nmm 22 4500 ICPSR26681 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130523s2010 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR26681 MiAaI MiAaI CRELES [electronic resource] Costa Rican Longevity and Healthy Aging Study, 2005 (Costa Rica Estudio de Longevidad y Envejecimiento Saludable) Luis Rosero-Bixby , Xinia Fernández , William H. Dow 2013-02-13 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 2010 ICPSR 26681 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-23. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to the general public. Also available as downloadable files. The Costa Rican Longevity and Healthy Aging Study (CRELES, or Costa Rica Estudio de Longevidad y Envejecimiento Saludable) is a nationally representative longitudinal survey of health and lifecourse experiences of 2,827 Costa Ricans ages 60 and over in 2005. Baseline household interviews were conducted between November 2004 and September 2006, with two-year follow-up interviews. The sample was drawn from Costa Rican residents in the 2000 population census who were born in 1945 or before, with an over-sample of the oldest-old (ages 95 and over). The main study objective was to determine the length and quality of life, and its contributing factors in the elderly of Costa Rica. Vital statistics indicate that Costa Rica has an unusually high life expectancy for a middle-income country, even higher than that of the United States, but CRELES is the first nationally representative survey to investigate adult health levels in Costa Rica. CRELES public use data files contain information on a broad range of topics including self-reported physical health, psychological health, living conditions, health behaviors, health care utilization, social support, and socioeconomic status. Objective health indicators include anthropometrics, observed mobility, and biomarkers from fasting blood and overnight urine collection (such as cholesterol, glycosylated hemoglobin, C-reactive protein, cortisol, and other components of integrative allostatic load measures). Mortality events are tracked and conditions surrounding death are measured in a surviving family interview (longitudinal follow-up data are not yet publicly available). Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR26681.v2 health behavior icpsr health services utilization icpsr life expectancy icpsr living conditions icpsr mental health icpsr mortality rates icpsr older adults icpsr physical condition icpsr population icpsr population characteristics icpsr social networks icpsr social support icpsr socioeconomic status icpsr aging icpsr DSDR VI. Population Characteristics NACDA V. Physical Health and Functioning of Older Adults NACDA I. Demographic Characteristics of Older Adults DSDR II. Mortality DSDR III. Health ICPSR XVII.C.2. Social Institutions and Behavior, Socialization, Students, and Youth, Nations Other Than the United States Rosero-Bixby, Luis Fernández, Xinia Dow, William H. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) 26681 Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR26681.v2