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China WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health 2007-2010

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General Info
Provider 
World Health Organization (WHO)
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Geography 
China (CHN)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
03/2007 - 07/2010
Series or system 
Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE)
SAGE Survey Family
Data type
Survey:
  • GPS coordinates (GIS)
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Longitudinal
  • Nationally representative
  • Verbal autopsy
Summary 

The WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE) is a longitudinal survey that focuses on the health of adults 50 years or older and also targets a smaller group of adults ages 18-49 for comparison. The survey contains data on demographics, health status, chronic health conditions, risk factors, disabilities, and quality of life. Anthropometric measurements taken include height, weight, and waist and hip circumference. Other measures include blood pressure, cognition tests, physical tests for stamina and strength, a lung function test with spirometry, and blood samples taken from consenting individuals.

The data was collected through household and individual questionnaires administered in eight provinces. The Chinese survey began in 2007 and represents the first round of SAGE.  The sample size was 9,600 households, including 8,000 households with respondents 50 years or older and 1,600 households with respondents ages 18 to 49 years.
Keywords 
Alcohol use, Animal injuries, Anthropometry, Anxiety, Assets, Asthma, Back and neck pain, Back pain, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Burns, COPD, Cataracts, Cooking fuels, Corrective lenses, Cough, Diabetes, Disability, Drownings, Edentulism, Education, Electricity, Employment, Employment benefits, Ethnicity, Eye examinations, Falls, Family composition, Family size, Fruits and vegetables, GPAQ, Glucose tests, Health care services, Health care use, Health insurance, Health status, Height, Hemorrhagic stroke, Homicide, Hospitals, Hours worked, Household deaths, Housing materials, Hypertension, Income, Injuries, Intentional injuries, Interpersonal violence, Ischemic heart disease, Land ownership, Limited mobility, Livestock, Living conditions, Marital status, Mass media, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mental health symptoms, Mortality, Musculoskeletal diseases, Obesity, Oral conditions, Pain, Paralysis, Personal health expenditures, Physical activity, Physical therapy, Poisonings, Pulse, Religion, Respiratory function tests, Road traffic injuries, Rose Angina Questionnaire, Sanitation, Screening, Screening mammography, Self-inflicted injuries, Smokeless tobacco use, Stroke, Suicide, Taxes, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Transportation, Unintentional injuries, Unipolar depressive disorders, Verbal autopsy, Vision loss, Water supply, Weight
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