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Treading Carefully: Pros and Cons of Secondary Data Analysis in Low-Income Countries

This presentation discusses the benefits and challenges of conducting a secondary analysis of data from six low and middle-income countries. The study focuses on the WHO Study of Global Aging and Adult Health dataset, examining relationships between pensions, economic status, subjective well-being, health status, and hypertension prevalence. The presentation also covers potential disconnects from the data collection process, gaps in the questionnaire, and strategies for analysis. Outputs include published papers, policy briefs, and presentations in the six countries.

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Treading Carefully: Pros and Cons of Secondary Data Analysis in Low-Income Countries

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  1. Treading carefully Secondary analysis of new data for 6 low and middle income countries Peter Lloyd-Sherlock Presentation to 6th ESRC Research Methods Festival Oxford 8 July 2014

  2. Pros and cons of secondary data analysis Cheap, fast, less risk, big data sets But…….. Disconnect from data collection process Potential disconnect with specific research interests

  3. WHO Study of Global Aging and Adult Health (SAGE) Nationally representative samples of people aged 50+ in China, Ghana, India, Mexico and South Africa (2007-2010) Multi-stage, stratified, randomised cluster sampling design Total study population: 35,125 Biometrics and self-report health data Limited socio-economic data

  4. Project aims Relationships between pensions, economic status, subjective wellbeing and health status. Analysis of determinants of national variations in prevalence, awareness and control of hypertension. Life course determinants of economic wellbeing in later life.

  5. Proposal stage Do some descriptive analysis frequencies response rates unexpected problems Good contextual knowledge Establish contacts with researchers working on same survey

  6. Some issues for analysis Covering six countries Gaps in the questionnaire Being opportunistic

  7. Outputs to date Lloyd-Sherlock, P., Minicuci, N., Beard, J., Ebrahim, S. and Chatterji, S. (2014) “Hypertension among older adults in low and middle income countries: prevalence, awareness and control” International Journal of Epidemiology 14(1):116-128. P.Lloyd-Sherlock and S.Agrawal (2014) “Pensions and the health of older people in South Africa. Is there an effect?” Journal of Development Studies (forthcoming). 3 papers under review 3 policy briefs Presentations and dissemination in 6 countries

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