Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS)
CAPS is a longitudinal study of the lives of youths in metropolitan Cape Town, South Africa. The first wave of the study conducted interviews with around 4,800 randomly selected young people aged between 14 and 22 from August to December, 2002. Wave 1 also collected information on all members of these young people's households, as well as a random sample of households that did not have members aged 14 to 22. The first wave of CAPS had successful interviews from 5,256 households and 4,752 young adults. A third of the youth sample was re-interviewed in 2003 (Wave 2a) and the remaining two thirds were re-visited in 2004 (Wave 2b). The full youth sample was then re-interviewed in 2005 (Wave 3), 2006 (Wave 4) and 2009 (Wave 5).
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
4,752 (participants)
Age at first data collection
14 - 22 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2002
Primary Institutions
Princeton University (Academic, United States of America)
University of Cape Town (iYunivesithi yaseKapa, Universiteit van Kaapstad, UCT) (Academic, South Africa)
University of Michigan (Academic, United States of America)
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (Third Sector, United States of America)
European Union (EU) (Government, Europe)
Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD) (Academic, South Africa)
John E. Fogarty International Center (Government, United States of America)
National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Government, United States of America)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-completed questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
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