 4310 V368A6 2197 155 0 0 5870 V368A7 1069 84 0 0 7069 V368A8 489 25 0 0 7708 V368A9 217 16 0 0 7989 V368A10 77 12 0 0 8133 V368A11 2 0 0 0 8220 ARMY............................. 01 BIRD............................. 02 CAR.............................. 03 DOOR............................. 04 FOREST........................... 05 LAKE............................. 06 MOUNTAIN......................... 07 PLANT............................ 08 TICKET........................... 09 WINTER........................... 10 X WRONG.......................... 11 Y WRONG.......................... 12 Z WRONG.......................... 13 NONE REMEMBERED, TRIED, DK....... 96 (V368A1) REFUSED.......................... .R INAP, PROXY IW, REFUSED TO TRY WORDS [V362=.R] IMMWORDC [RESP] C4. IMMEDIATE RECALL-# CORRECT NUMBER OF WORDS REMEMBERED CORRECTLY (IMMEDIATELY RECALL) Created from count of 0-10 in V368A1-A11 [with 96 or DK recoded to 0 in V368A1, and refused in V362 or refused in V368A1 recoded to .R. Proxy IW is INAP. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 7163 4.58 1.91 0.00 10.00 159 NONE REMEMBERED, TRIED, DK........ 0 219 REFUSED IN V362 OR V368A1......... .R 840 INAP, PROXY IW IMMWORDW [RESP] C4. IMMEDIATE RECALL-# WRONG NUMBER OF WRONG WORDS REMEMBERED (IMMEDIATELY RECALL) Created from count of 11-13 in V368A1-A11 with refused in V362 or refused in V368A1 recoded to .R). Proxy IW is INAP. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 7163 0.17 0.45 0.00 3.00 219 REFUSED IN V362 OR V368A1......... .R 840 INAP, PROXY IW C5. We're interested in how memory actually works. We find that even people with very good memories seem to forget some things from time to time. The next questions are a little different, but are often asked on studies about memory. IWER: DO NOT PROBE DK IN SECTION C (COGNITION) [RESP] C5a/b/c/d. DATE TEST C5. Please tell me today's date. PROBE MONTH, DAY, YEAR, DAY OF WEEK. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- V373 [RESP] C5a. DATE MONTH 7023 MONTH OK........................... 1 334 NOT CORRECT OR DK.................. 5 25 REFUSED............................ .R 840 INAP, PROXY IW V374 [RESP] C5b. DATE DAY 5828 DAY OK............................. 1 1531 NOT CORRECT OR DK.................. 5 23 REFUSED............................ .R 840 INAP, PROXY IW V375 [RESP] C5c. DATE YEAR 7004 YEAR OK............................ 1 360 NOT CORRECT OR DK.................. 5 18 REFUSED............................ .R 840 INAP, PROXY IW V376 [RESP] C5d. DATE DAY OF WEEK 7074 DAY OF WEEK OK..................... 1 293 NOT CORRECT OR DK.................. 5 15 REFUSED............................ .R 840 INAP, PROXY IW V379 [RESP] C6. COUNT BACK FROM 20 C6. Please count backwards beginning with the number 20. ALLOW R TO START AGAIN IF FIRST TIME INCORRECT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6450 FIRST TIME, COMPLETE............... 1 257 SECOND TIME COMPLETE............... 2 522 NOT CORRECT OR DK.................. 5 153 REFUSED............................ .R 840 INAP, PROXY IW V380 [RESP] C7. CUT PAPER WITH C7. What do people usually use to cut paper? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7274 SCISSORS OR SHEARS ONLY............ 1 82 NOT CORRECT OR DK.................. 5 26 REFUSED............................ .R 840 INAP, PROXY IW V381 [RESP] C8. CACTUS C8. What do you call the kind of prickly plant that grows in the desert? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6124 CACTUS OR NAME OF KIND OF CACTUS... 1 1227 NOT CORRECT OR DK.................. 5 31 REFUSED............................ .R 840 INAP, PROXY IW V382 [RESP] C9. PRESIDENTS NAME C9. Who is the President of the United States right now? PROBE FOR LAST NAME. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6657 LAST NAME CORRECT.................. 1 694 NOT CORRECT OR DK.................. 5 31 REFUSED............................ .R 840 INAP, PROXY IW V383 [RESP] C10. VICE PRESIDENTS NAME C10. Who is the Vice President? PROBE FOR LAST NAME. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5262 LAST NAME CORRECT.................. 1 2065 NOT CORRECT OR DK.................. 5 55 REFUSED............................ .R 840 INAP, PROXY IW C11a-e. SUBTRACT 7 SERIES C11. Now let's try some subtraction of numbers. V384 [RESP] C11a. SUBTRACT 7-1 C11a. One hundred minus 7 equals what? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 6339 91.96 8.35 2.00 97.00 209 DK................................. .D 834 REFUSED............................ .R 840 INAP, PROXY IW, REFUSED SUBTRACTION [V384=.R] V385 [RESP] C11b. SUBTRACT 7-2 C11b. And 7 from that? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 5931 84.40 9.15 0.00 97.00 361 DK................................. .D 263 REFUSED............................ .R 1667 INAP, PROXY IW, REFUSED SUBTRACTION [V384=.R] V386 [RESP] C11c. SUBTRACT 7-3 C11c. And 7 from that? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 5577 76.78 8.33 0.00 97.00 474 DK................................. .D 242 REFUSED............................ .R 1929 INAP, PROXY IW, REFUSED SUBTRACTION [V384=.R] V387 [RESP] C11d. SUBTRACT 7-4 C11d. And 7 from that? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 5338 69.55 8.22 0.00 97.00 560 DK................................. .D 159 REFUSED............................ .R 2165 INAP, PROXY IW, REFUSED SUBTRACTION [V384=.R] V388 [RESP] C11e. SUBTRACT 7-5 C11e. And 7 from that? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 5135 62.79 8.44 0.00 97.00 640 DK................................. .D 122 REFUSED............................ .R 2325 INAP, PROXY IW, REFUSED SUBTRACTION [V384=.R] SERIES7 [RESP] C11a-C11e. # CORRECT SUBTRACTIONS NUMBER OF CORRECT SUBTRACTIONS OF 7 STARTING WITH 100-7. Created from count of V384-V388 where each subsequent answer is 7 less than the previously given answer. DK and refused are recoded to 0. Proxy IW is INAP. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 7382 2.99 1.89 0.00 5.00 840 INAP, PROXY V393A1-A11 [RESP] C12. WORD RECALL DELAY-X (X=1-11) C12. A little while ago, I read you a list of words and you repeated the ones you could remember. Please tell me any of the words that you remember now. PERMIT AS MUCH TIME AS R WISHES -- UP TO 2 MINUTES. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Correct Incorrect None Refused INAP (1-10) (11-13) (96) .R . V393A1 5756 157 1158 92 1059 V393A2 5214 252 0 0 2756 V393A3 4401 313 0 0 3508 V393A4 3232 284 0 0 4706 V393A5 2021 153 0 0 6048 V393A6 1035 97 0 0 7090 V393A7 517 36 0 0 7669 V393A8 285 14 0 0 7923 V393A9 118 7 0 0 8097 V393A10 42 6 0 0 8174 V393A11 1 0 0 0 8221 ARMY............................. 01 BIRD............................. 02 CAR.............................. 03 DOOR............................. 04 FOREST........................... 05 LAKE............................. 06 MOUNTAIN......................... 07 PLANT............................ 08 TICKET........................... 09 WINTER........................... 10 X WRONG.......................... 11 Y WRONG.......................... 12 Z WRONG.......................... 13 NONE REMEMBERED, TRIED, DK....... 96 (V393A1 ONLY) REFUSED........................... .R INAP, PROXY IW OR REFUSED WORDS AT C3 [V362 C3=.R] DELWORDC [RESP] C12. DELAYED RECALL-# CORRECT NUMBER OF WORDS REMEMBERED CORRECTLY (DELAYED RECALL) Created from count of 01-10 in V393A1-A11 with 96 or DK or refused in V393A1 recoded to 0, and refused in V362 or refused in V368A1 recoded to .R. Proxy IW is INAP. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 7102 3.19 2.23 0.00 10.00 1247 NONE REMEMBERED, TRIED, DK, RF..... 0 280 REFUSED IN V362 OR V368A1.......... .R 840 INAP, PROXY DELWORDW [RESP] C12. DELAYED RECALL-# WRONG NUMBER OF WRONG WORDS REMEMBERED (DELAYED RECALL) Created from count of 11-13 in V393A1-A11 with refused in V362 or refused in V368A1 or refused in V393A1 recoded to .R. Proxy IW is INAP. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 7102 0.19 0.47 0.00 3.00 280 REFUSED IN V362 OR V368A1.......... .R 840 INAP, PROXY TICSR [RESP] TICS SCORE: NO SERIAL 7 OR WORDS C5a-d, C6-C10 TICS SCORE: NO SERIAL 7 OR WORDS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Created by adding recoded scores of V373-V376,V379-V383. C5a-d and C7-C10 are recoded as Correct=1, Incorrect/DK (5)=0; C6 recoded as 1=2, 2=1, Incorrect/DK(5)=0. TICSR includes all of TICS except immediate and delayed word recall and Series 7. N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 7382 8.86 1.67 0.00 10.00 840 INAP, PROXY TICS7 [RESP] TICS SCORE PLUS SERIES 7 All TICS (EXCEPT immediate and delayed word recall) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Answers recoded as in TICSR. Proxy IW is missing data. N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 7382 11.85 3.08 0.00 15.00 840 INAP, PROXY COG [RESP] COGNITIVE SCORE 1 COGNITIVE SCORE - (TICSR,SERIES7,IMMWORDC AND DELWORDC) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Created by adding score of V373-V376,V379-V383, SERIES 7 and IMMWORDC AND DELWORDC. Recoded as in TICSR except refused in V362 or refused in V368A1 recoded to .R). Proxy IW is missing data. N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 7071 19.82 5.89 1.00 35.00 311 REFUSED IN V362, V368A1, V393A1...... .R 840 INAP, PROXY COGIMM [RESP] COGNITIVE SCORE 2 COGNITIVE SCORE (COG WITHOUT DELWORDC) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Created by adding score of V373-V376,V379-V383 (TICSR), SERIES 7 and IMMWORDC. Recoded as in TICSR except refused in V362 or refused in V368A1 recoded to .R.) Proxy IW is missing data. N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 7163 16.56 4.24 0.00 25.00 219 REFUSED IN V362, V368A1.......... .R 840 INAP, PROXY

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