Global Health Data Exchange - Discover the World's Health Data

Australia Disability, Ageing, and Carers Survey 2009

Nav

General Info
Provider 
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Microdata access: Request
Geography 
Australia (AUS)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
04/2009 - 12/2009
Series or system 
Australia Disability, Ageing, and Carers Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Australia Survey of Disability, Ageing, and Carers (SDAC) 2009 collected detailed information on people with disabilities, people ages 60 and older, and caregivers for older people and people with disabilities.

The sample covered people from all states and territories in 27,600 private households, 200 non-private dwellings, and 1,100 care accommodation establishments such as hospitals or nursing homes. A total of 64,213 people for the household component and 9,470 people for the care accommodation component were successfully interviewed. 

The questionnaire included topics such as impairments, long-term health conditions, help required for people with disabilities, use of aids and equipment, access to computers and the Internet, social inclusion, labor force participation, type of care provided, and the impact of caring on everyday life.

Keywords 
Absenteeism, Adverse effects of medical treatments, Aged adults, Back pain, Breathing difficulty, Causes of morbidity, Congenital anomalies, Disability, Education, Education access, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Health care access, Health care use, Health status, Hearing aids, Hearing loss, Home care, Hospitals, Hours worked, Housing conditions, Illicit drug use, Income, Injuries, Internet, Languages, Leisure activities, Limited mobility, Marital status, Medical equipment, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mobility aids, Nursing homes, Occupational injuries, Organized violence, Pain, Poisonings, Public social assistance, School enrollment, Stroke, Telephones, Training programs, Transportation, Unemployment, Unintentional injuries, Vision loss, Working conditions
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 9, 2022