NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title Estudo Longitudinal da Saúde e Bem-Estar dos Idosos Brasileiros | ELSI-Brazil Provider Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) (Brazil)Microdata access: Register Geography Brazil (BRA) Coverage type Country Time period covered 05/2015 - 10/2016 Series or system Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil) Data type Survey: HouseholdIndividualLongitudinalNationally representativeUrban-rural representative Summary Keywords Aged adults, Alcohol use, Allergies, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, Anthropometry, Antihypertensive drugs, Assets, Asthma, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Cancers, Cardiovascular surgical procedures, Cataracts, Cholesterol, Chronic kidney diseases, Cognitive assessment, Corrective lenses, Crime, Dental care, Dental caries, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Diet, Disability, Drug consumption, Education, Education expenditures, Employment, Employment benefits, Endometriosis, Falls, Family size, Fertility, Fish, Food expenditures, Fruits, Genital prolapse, Glaucoma, Health care access, Health care use, Health insurance, Health promotion, Health status, Hearing aids, Hearing loss, Heart failure, Height, Home care, Hormone replacement therapy, Hospitals, Hours worked, Household expenditures, Housing, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hypertension, Hysterectomy, Immunization, Income, Incontinence, Influenza vaccines, Injuries, Insulin, Internet, Ischemic heart disease, Leisure activities, Length of stay, Limited mobility, Literacy, Live births, Macular degeneration, Marital status, Mass media, Meat, Medical tests, Menopause, Menstruation, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mental health symptoms, Military service, Mobility aids, Musculoskeletal diseases, Oral hygiene, Pap smears, Parental survival, Parkinson's disease, Periodontal diseases, Personal health expenditures, Physical activity, Physical examinations, Polio, Poverty, Pregnancy complications, Prescriptions, Private social assistance, Prostheses and implants, Public social assistance, Race, Refrigeration, Religion, Risk factors, Sanitation, School enrollment, Screening mammography, Sleep, Socioeconomic risk factors, Stroke, Summary birth history, Surgical procedures, Taxes, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Training programs, Transportation, Tuberculosis, Vaccine preventable childhood diseases, Vegetables, Violence, Violence-related risk factors, Vision loss, Water supply, Weight, Weight change, Working conditions Citation Contributors Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) (Brazil) Federal University of Minas Gerais Funders Ministry of Health (Brazil) Department of Science and Technology (DECIT) (Brazil) Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) (Brazil) Publisher Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) (Brazil) Suggested citation Federal University of Minas Gerais, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) (Brazil). Brazil Longitudinal Study of Aging 2015-2016, Wave 1 Baseline. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) (Brazil). GHDx Entry last modified on: May 20, 2024