Aging in Women and Men: A Longitudinal Study of Gender Differences in Health Behaviour and Health among Elderly (GENDER)

GENERAL

Year

1995

Country

Sweden

STUDY DETAILS

Waves

Wave 1: 1995-1997
Wave 2: 1999-2001
Wave 3: 2003-2005

Sample size

1.210 (470 with biological samples)

Sample population

69-88

Sample residence

69-88

Survey mode

Longitudinal or cross-section study

Longitudinal

Data sources

Questionnaires (subjective health, medicine consumption and behaviors and attitudes related to health, perceived ADL capacity, personality and social networks, formal and informal care)

Cognitive and physical measures (measures of grip-strength, vital capacity, blood pressure, a number of exercises related to muscle strength and balance, and cognitive functions)

Biosamples (blood values and genotyping)

Main topics

Health behaviors in old age

Goals

To study the origins of individual differences of unlike-sex twin pairs born between 1906 and 1925.

Scientific domain

Medicine, Social Science, Psychology

Age studies subcategories

Twin study on aging (69+)

INSTITUTION

Institution

Institute of Gerontology, School of Health and Welfare
Jönköping University

Contact

Prof. Deborah Finkel
Professor, PI of GENDER
Institute of Gerontology, School of Health and Welfare
Jönköping University
Tel: +46 36-10 1322
deborah.finkel@ju.se

LINKS / PUBLICATIONS

Links

https://ju.se/gender

Publications

Gold, C. H., Malmberg, B., McClearn, G. E., Pedersen, N. L., & Berg, S. (2002). Gender and health: a study of older unlike-sex twins. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 57(3), S168-S176.