These data were gathered to provide information on Kahn and Antonucci's life-span developmental model, "convoys of social support," which explores interpersonal relationships over time. Older adults (aged 50+) were interviewed on their health status, labor force status, and other demographic characteristics, and on the composition and degree of closeness of members of their current support network (e.g., spouses, children, friends). Three concentric circles of closeness were defined, varying in terms of transcendence of the relationship beyond role requirements, stability over the life span, and exchange of many different types of support (confiding, reassurance, respect, care when ill, discussion when upset, and talk about health). The principal respondents named a total of 6,341 network members, ranging in age from 18 to 96 years. Detailed structural and functional characteristics were collected from the principal respondents on the first ten named members of each support network. Similar interviews were then conducted with one to three network members of those 259 principal respondents who were 70+ years old. Two data files are provided: Part 1 contains merged data from the interviews of both the principal respondents aged 70+ and their network members, and Part 2 contains data from the principal respondents aged 50+. Datasets: DS0: Study-Level Files DS1: Principals, Aged 70+/Network Data DS2: Principals, Aged 50+ Data DS3: SAS Proc Format Statements for Principals, Aged 70+/Network Data DS4: SAS Input Statements for Principals, Aged 70+/Network Data DS5: SAS Format Statements for Principals, Aged 70+/Network Data DS6: SAS Label Statements for Principals, Aged 70+/Network Data DS7: SAS Missing Value Statements for Principals, Aged 70+/Network Data DS8: SPSS Data List Statements for Principals, Aged 70+/Network Data DS9: SPSS Variable Label Statements for Principals, Aged 70+/Network Data DS10: SPSS Value Label Statements for Principals, Aged 70+/Network Data DS11: SPSS Missing Value Statements for Principals, Aged 70+/Network Data DS12: SAS Proc Format Statements for Principals, Aged 50+ Data DS13: SAS Input Statements for Principals, Aged 50+ Data DS14: SAS Format Statements for Principals, Aged 50+ Data DS15: SAS Label Statements for Principals, Aged 50+ Data DS16: SAS Missing Value Statements for Principals, Aged 50+ Data DS17: SPSS Data List Statements for Principals, Aged 50+ Data DS18: SPSS Variable Label Statements for Principals, Aged 50+ Data DS19: SPSS Value Label Statements for Principals, Aged 50+ Data DS20: SPSS Missing Value Statements for Principals, Aged 50 Data Multistage national probability sample of households with at least one member aged 50 years or older and an oversampling of all household members aged 70 years or older. Additionally, up to three network members were interviewed for each of the respondents aged 70+ (as well as one child and one grandchild if not already named), for a total of 497 network members. There was some overlap between principal respondents and network members: 102 network members were also principal respondents, and 40 were named by more than one principal respondent. The age distribution of the 718 principal respondents was 50-64 years (N = 333), 65-74 years (N = 227), and 75-95 years (N = 158). Persons 50 years and older in households of the United States.

Abstract (en): Roll call voting records for both chambers of the United States Congress through the second session of the 105th Congress are presented in this data collection. Each data file in the collection contains information for one chamber of a single Congress. The units of analysis in each part are the individual members of Congress. Each record contains a member's voting action on every roll call vote taken during that Congress, along with variables that identify the member (e.g., name, party, state, district, uniform ICPSR member number, and most recent means of attaining office). In addition, the codebook provides descriptive information for each roll call, including the date of the vote, outcome in terms of nays and yeas, name of initiator, the relevant bill or resolution number, and a synopsis of the issue. ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.. All roll call votes in the United States Congress. 2010-05-06 Data for the 105th Congress, House, and Senate (Parts 209-210), have been added to this collection, along with the standard ICPSR full product suite of files.2004-06-17 Variables were added to Part 110, Senate (55th Congress), and data within certain variables were corrected. SAS and SPSS data definition statements and the codebook have been modified to reflect these changes.2001-08-24 Logical record length data for the 8th session of the Senate, Part 16, is being made available along with SAS and SPSS data definition statements. The codebook has been modified to reflect these changes.1998-12-17 Data for the 104th Congress, House and Senate (Parts 207-208), have been added to this collection, along with corresponding machine-readable documentation and SAS and SPSS data definition statements.1997-02-24 Data for the 102nd and 103rd Congresses, House, and Senate (Parts 203-206) have been added to this collection, along with corresponding machine-readable documentation and SAS and SPSS data definition statements. The technical format has been standardized for all Congresses. Each file contains data for one chamber of a single Congress.