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South Africa - Hlabisa WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health - Well-Being of Older People Study 2010

General Info

Original or alternative title 
SAGE Well-Being of Older People Study-2010, Wave 1
Provider 
World Health Organization (WHO)
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Geography 
South Africa (ZAF)
KwaZulu-Natal
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
March, 2010 - July, 2010
Data type
Survey: Individual - Interview
Summary 

This survey was part of Wave 1 of the Well-Being of Older People Study (WOPS), a sub-study of the Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE). For the WOPS study, survey instruments and materials from SAGE are adapted to examine the wellbeing of individuals 50 years and older who are directly or indirectly affected by HIV/AIDS.

Keywords 
Aged adults, Alcohol use, Anthropometry, Antiretroviral therapy, Assets, Asthma, Blood glucose, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Breathing difficulty, COPD, Cancers, Cataracts, Cholesterol tests, Cooking fuels, Corrective lenses, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Disability, Drownings, Edentulism, Education, Electricity, Employment, Eye examinations, Falls, Family composition, Fever, Glucose tests, HIV and AIDS, Health care use, Health insurance, Health status, Hearing loss, Heart disease, Height, Hemoglobin, Hospitals, Household deaths, Hypertension, Incontinence, Infectious diseases, Injuries, Intentional injuries, Livestock, Marital status, Mass media, Medicines, Musculoskeletal diseases, Nausea, Nutritional deficiencies, Occupational injuries, Oral conditions, Pain, Pharmacies, Poisonings, Private health facilities, Private social assistance, Public health facilities, Public social assistance, Refrigeration, Respiratory infections, Sanitation, Skin diseases, Sleep disorders, Stroke, Surgical procedures, Symptoms, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Traditional healers, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Tuberculosis, Unintentional firearm injuries, Unintentional injuries, Unipolar depressive disorders, Varicella, Vision loss, Vomiting, Water supply, Weight

Citation

Contributors 
World Health Organization (WHO)
Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies
Funders 
Wellcome Trust
National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Suggested citation 
Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, World Health Organization (WHO). South Africa - Hlabisa WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health - Well-Being of Older People Study 2010.

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