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Description & Citation--Study No. 6242

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:6242
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06242
 
Title:World Health Organization Regional Office for Southeast Asia Collaborative Study on Social and Health Aspects of Aging in Burma, Indonesia, North Korea, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, 1990
 
Principal Investigator(s):Gary R. Andrews
 
Bibliographic Citation:Andrews, Gary R. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REGIONAL OFFICE FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA COLLABORATIVE STUDY ON SOCIAL AND HEALTH ASPECTS OF AGING IN BURMA, INDONESIA, NORTH KOREA, SRI LANKA, AND THAILAND, 1990 [Computer file]. New Delhi: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Southeast Asia [producer], 1990. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1995. doi:10.3886/ICPSR06242
 

Scope of Study

Summary:These data were gathered to provide information on the elderly in Burma, Indonesia, North Korea, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Questions were asked in the following areas: demographics (respondent's age, race, sex, marital status, religion, make-up of household, number of children, number of siblings, education), economic resources (employment status of the respondent and spouse, main income source, other income sources, whether the respondent owned his/her house), health (current health, accidents and/or injuries affecting daily activities, number of times respondent saw a health professional in last month, number of days in hospital, nursing home, or rehabilitation center in last month, medications currently being used, usage of any devices to assist in getting around), activities of daily living, living habits (smoking, drinking), social activities (whether the respondent belonged to clubs, had a confidant), housing (satisfaction with current living conditions, accessibility to quarters, safety), and mental state of the respondent.
 
Subject Term(s):Activities of Daily Living, aging, assistive devices, demographic characteristics, health status, housing, income, mental health, older adults, social behavior
 
Geographic Coverage:Indonesia, Korea (North), Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Global
 
Time Period:1990
 
Date(s) of Collection:1990
 
Universe:The noninstitutionalized elderly 60 years and older in Burma, Indonesia, North Korea, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:The documentation for this collection consists of the publication AGING IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: A FIVE-COUNTRY STUDY, an SPSS format file, and an SPSS dictionary file.
 

Methodology

Sample:Representative random sampling in Burma, North Korea, and Thailand. Stratified random sampling in Indonesia. Three-stage sampling in Sri Lanka. For more detailed information, consult the publication AGING IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: A FIVE-COUNTRY STUDY, included with the documentation.
 
Data Source:personal interviews
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1995-06-05
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 2006-01-18.
 
  2006-01-18 - File CB6242.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Burma Data
  • DS2: Indonesia Data
  • DS3: North Korea Data
  • DS4: Sri Lanka Data
  • DS5: Thailand Data
  • DS6: SPSS Format File
  • DS7: SPSS Dictionary File
 

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