India. Survey looks for what ageing India needs
Since April 1, teams in Gujarat have gone about meeting 4,000 people aged over 45 to assess their needs, the first step of a nationwide, 25-year exercise aimed at framing long-term policy initiatives for India’s ageing population.
The Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI), launched last year by the health ministry, has targeted a sample of 60,000 people over 45, whose health will be documented over 25 years. Gujarat began its fieldwork on April 1 this year, along with Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
“Gujarat is in the first phase of the study and along with the UTs it started data collection the earliest. Delhi and Haryana followed,” said Dr P Arokiasamy, LASI project coordinator, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai. IIPS is the nodal agency for the 25-year survey that will include visits and revisits to those targeted.
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