SABE - Survey on Health, Well-Being, and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000

The Survey on Health, Well-Being, and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean (Project SABE) was conducted during 1999 and 2000 to examine health conditions and functional limitations of persons aged 60 and older in the countries of Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, and Uruguay, with special focus on persons over 80 years of age. Project SABE was administered in the official language of each country: Spanish in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Mexico City (Mexico), Santiago (Chile), Havana (Cuba), and Montevideo (Uruguay), English in Bridgetown (Barbados), and Portuguese in Sao Paulo (Brazil). Goals of the project were to (a) describe the health conditions of older adults (aged 60 and older with special focus on persons over 80) with regard to chronic and acute diseases, disability, and physical and mental impairment, (b) evaluate the extent to which older adults used and had access to health care services, including services that are outside the formal system (local healers, traditional medicine), (c) evaluate the proportional contribution by principal sources of support -- relatives and family networks, public assistance, and private resources (income, assets) -- towards meeting the health-related needs of older adults, (d) evaluate access to health insurance offered by private organizations, governmental institutions, and mixed systems, as well as the extent to which that insurance was actually used, (e) analyze the differentials in the self-evaluation of health conditions, access to health care, and sources of support with regard to socioeconomic group, gender, and birth cohort, (f) evaluate the relationships between strategic factors -- health-related behavior, occupational background, socioeconomic status, gender, and cohort -- and health conditions, according to the health evaluation at the time of the survey, and (g) carry out comparative analyses in countries that share similar characteristics but that differ with regard to such factors as the role of family support, public assistance, access to health services, and health-related behavior and exposure to risk. Demographic variables include age, sex, race, level of education, birthplace, religion, ethnic group, marital status, and income. Also examined were cognitive status, health status, functional status, nutritional status, and use and accessibility of services

《拉丁美洲及加勒比地区健康、福祉与老龄化调查》（项目SABE）于1999年至2000年期间进行，旨在考察阿根廷、巴巴多斯、巴西、智利、古巴、墨西哥和乌拉圭等国的60岁及以上人群的健康状况及功能限制，并对80岁以上人群给予特别关注。项目SABE以各国的官方语言进行管理：在阿根廷的布宜诺斯艾利斯、墨西哥城的墨西哥、智利的圣地亚哥、古巴的哈瓦那以及乌拉圭的蒙得维的亚使用西班牙语，在巴巴多斯的布里奇顿使用英语，在巴西的圣保罗使用葡萄牙语。项目目标包括：（a）描述老年人群（60岁及以上，特别关注80岁以上人群）的健康状况，包括慢性病和急性病、残疾以及身体和心理健康状况；（b）评估老年人群对医疗保健服务的使用和可及性，包括正式系统之外的医疗服务（如地方医生、传统医学）；（c）评估主要支持来源——亲属和家庭网络、公共援助以及私人资源（收入、资产）——在满足老年人群健康需求方面的比例贡献；（d）评估私人组织、政府机构和混合体系提供的健康保险的可及性，以及该保险的实际使用情况；（e）分析在自我评价健康状况、医疗保健可及性和支持来源方面，与社会经济群体、性别和出生队列之间的关系差异；（f）根据调查时的健康评估，评估战略因素——与健康相关的行为、职业背景、社会经济地位、性别和队列——与健康状况之间的关系；（g）对具有相似特征但家庭支持作用、公共援助、医疗服务可及性、健康相关行为及风险暴露等方面存在差异的国家进行对比分析。人口统计变量包括年龄、性别、种族、教育水平、出生地、宗教、民族、婚姻状况和收入。此外，还考察了认知状态、健康状况、功能状态、营养状况以及服务和可及性。