Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (HEPESE) Wave 9, 2016 [Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas]

The Hispanic EPESE provides data on risk factors for mortality and morbidity in older Mexican Americans in order to contrast how these factors operate differently than in non-Hispanic Whites, African Americans, and other major ethnic groups.The Wave 9 dataset comprises
the eighth follow-up of the baseline Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly, 1993-1994: [Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas] (ICPSR 2851). The baseline
Hispanic EPESE collected data on a representative sample of community-dwelling
Mexican Americans, aged 65 years and older, residing in the five Southwestern
states of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas.The public-use data covers demographic characteristics (age, sex, type of Hispanic race, income,
education, marital status, number of children, employment, and religion),
height, weight, social and physical functioning, chronic conditions, related
health problems, health behaviors, self-reported use of dental, hospital, and
nursing home services, and depression. Subsequent follow-ups allow examination
of the predictors of mortality, changes in health outcomes,
institutionalization, changes in living arrangements, as well as changes in
life situations and quality of life.During this 9th Wave (Dataset
1), 2016, 480 re-interviews were conducted either in person or by
proxy, with 283 of the original respondents interviewed in 1993-1994. This Wave
also includes 197 re-interviews from the 902 new respondents added at Wave 5 in
2004-2005. All respondents were aged 85 and over at Wave 9.The Wave 9 Informant
Interviews dataset (Dataset 2) includes data from interviews with 460
respondents who provided information on themselves as well as the older
respondents. The older respondents were asked to provide the name and contact
information of the person they are "closer to" or they "depend
on the most for help." These INFORMANTS, many of whom provide caregiving
support to the older respondents, were contacted, and interviewed regarding the
health, function, social situation, finances, and general well-being of the
older Hispanic EPESE respondents. Information was also collected on the
informant's health, function, and caregiver responsibilities and burden. This
dataset includes information from the 460 informants, more than two-thirds of
whom were children of the respective respondents. Thus, there are 460
respondent-informant dyads that provide opportunities for caregiving research.