Description & Citation--Study No. 3546

• Bibliographic Description
• Scope of Study
• Methodology
• Access and Availability

Bibliographic Description

03546

SABE - Survey on Health, Well-Being, and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000

Pelaez, Martha, Pan American Health Organization

Palloni, Alberto, University of Wisconsin

Albala, Cecilia, University of Chile

Alfonso, Juan Carlos, Centro de Estudios de Poblacion y Desarrolo (CEPDE)

Ham-Chande, Roberto, Instituto Nacional de la Nutricion

Hennis, Anselm, University of West Indies

Lebrao, Maria Lucia, University of Sao Paulo

Lesn-Diaz, Esther, Centro de Estudios de Poblacion y Desarrolo (CEPDE)

Pantelides, Edith, Centro de Estudios de Poblacion/CENAP

Prats, Omar, University of Uruguay

Pan American Health Organization (R03 AZ 15673)

United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Aging

Pelaez, Martha, Alberto Palloni, Cecilia Albala, Juan Carlos Alfonso, Roberto Ham-Chande, Anselm Hennis, Maria Lucia Lebrao, Esther Lesn-Diaz, Edith Pantelides, and Omar Prats. SABE - Survey on Health, Well-Being, and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000. ICPSR03546-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005. doi:10.3886/ICPSR03546.v1

Scope of Study

The Survey on Health, Well-Being, and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean (Project SABE) was conducted during 1999 and 2000 to examine health conditions and functional limitations of persons aged 60 and older in the countries of Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, and Uruguay, with special focus on persons over 80 years of age. Project SABE was administered in the official language of each country: Spanish in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Mexico City (Mexico), Santiago (Chile), Havana (Cuba), and Montevideo (Uruguay), English in Bridgetown (Barbados), and Portuguese in Sao Paulo (Brazil). Goals of the project were to (a) describe the health conditions of older adults (aged 60 and older with special focus on persons over 80) with regard to chronic and acute diseases, disability, and physical and mental impairment, (b) evaluate the extent to which older adults used and had access to health care services, including services that are outside the formal system (local healers, traditional medicine), (c) evaluate the proportional contribution by principal sources of support -- relatives and family networks, public assistance, and private resources (income, assets) -- towards meeting the health-related needs of older adults, (d) evaluate access to health insurance offered by private organizations, governmental institutions, and mixed systems, as well as the extent to which that insurance was actually used, (e) analyze the differentials in the self-evaluation of health conditions, access to health care, and sources of support with regard to socioeconomic group, gender, and birth cohort, (f) evaluate the relationships between strategic factors -- health-related behavior, occupational background, socioeconomic status, gender, and cohort -- and health conditions, according to the health evaluation at the time of the survey, and (g) carry out comparative analyses in countries that share similar characteristics but that differ with regard to such factors as the role of family support, public assistance, access to health services, and health-related behavior and exposure to risk. Demographic variables include age, sex, race, level of education, birthplace, religion, ethnic group, marital status, and income. Also examined were cognitive status, health status, functional status, nutritional status, and use and accessibility of services

activities of daily living, aging, caregivers, diet, family relations, health care services, health status, life expectancy, life satisfaction, living arrangements, marriage rates, medical conditions, older adults, perceptions, quality of life

Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Uruguay, Global

• 1999--2000

• 1999--2000

individual

Persons aged 60 and older residing in private households in Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, and Uruguay.

survey data

(1) An English translation which includes a reorganization of variables for each country has been provided. Part 8 is the English Version of Argentina which was originally done in Spanish (Part 1) and includes the additional questions and an additional module in order to carry out a complementary study sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Part 9 is a reorganized version of Barbados (Part 2). Part 10 is the English Version of Brazil which was originally done in Portuguese (Part 3). Part 11 is the English Version of Chile which was originally done in Spanish (Part 4) and includes the additional questions and an additional module in order to carry out a complementary study sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Part 12 is the English Version of Cuba which was originally done in Spanish (Part 7). Part 13 is the English Version of Mexico which was originally done in Spanish (Part 7) and Part 14 is the English Version of Uruguay which was originally done in Spanish (Part 7) and includes the additional questions and an additional module in order to carry out a complementary study sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The Variable Description file (Part 15) is an excel file providing supporting information for the data provided in their original languages (Parts 1 through 7). (2) An English translation codebook for Parts 8 through 14 has been provided but user's should refer to the User's Guide for detailed information regarding variables.

Methodology

Multistage cluster

There are multiple weight variables for each country. Information regarding use of the weight variables can be found in the User's Guide.

face-to-face interview, self-enumerated questionnaire

Access and Availability

Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.

2005-01-19

This data collection may not be used for any purpose other than statistical reporting and analysis. Use of these data to learn the identity of any person or establishment is prohibited. In preparing the data files for public archiving and distribution, the producers have removed direct identifiers and characteristics that might lead to identification of data subjects.

• 2006-02-17 Original questionnaires for Parts 1 through 7 were added (original codebooks are not available). For Parts 8 through 14, an English translation codebook has been provided. Part 16, an English translation variable description file, was also added.

• DS1: Argentina
• DS2: Barbados
• DS3: Brazil
• DS4: Chile
• DS5: Cuba
• DS6: Mexico
• DS7: Uruguay
• DS8: English Translated and Reorganized File -- Argentina
• DS9: Reorganized File -- Barbados
• DS10: English Translated and Reorganized File -- Brazil
• DS11: English Translated and Reorganized File -- Chile
• DS12: English Translated and Reorganized File -- Cuba
• DS13: English Translated and Reorganized File -- Mexico
• DS14: English Translated and Reorganized File -- Uruguay
• DS15: Variable Description File
• DS16: English Translation Variable Description File