Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) 2007-08 Wave 1 - All provinces in South Africa

Description:
The data sets included in the SAGE 2007-08 study comprised household survey data, household members survey data and individual survey data.

396 of 600 targeted EAs (66%) were realised.

WHO ID Number: ZAF-WHO-SAGE-2007-v01
Abstract:
SAGE Wave 1 (2007/08) provides a comprehensive data set on the health and well-being of adults in six low and middle-income countries: China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russian Federation and South Africa.

Objectives:

To obtain reliable, valid and comparable health, health-related and well-being data over a range of key domains for adult and older adult populations in nationally representative samples

To examine patterns and dynamics of age-related changes in health and well-being using longitudinal follow-up of a cohort as they age, and to investigate socio-economic consequences of these health changes

To supplement and cross-validate self-reported measures of health and the anchoring vignette approach to improving comparability of self-reported measures, through measured performance tests for selected health domains

To collect health examination and biomarker data that improves reliability of morbidity and risk factor data and to objectively monitor the effect of interventions

Additional Objectives:

To generate large cohorts of older adult populations and comparison cohorts of younger populations for following-up intermediate outcomes, monitoring trends, examining transitions and life events, and addressing relationships between determinants and health, well-being and health-related outcomes

To develop a mechanism to link survey data to demographic surveillance site data

To build linkages with other national and multi-country ageing studies

To improve the methodologies to enhance the reliability and validity of health outcomes and determinants data.

The data and documentation can be downloaded from the WHO website: http://www.who.int/healthinfo/sage/en/