LIFE-M Ohio Causes of Death

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Martha J. Bailey, University of California-Los Angeles; Susan H. Leonard, University of Michigan; Joe Price, Brigham Young University; Evan Roberts, University of Minnesota. IPUMS; Logan Spector, University of Minnesota; Mengying Zhang, University of Michigan

Version: View help for Version V2

Published: View help for Published Date March 15, 2022

Citation

Project Citation:

Bailey, Martha J., Leonard, Susan H. , Price, Joe, Roberts, Evan, Spector, Logan, and Zhang, Mengying. LIFE-M Ohio Causes of Death. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-03-15. https://doi.org/10.3886/E149841V2

Persistent URL: http://doi.org/10.3886/E149841V2

Project Description

Project Title: LIFE-M Ohio Causes of Death

Summary: Longitudinal and Intergenerational Determinants of Aging and Mortality was funded by the National Institute on Aging to add critical information on cause of death to a new large-scale data resource, the Longitudinal, Intergenerational Family Electronic Micro-database (LIFE-M). Enhancing the LIFE-M with cause of death will facilitate innovative research on the relationship of longevity and cause of death with demographic, socio-economic, and early-life environmental factors for family networks across four generations.

The grant had the following specific aims:
(1) Use the Smart Indexing technology to digitize and cross-validate hand-written cause-of-death information;
(2) Link digitized causes of death to the LIFE-M database and create documentation for this new variable for public use; and
(3) Publicly release the causes of death variable and documentation with the LIFE-M dataset, metadata, and supporting documentation.

Funding Sources: National Institutes of Health (R01 AG057704-02); National Science Foundation (SMA 1539228); National Institute on Aging (R21 AG05691201); Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan (R24 HD041028, P2C HD041028); California Center for Population Research at UCLA (P2C HD041022); Michigan Center for the Demography of Aging (MiCDA, P30 AG012846-21); University of Michigan Associate Professor Fund; Michigan Institute on Research and Teaching in Economics (MITRE)

Original Distribution URL: www.life-m.org

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: mortality; causes of death; smart indexing

Linked Resource(s): LIFE-M Project Website (Longitudinal, Intergenerational Family Electronic Micro-database website that includes project overview, FAQ, collaborators and more) ; LIFE-M Data and Documentation Depository (ICPSR repository that includes public use data, user guide, variable description, match rate tables and documentation)

Geographic Coverage: Ohio

Time Period(s): 1908 ? 1953 (Individuals born between 1866 and 1963 in Ohio with deaths observed between 1908 and 1953.)

Universe: We include individuals (1) born in Ohio born from 1866 to 1963 whose births were registered with the state (2) who were linked to an Ohio death certificate as part of the LIFE-M project (www.life-m.org). An additional requirement for inclusion is that the death certificate needed to be (3) captured in a digital image and (4) include a cause of death.

Data Type(s): administrative records data; census/enumeration data

Collection Notes: The cause of death information comes from linked vital records, including birth and death certificates.

Methodology

Response Rate: Not applicable

Sampling: We attempted to digitize cause of death for all individuals (1) born in Ohio born from 1866 to 1963 whose births were registered with the state (2) who were linked to an Ohio death certificate as part of the LIFE-M project (www.life-m.org). An additional requirement for inclusion is that the death certificate needed to be (3) captured in a digital image and (4) include a cause of death.

Data Source: Ohio vital statistics, including birth and death records

Collection Mode(s): other; web scraping

Scales: Not applicable

Weights: Not applicable

Unit(s) of Observation: Individuals

Geographic Unit: State

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V2 [2022-03-15]

V1 [2022-02-14]

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