Description & Citation--Study No. 2851

Bibliographic Description
Scope of Study
Methodology
Access and Availability

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:

2851

Persistent URL:

http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02851

Title:

Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly, 1993-1994: [Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas]

Principal Investigator(s):

Kyriakos S. Markides, University of Texas Medical Branch

Funding Agency:

National Institute on Aging

Grant Number:

RO1 AG10939-01

Bibliographic Citation:

Markides, Kyriakos S. HISPANIC ESTABLISHED POPULATIONS FOR THE EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES OF THE ELDERLY, 1993-1994: [ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, AND TEXAS] [Computer file]. ICPSR02851-v1. Galveston, TX: University of Texas, Medical Branch [producer], 1999. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2003.

Scope of Study

Summary:

The Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (Hispanic EPESE) was modeled after the design of the ESTABLISHED POPULATIONS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES OF THE ELDERLY, 1981-1993: [EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, IOWA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, IOWA, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA] (ICPSR 9915) and ESTABLISHED POPULATIONS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES OF THE ELDERLY, 1996-1997: PIEDMONT HEALTH SURVEY OF THE ELDERLY, FOURTH IN-PERSON SURVEY [DURHAM, WARREN, VANCE, GRANVILLE, AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA] (ICPSR 2744). The Hispanic EPESE collected baseline data beginning in September 1993 through June 1994 on a representative sample of community-dwelling Mexican-American elderly, aged 65 years and older, residing in the five southwestern states of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. The primary purpose of the study was to provide estimates of the prevalence of key physical health conditions, mental health conditions, and functional impairments in older Mexican Americans and to compare these estimates with those for other populations. The Hispanic EPESE attempted to determine whether certain risk factors for mortality and morbidity operate differently in Mexican Americans than in non-Hispanic White Americans, African Americans, and other major ethnic groups. The public use baseline data cover demographic characteristics (age, sex, type of Hispanic race, income, education, marital status, number of children, employment, and religion), height, weight, social and physical functioning, chronic conditions, related health problems, health habits, self-reported use of dental, hospital, and nursing home services, and depression.

Subject Term(s):

birth rates, dental health, depression (psychology), disabilities, health behavior, health status, Hispanic Americans, hospitalization, income, long term care, marital status, mental health, Mexican Americans, mortality rates, nursing homes, older adults, risk factors

Geographic Coverage:

Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, United States

Time Period:

1993 - 1994

Date(s) of Collection:

September 1993 - June 1994

Universe:

All noninstitutionalized Mexican-American persons 65 years of age and older in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas.

Data Type:

survey data, and clinical data

Data Collection Notes:

The SAS transport file was created using the SAS XPORT engine.

Methodology

Sample:

Multistage, stratified, probability sample

Data Source:

personal interviews, questionnaires, and physical assessments

Access and Availability

Note:

A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.

Original ICPSR Release:

2000-08-04

Version History:

The last update of this study occurred on 2005-11-04.

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.

2003-08-07 - An additional co-investigator has been added to Chapter Two of the Resource Book of the Hispanic Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly.

2003-06-19 - The Resource Book of the Hispanic Established Populations for the Studies of the Elderly, containing the List of Publications and Manuscripts from the Hispanic EPESE in Portable Document Format (PDF), has been added as Part 2.

Dataset(s):

DS1: Data File
DS2: Resource Book of the Hispanic Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly