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General Info
Original or alternative title 
HAALSI Baseline Survey
Provider 
Harvard Dataverse
Microdata access: Register
Geography 
South Africa (ZAF)
Mpumalanga
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
11/2014 - 11/2015
Series or system 
South Africa Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa (HAALSI)
Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP)
Data type
Survey:
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Longitudinal
  • Rural only
Summary 

The Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa (HAALSI) study is a population-based survey that aims to examine and characterize a population of older men and women in rural South Africa with respect to health, physical and cognitive function, aging, and well-being. The baseline survey interviewed 5,059 men and women aged 40 years or older in rural Mpumalanga province, South Africa. Data was collected on cognitive and physical functioning, social networks, cardiometabolic disease and risk factors, HIV and HIV risk, and economic well-being in addition to anthropometric measures and point-of-care blood tests.

More information is available on the HAALSI study at https://haalsi.org/about

Keywords 
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GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 13, 2025