# COLLABORATIVE STUDY OF AGING IN THE U.S. AND AUSTRALIA

> **NIH NIH R01** · DUKE UNIVERSITY · 1991 · $250,000

## Abstract

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from Applicant's Abstract):  The overall objective of
this project is to investigate the factors that define, determine, and
predict the state of health and social well-being of elderly populations in
the U.S. and Australia.  Major domains of concern involve the effects of
chronic degenerative diseases, including chronic non-life threatening
conditions, functional impairment of older persons, as mediated by
sociodemographic, environmental, lifestyle and health care assistant
factors.  Both within and between country differences and similarities in
the U.S. and Australia will be investigated.  The project involves the
collaboration of the Duke University Center for Demographic Studies as the
primary investigators and the Center for Ageing Studies, Flinders
University of South Australia, as sub-Contractors.  The cross-national
analyses will draw upon relevant data from large, multi-dimensional
longitudinal investigations conducted or under way in the U.S. (including
the NHANES, NLTCS, Duke I and II longitudinal, the Yale University - New
Haven EPESE and SOA-LSOA) and a new longitudinal, integrated study in
Adelaide, Australia and entails multi-round household surveys, clinical
examinations and linked records on a population-based, age and sex
stratified sample of persons 60 years and older.  Analyses of data will
primarily utilize advanced multivariate history procedures (the grade of
membership model) developed by the investigators at the Center for
Demographic Studies for examining longitudinal multi-dimensional aging
processes.  The grade of membership model will permit cross study analyses
to be conducted on relevant topics in the U.S. studies and cross national
comparative investigations of the U.S. and Australian data.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3120204
- **Project number:** 1R01AG008523-01A2
- **Recipient organization:** DUKE UNIVERSITY
- **SAM.gov UEI:** TP7EK8DZV6N5
- **Principal Investigator:** GEORGE C MYERS
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1991
- **Award amount:** $250,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 1991-08-15 → 1996-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3120204

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3120204, COLLABORATIVE STUDY OF AGING IN THE U.S. AND AUSTRALIA (1R01AG008523-01A2). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3120204. Licensed CC0.

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