argentina_2012_aging_instrumental

Name: argentina_2012_aging_instrumental
Creator: Item Response Warehouse
Published: 2026-09-21
License: CC-BY (unspecified)

32,578 responses from 4,654 respondents to 7 items.

About this table

Description	whether the respondent needs help with each instrumental activity like phone, transport, money, shopping
Reference	Encuesta Nacional sobre Calidad de Vida de Adultos Mayores
Licence	CC-BY (unspecified)
Source data	https://www.indec.gob.ar/indec/web/Nivel4-Tema-2-21-130

Size and shape

Responses	32,578
Respondents	4,654
Items	7
Response categories	2
Responses per respondent	7
Responses per item	4,654
Density	1
Longitudinal	FALSE

Classification

age range	Elderly (minimum age >50)
sample	General/non-specific
construct type	Opinion/attitude
measurement tool	Survey/questionnaire
item format	Likert Scale/selected response
primary language(s)	spa
construct name	Instrumental Functional Dependence

Columns

cov_agecov_sexiditemresp

Get the data

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Or load it directly in R or Python:

# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("argentina_2012_aging_instrumental")

# Python
pip install irw

import irw
df = irw.fetch("argentina_2012_aging_instrumental")

How to cite

@dataset{indec_encuesta_2024,
  title = {Encuesta Nacional sobre Calidad de Vida de Adultos Mayores},
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC)}},
  url = {https://www.indec.gob.ar/indec/web/Nivel4-Tema-2-21-130},
  year = {2024},
  organization = {INDEC}
}

Version and provenance

IRW version	v407
Redivis dataset	item_response_warehouse_6 v3.2
Redivis dataset DOI	10.57761/yvkw-nj32
Manifest pin for this IRW version	v3.2
Metadata source	irw_meta v24.0