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HAALSI Baseline Survey

The HAALSI baseline survey, implemented by the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies and the MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, surveyed 5,059 adults aged 40+ in rural South Africa on health, cognition, social networks, cardiometabolic disease, HIV, and economic well-being.

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ProducerHarvard Center for Population and Development Studies and MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit of the University of the Witwatersrand

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Key facts

InstitutionHarvard Center for Population and Development Studies; MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit of the University of the Witwatersrand
CoverageRural Mpumalanga province, South Africa, within the Agincourt health and socio-demographic surveillance system (AHDSS)
Time spanNovember 2014 – November 2015
Scale5,059 respondents, 4 files

Contents & fields

The dataset includes baseline survey data on cognitive and physical functioning, social networks, cardiometabolic disease and risk factors, HIV and HIV risk, and economic well-being, along with anthropometric measures and point-of-care blood tests (hemoglobin, glucose, lipids). Future releases will include dried blood spot results (HIV, viral load, HbA1c, CRP) and laboratory follow-up data. No field-level documentation is provided on the source page.

Research uses

Suitable for studies on aging, health transitions, chronic disease epidemiology, HIV, and socioeconomic factors in rural Africa.

Information comes from the source page. Please check that page for current details and terms.

Keywords

aginghealthSouth AfricaruralHIVcardiometabolic disease

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Licence: License statement is still being checked | Free to access

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Why this is hard to get on your own

Accessing longitudinal survey data on aging and health in rural South Africa, but field-level documentation and license are unclear.

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