# LONGITUDINAL STUDY--PARENTS AND CHILDREN AT AGE 50

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · 1991 · $453,935

## Abstract

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.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3121686
- **Project number:** 1R01AG009775-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
- **SAM.gov UEI:** LCLSJAGTNZQ7
- **Principal Investigator:** ROBERT M. HAUSER
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1991
- **Award amount:** $453,935
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 1991-06-01 → 1994-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3121686

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3121686, LONGITUDINAL STUDY--PARENTS AND CHILDREN AT AGE 50 (1R01AG009775-01). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3121686. Licensed CC0.

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