The Men, Women and Ageing: Predictors of Ageing Well in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health and the Perth Health in Men Study is funded by an ARC/NHMRC Ageing Well, Ageing Productively Strategic Award. It capitalises on two existing large-scale studies, to increase scientific understanding of strategies for maintaining the health and well-being of older people living in the community.
Two separate longitudinal research projects, the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (involving over 12,000 older women selected from every part of Australia) and the Health in Men Study (involving over 12,000 older men from Perth, Western Australia) have been following older Australians in order to determine what contributes to older people’s health and quality of life.
The two research teams have designed the projects to be compatible, with identical survey questions and overlapping research designs. The Women’s study is larger and has national coverage, while the Men’s study includes more direct physical measures and a wider age range. This project will combine data from these two studies.
Please visit the Study website at http://www.menwomenandageing.org/ for further information about the study.
