The Health, Ageing and Retirement Panel study (HARPS) is the first large scale, nationally representative study focusing on ageing, health, cognition and retirement in South Africa.
Our goal is to gain understanding into the factors that impact health as South Africans grow older.
We aim to conduct interviews with 4500 people aged 40 years and older (and their partners) and conduct follow up interviews with them, approximately every two years. These follow up interviews will allow us to track the changes in the lives of South Africans as they age.
HARPS is implemented by the Southern African Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) based at the University of Cape Town's School of Economics. HARPS is part of the larger Health and Aging in Africa: Longitudinal Studies in South Africa (HAALSA) group of studies, based at Harvard University which includes our sister study HAALSI Agincourt.
HARPS aims to compliment the research of our sister studies but to also be a companion study to the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) International Family of Studies around the world allowing for a wider understanding of ageing not only in South Africa but internationally too.
HARPS, as part of HAALSA, is led by an interdisciplinary team of collaborators from the following institutions.
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