Australian Longitudinal Study on Ageing

Acronym:	ALSA	Start Year:	1992
		End Year:	2004

SUMMARY

Study Summary:	ALSA
Additional Comments:	Include spouse if 65 +, study aims to gain increased understanding of how social, biomedical, behavioural, economic and environmental factors are associated with age related changes in the health and well-being of older adults.

STUDY DESIGN

Country:	Australia	Physiological Measures	Psychological Measures
Sample Size:	2,087	Functional Health	Cognitive Abilities
Age Group:	70 +	Lifestyle: Physical Activity	Social and Demographic Measures
Gender:	Both	Lifestyle: Nutrition	Health Services Utilization
# Cohorts:	4	Lifestyle: Other
Total Waves:	7	Minorities
Link w/ Data:	Health services utilisation

CONTACTS

Contact Information:	Dr. Gary Andrews, Principal Investigator and Dr. Sabine Schreiber Flinders University Campus, Mark Oliphant Building, Laffer Drive Bedford Park, SA 5042 Phone #: 08-8201-7553 E-mail 1: g.andrews@flinders.edu.au E-mail 2: gary.andrews@unisa.edu.au E-mail 3: cas@flinders.edu.au
Web Page(s):	Web 1: http://www.cas.flinders.edu.au/alsa.html Web 2: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu:8080/ICPSR-STUDY/03679.xml Web 3: http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/06707.xml