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Puerto Rican Elderly: Health Conditions, Wave 1 2002-2003

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
PREHCO Wave 1 2002-2003
Provider 
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Microdata access: Register
Geography 
United States of America (USA)
Puerto Rico
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
05/2002 - 05/2003
Series or system 
Puerto Rican Elderly: Health Conditions (PREHCO)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Exam
  • GPS coordinates (GIS)
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
Summary 

The Puerto Rican Elderly: Health Conditions (PREHCO) project provides information on the health and wellbeing of adults ages 60 and over residing in the Puerto Rico. Originally conducted as a cross-sectional survey in 2002-2003, PREHCO became longitudinal with the introduction of wave 2, where wave 1 participants completed a follow-up survey. For wave 1 of PREHCO, 4,291 respondents and 1,442 spouse interviews were successfully completed.

PREHCO data may also be available through the DISC Online Archive of the University of Wisconsin-Madison: http://www.disc.wisc.edu/archive/prehco/index.html

Keywords 
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GHDx Entry last modified on: Oct 10, 2024