Description & Citation--Study No. 6250
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Study No.: |
06250 |
Title: |
World Health Organization Collaborative Study on Social and Health Aspects of Aging in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia, 1991 |
Principal Investigator(s): |
Andrews, Gary R.
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Bibliographic Citation: |
Andrews, Gary R. World Health Organization Collaborative Study on Social and Health Aspects of Aging in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia, 1991. ICPSR06250-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1998. doi:10.3886/ICPSR06250.v1 |
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Summary: |
These data were gathered to provide information on the
elderly in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia. Questions were
asked regarding demographic characteristics (age, race, sex, marital
status, religion, number of children and siblings,
education), economic resources (employment status of respondent and of
respondent's spouse, main income source, other income sources, whether
house was owned), health (current health status, accidents and/or
injuries affecting daily activities, number of times respondent saw a
health professional in the previous month, number of days in hospital,
nursing home, or rehabilitation center in the previous month,
medications currently used, usage of any devices to assist in getting
around), activities of daily living, living habits (smoking or
drinking), social activities (club membership, whether respondent had a
confidant), housing (satisfaction with current living conditions,
accessibility to quarters, safety), and mental state of the respondent.
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Subject Terms: |
activities of daily living,
aging,
assistive devices,
demographic characteristics,
health status,
housing,
income,
mental health,
older adults,
social behavior
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Geographic Coverage: |
Bahrain,
Egypt,
Global,
Jordan,
Tunisia
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Time Period: |
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Date of Collection: |
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Universe: |
The noninstitutionalized elderly 60 years and older in
Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia.
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Data Types: |
survey data
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Sample: |
Random sampling of persons over 60 in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan,
and Tunisia.
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Data Source: |
personal interviews
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Note: |
Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed
in the file manifest. |
Original ICPSR Release: |
1998-05-11 |
Version History: |
2006-03-30 File CB6250.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads. 2005-11-04 On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one
or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well
as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable,
and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to
reflect these additions.
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Dataset(s): |
- DS1: Bahrain Data
- DS2: Egypt Data
- DS3: Jordan Data
- DS4: Tunisia Data
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