SAGE related links and data archiving

  • The Minimum Data Set Project on Ageing and Adult Health in sub-Saharan Africa
    A precursor to SAGE in Ghana and South Africa. Collation of available data on ageing and adult health to inform policy in a number of African countries. This project was supported by the NIA BSR through Interagency Agreements with WHO.
  • The National Institute on Aging, Division of Behavioral and Social Research (NIA/BSR)
    Supports basic social, behavioral and economic research and research training on the processes of aging at both the individual and societal level. BSR fosters cross-disciplinary research, at multiple levels from genetics to cross-national comparative research, and at stages from basic through translational. BSR provides financial support and technical input for SAGE.
  • US Census Bureau
    Contributes to the development of high quality demographic and mortality data. The Aging Studies Branch has worked with WHO to produce a SAGE report (see, www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/p95-12-01.pdf) with plans for further collaboration.
  • Gateway to Global Aging Data
    SAGE Wave 1 meta-data is archived and available as part of this multi-survey digital library. It includes survey questions, a search engine for finding comparable questions across the surveys, and a set of identically defined variables for cross-country analysis.
  • University of Michigan's NACDA archives
    The University of Michigan's Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) has archived SAGE Wave 0 and Wave 1 data. The ICPSR provides technical and practical support for researchers and students wanting to use and analyze the data. We will work with ICPSR colleagues to provide this additional avenue for researchers and analysts to access SAGE data.
  • Research on Early Life and Aging Trends and Effects (RELATE): A Cross-National Study (ICPSR 34241).
    The Research on Early Life and Aging Trends and Effects (RELATE) study compiles cross-national data that can be used to examine the effects of early life conditions on older adult health conditions, functioning, mortality, and self-reported health. The complete cross-sectional/longitudinal dataset (n=147,278) was compiled from major studies of older adults with information about early life conditions and life course events from low, middle and high income countries.
    Data (INCLUDING SAGE) are publicly available from the following regions of the world: Africa (Ghana and South Africa); Asia (China, India); Europe (Russian Federation); Latin America (Costa Rica, major cities in Latin America); and, the United States (Puerto Rico, Wisconsin) including the US HRS.
  • Help Age International
    A global advocacy organization committed to research and action for policy development. Results from SAGE are shared with HelpAge International and country/regional affiliate offices for their advocacy and policy work.
  • The INDEPTH network
    An International Network of field sites with continuous Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health in developing countries vision is to harness the collective potential of the world's community-based longitudinal demographic surveillance initiatives in resource constrained countries to provide a better, empirical understanding of health and social issues, and to apply this understanding to alleviate the most severe health and social challenges. A multi-site study platform for adult health has been developed with WHO and NIA. A first wave of SAGE-INDEPTH data was collected in 2007/08, with a second wave planned in 2013.
  • Health and Retirement Study
    The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is a longitudinal panel study that surveys a representative sample of more than 26,000 Americans over the age of 50 every two years. The HRS explores the changes in labor force participation and the health transitions that individuals undergo toward the end of their work lives and in the years that follow. The study has collected information about income, work, assets, pension plans, health insurance, disability, physical health and functioning, cognitive functioning, and health care expenditures.
    WHO is currently harmonizing a number of variables between HRS and SAGE (including health, disability, performance tests, behavioral risk factors, health conditions and social networks) which will result in data sets for comparative analyses. Public access is anticipated in 2014. Funded through the NIA grant R21AG034263.
  • English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
    ELSA is an interdisciplinary data resource on health, economic position and quality of life as people age, collecting both objective and subjective data relating to health and disability, biological markers of disease, economic circumstance, social participation, networks and well-being. Active collaborations are ongoing between ELSA and SAGE.
    WHO is currently harmonizing a number of variables between ELSA and SAGE (including health, disability, performance tests, behavioral risk factors, health conditions and social networks) which will result in data sets for comparative analyses. Public access is anticipated in 2014. Funded through the NIA grant R21AG034263.
  • Study on Health and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)
    SHARE is a multi-disciplinary and cross-national database about Europeans aged 50 or older in 19 countries in order to shed light on one of the most dramatic challenges in the years to come – population ageing.
    WHO is currently harmonizing a number of variables between a number of SHARE countries and SAGE (including health, disability, performance tests, behavioral risk factors, health conditions and social networks) which will result in data sets for comparative analyses. Public access is anticipated in 2014. Funded through the NIA grant R21AG034263.
  • Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) South Africa
    Collaborating partner for SAGE South Africa, including SAGE ZAF PI, Prof Refilwe Phaswana-Mafuya. Website contains research outputs on ageing and SAGE-related materials.
  • Ghana Statistical Service
    The Ghana Statistical Service has provided assistance to the SAGE Ghana PI, Prof Richard Biritwum, for many years and have a link to the SAGE Wave 1 data on their website.