SAGE Harmonisation Study
The original databases are from the WHO Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) ( https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/study-on-global-ageing-and-adult-health ), version 1, retrieved in 2015.
Acknowledgement:
This study uses data from the WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE). The SAGE study is funded by the U.S. National Institute on Aging and has received financial support through Interagency Agreements (OGHA 04034785; YA1323-08-CN-0020; Y1-AG-1005-01) and Grants (R01-AG034479; IR21-AG034263-0182). The authors gratefully acknowledge the World Health Organization who provided data for this study.
References:
- Kowal P, Chatterji S, Naidoo N, Biritwum R, Fan W, Lopez Ridaura R, et al. Data resource profile: the World Health Organization Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE). Int J Epidemiol 2012;41(6):1639–49.
- Chatterji, Somnath, and Kowal, Paul. WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE): Wave 1, 2007-2010. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2013-12-20. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR31381.v1
Harmonization Study Design
A harmonised dataset can be created for each wave and population according to the ATHLOS DataSchema and the harmonisation codes located on Github:
DataSchema: https://athlos.pssjd.org/ws/file-dl/network/athlos/DataSchema_ATHLOS.xlsx
Harmonisation codes: https://github.com/athlosproject/athlos-project.github.io/tree/master/SAGE
Anyone interested in using the harmonised data from the SAGE study via the ATHLOS DataSchema should register on the website https://apps.who.int/healthinfo/systems/surveydata/index.php/catalog, download the necessary data and use the harmonisation codes. For more detailed help on this process, please contact us.