Ageing in Women and Men: A Longitudinal Study of Gender Differences in Health Behaviour and Health among Elderly (GENDER)
The GENDER study aims to examine the gender differences in health behaviour and health among the elderly across Sweden. Beginning in 1994, the study included 605 pairs of unlike-sex twins from the Swedish Twin Registry, with participants born between 1906 and 1925. Participants were followed up four times, with the first follow-up between 1995 and 1997, and the second between 1999 and 2001, both including almost 500 participants. A third follow-up was conducted between 2003 and 2005, and a final follow-up in 2007 included 356 of the original participants.
Study design
Cohort - twin, Biobank
Number of participants at first data collection
1,210 (participants)
Age at first data collection
69 - 88 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1906 - 1925 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1994 (participants)
Primary Institutions
Jönköping University (JU)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit (Axel och Margaret Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse för allmännyttiga ändamål)
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
King Gustaf V and Queen Victoria's Foundation of Freemasons (Konung Gustav V:s och Drottning Victorias Frimurarestiftelse)
Swedish Foundation for Health Care Sciences and Allergy Research (Vårdal Foundation)
Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forskningsrådet för arbetsliv, hälsa och välfärd, FORTE)
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
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Census data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
