Archival Version

This dataset comprises the third follow-up of the baseline Hispanic EPESE, HISPANIC ESTABLISHED POPULATIONS FOR THE EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES OF THE ELDERLY, 1993-1994: [ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, AND TEXAS] (ICPSR 2851), and provides information on 1,682 of the original respondents. The Hispanic EPESE collected data on a representative sample of community-dwelling Mexican-American elderly, aged 65 years and older, residing in the five southwestern states of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. The primary purpose of the series was to provide estimates of the prevalence of key physical health conditions, mental health conditions, and functional impairments in older Mexican Americans and to compare these estimates with those for other populations. The Hispanic EPESE attempted to determine whether certain risk factors for mortality and morbidity operate differently in Mexican Americans than in non-Hispanic White Americans, African Americans, and other major ethnic groups. The public-use data cover background 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 habits, self-reported use of dental, hospital, and nursing home services, and depression. The follow-ups provide a cross-sectional examination of the predictors of mortality, changes in health outcomes, and institutionalization and other changes in living arrangements, as well as changes in life situations and quality of life issues. The vital status of respondents from baseline to this round of the survey may be determined using the Vital Status file (Part 2). This file contains interview dates from the baseline as well as vital status at Wave IV (respondent survived, date of death if deceased, proxy-assisted, proxy-reported cause of death, proxy-true). The first follow-up of the baseline data (Hispanic EPESE Wave II, 1995-1996 [ICPSR 3385]) followed 2,438 of the original 3,050 respondents, and the second follow-up (Hispanic EPESE Wave III, 1998-1999 [ICPSR 4102]) followed 1,980 of these respondents. Hispanic EPESE, 1993-1994 (ICPSR 2851), was modeled after the design of ESTABLISHED POPULATIONS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES OF THE ELDERLY, 1981-1993: [EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, IOWA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, IOWA, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA] (ICPSR 9915) and ESTABLISHED POPULATIONS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES OF THE ELDERLY, 1996-1997: PIEDMONT HEALTH SURVEY OF THE ELDERLY, FOURTH IN-PERSON SURVEY [DURHAM, WARREN, VANCE, GRANVILLE, AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA] (ICPSR 2744).

本数据集为基线版西班牙裔老年人流行病学研究固定人群队列（Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly，简称Hispanic EPESE）的第三次追踪调查数据，该基线调查于1993—1994年开展，覆盖亚利桑那州、加利福尼亚州、科罗拉多州、新墨西哥州及得克萨斯州（ICPSR 2851），共纳入1682名原始受访对象。Hispanic EPESE的研究对象为居住在美国西南部上述五个州的65岁及以上社区居住墨西哥裔老年人群代表性样本。本队列研究的核心目标为估算墨西哥裔老年人群的主要躯体疾病、精神疾病及功能障碍患病率，并将该估算结果与其他族群的对应数据进行对比。此外，本研究旨在明确与非西班牙裔白人、非裔美国人及其他主要族群相比，部分死亡与发病风险因素在墨西哥裔美国人群中的作用模式是否存在差异。本公开数据集涵盖受访对象的背景特征（年龄、性别、西班牙裔种族类型、收入、受教育程度、婚姻状况、子女数量、就业情况及宗教信仰）、身高、体重、社会功能与躯体功能、慢性疾病、相关健康问题、健康习惯、自我报告的牙科、住院及疗养院服务使用情况，以及抑郁状况。本次追踪调查可用于横断面分析死亡预测因素、健康结局变化、机构化养老及其他居住安排变化，同时也可分析生活境遇变化与生活质量相关议题。可通过生命状态文件（第二部分）查询受访对象自基线调查至本次调查轮次的生命状态。该文件包含基线访谈日期，以及第四轮调查波次的生命状态信息：受访对象存活情况、去世者的死亡日期、是否采用代理访谈、代理报告的死亡原因，以及代理验证的真实信息。基线数据的第一次追踪调查（Hispanic EPESE 第二轮，1995—1996年，ICPSR 3385）纳入了原始3050名受访对象中的2438名；第二次追踪调查（Hispanic EPESE 第三轮，1998—1999年，ICPSR 4102）则纳入了其中的1980名受访对象。1993—1994年版Hispanic EPESE（ICPSR 2851）的研究设计参考了两项已有队列研究：其一为1981—1993年版《老年人流行病学研究固定人群队列》，覆盖马萨诸塞州东波士顿、艾奥瓦州艾奥瓦与华盛顿县、康涅狄格州纽黑文及北卡罗来纳州中北部地区（ICPSR 9915）；其二为1996—1997年版《老年人流行病学研究固定人群队列：皮埃蒙特老年健康调查第四次面对面调查》，覆盖北卡罗来纳州达勒姆、沃伦、万斯、格兰维尔及富兰克林县（ICPSR 2744）。