Description: A cross-national survey on health, well-being and aging in Latin America and the Caribbean. Comparable surveys were conducted in the capitol cities of Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, and Uruguay.
Coverage: Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Uruguay.
Topics:
- Demographics/background characteristics
- Cognitive evaluation
- Health status
- Functional status
- Medicines
- Use and accessibility of services
- Social support network and transfers
- Work history and income sources
- Housing characteristics
- Anthropometry
- Mobility and flexibility
Age Range of Sample: 60 and over
Sample Size:
Buenos Aires, Argentina – 1039
Bridgetown, Barbados – 1508, 345 partners were interviews additionally
Sao Paulo, Brazil – 2143, added a convenience sample of 576 people older than 75
Santiago, Chile – 1306
Havana, Cuba – 1905
Mexico City, Mexico – 1311
Montevideo, Uruguay – 1444
Years of data collection: 1999/2000
Data Availability: Publicly available; registration required to download data
Data & Documentation Links:
University of Wisconsin, SABE
National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging
Investigators:
Alberto Palloni
Martha Pelaez