The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health: 1946-51 cohort ('Mid age') Survey 7, Food Frequency Questionnaire data, 2013

This study is part of the seventh survey of the 1946-51 (Mid-age) cohort. ALSWH began collecting information from them when they were mid-age women, selected to examine menopausal transitions and the social and personal changes of middle age. In survey 7 the respondents were between 62 and 67 years old. The Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ), also known as Dietary Questionnaire for Epidemiological Studies (DQES), enquires about the quantity and frequency of the consumption of various food types. The nutrition variables include usual eating habits, average size of portions, times eaten certain types of food, and alcohol consumption variables. So far the full DQES / FFQ was used in the following surveys: Young Cohort Survey 3, Young Cohort Survey 5, Mid-age Cohort Survey 5 and Mid-age Cohort Survey 7. Some other surveys only had some nutrition questions and the data items were included in the main analysis data set.