Data Resource Profile: The World Health Organization Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE)
Human Sciences Research Council · World Health Organization · +1 more institution
Abstract
Population ageing is rapidly becoming a global issue and will have a major impact on health policies and programmes. The World Health Organization's Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) aims to address the gap in reliable data and scientific knowledge on ageing and health in low- and middle-income countries. SAGE is a longitudinal study with nationally representative samples of persons aged 50+ years in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russia and South Africa, with a smaller sample of adults aged 18-49 years in each country for comparisons. Instruments are compatible with other large high-income country longitudinal ageing studies. Wave 1 was conducted during 2007-2010 and included a total of 34 124…
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Authors
65- PKPaul KowalCorresponding
Human Sciences Research Council, World Health Organization, National Research Council
- SCSomnath Chatterji
Human Sciences Research Council, World Health Organization, National Research Council
- NNNirmala Naidoo
Human Sciences Research Council, World Health Organization, National Research Council
- RBRichard Biritwum
Human Sciences Research Council, World Health Organization, National Research Council
- WFWu Fan
Human Sciences Research Council, World Health Organization, National Research Council
Topics & keywords
- SAGE
- Ageing
- Gerontology
- Resource (disambiguation)
- Epidemiology
- Medicine
- Global health
- Environmental health