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Mining a unique Canadian resource
— the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging | | Author(s) | Susan A Kirkland, Lauren E Griffith, Verena Menec |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 34, no 3, September 2015 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, September 2015 |
| Pages | pp 366-377 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/cjg |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Health [elderly] ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Social surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) is a major strategic initiative of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and is funded by the Government of Canada. Launched in 2010, this study of 50,000 Canadian residents was developed with three key objectives: to examine ageing as a dynamic life-course process; to investigate the inter-relationship between intrinsic and extrinsic factors from mid-life to older age; and to capture the transitions, trajectories and profiles of ageing-related processes. Baseline characteristics became available for research in 2014. This article presents data on socio-demographic, self-reported health, work and retirement, and social networks and social support characteristics, also chronic disease and functional health of participants by age and sex for 2010-2013. Although data has been collected only for a few years, the CLSA already has the potential to answer questions on themes such as social isolation, and to help our understanding of how individuals and populations can age successfully. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150918222 A |
| Classmark | BG: CC: F: 3F: 7S |
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