Research on Early Life and Aging Trends and Effects (RELATE): A Cross-National Study

The Research on Early Life and Aging Trends and Effects (RELATE) study compiles cross-national data that contain information that can be used to examine the effects of early life conditions on older adult health conditions, including heart disease, diabetes, obesity, functionality, mortality, and self-reported health. The complete cross sectional/longitudinal dataset (n=147,278) was compiled from major studies of older adults or households across the world that in most instances are representative of the older adult population either nationally, in major urban centers, or in provinces. It includes over 180 variables with information on demographic and geographic variables along with information about early life conditions and life course events for older adults in low, middle and high income countries. Selected variables were harmonized to facilitate cross national comparisons. In this first public release of the RELATE data, a subset of the data (n=88,273) is being released. The subset includes harmonized data of older adults from the following regions of the world: Africa (Ghana and South Africa), Asia (China, India), Latin America (Costa Rica, major cities in Latin America), and the United States (Puerto Rico, Wisconsin). This first release of the data collection is composed of 19 downloadable parts: Part 1 includes the harmonized cross-national RELATE dataset, which harmonizes data from parts 2 through 19. Specifically, parts 2 through 19 include data from Costa Rica (Part 2), Puerto Rico (Part 3), the United States (Wisconsin) (Part 4), Argentina (Part 5), Barbados (Part 6), Brazil (Part 7), Chile (Part 8), Cuba (Part 9), Mexico (Parts 10 and 15), Uruguay (Part 11), China (Parts 12, 18, and 19), Ghana (Part 13), India (Part 14), Russia (Part 16), and South Africa (Part 17). The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) was also used in the compilation of the larger RELATE data set (HRS) (N=12,527), and these data are now available for public release on the HRS data products page. To access the HRS data that are part of the RELATE data set, please see the collection notes below.

《早期生活与衰老趋势及影响研究》（RELATE）项目汇聚了跨国数据，其中包含可用于检验早期生活条件对老年人健康状况影响的信息，包括心脏病、糖尿病、肥胖、功能状态、死亡率和自我报告的健康状况等。该完整的横断面/纵向数据集（n=147,278）由全球范围内针对老年人的或家庭的主要研究编制而成，在大多数情况下，这些研究代表了国家、主要城市中心或省份的老年人口。数据集包含超过180个变量，涉及人口和地理变量信息，以及来自低收入、中等收入和高收入国家老年人的早期生活条件和生命周期事件信息。为促进跨国比较，选定的变量进行了协调统一。在本RELATE数据的首次公开发布中，数据子集（n=88,273）被公开。该子集包括来自以下世界地区的老年人协调数据：非洲（加纳和南非）、亚洲（中国、印度）、拉丁美洲（哥斯达黎加，拉丁美洲主要城市）和美国（波多黎各、威斯康星州）。此数据收集的首次发布由19个可下载部分组成：第1部分包含协调的跨国RELATE数据集，该数据集协调了第2至19部分的数据。具体而言，第2至19部分包括哥斯达黎加（第2部分）、波多黎各（第3部分）、美国（威斯康星州）（第4部分）、阿根廷（第5部分）、巴巴多斯（第6部分）、巴西（第7部分）、智利（第8部分）、古巴（第9部分）、墨西哥（第10和第15部分）、乌拉圭（第11部分）、中国（第12、第18和第19部分）、加纳（第13部分）、印度（第14部分）、俄罗斯（第16部分）和南非（第17部分）。此外，在编制更大的RELATE数据集（HRS）（N=12,527）时，也使用了健康与退休研究（HRS），这些数据现在可在HRS数据产品页面上公开获取。欲获取作为RELATE数据集一部分的HRS数据，请参阅以下收集说明。