Encuesta de Salud y Alimentación de Adultos Mayores de la Ciudad de México 2021 (ENSAAM)

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the ENSAAM survey provides information about older adults residing in Mexico City. It pursues three aims: 1) to estimate the first-dose vaccination rates among older adults in Mexico City; 2) to analyze the psychosocial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; and 3) to examine the subjective intrinsic capacity of older adults and relevant covariates. The survey covers the following domains: covid-19 topics, vaccination, socioeconomic status, labor, income, mental health, intrinsic capacity, social programs, food insecurity and water insecurity. Between April 22 and May 20, 2021 --when the first dose of the covid-19 vaccination campaign for older adults ended in Mexico City-- we conducted a probabilistic telephone cross-sectional survey representative of older adults (60+) residing in Mexico City who did not report having memory problems and who were able to respond the questions by themselves. Sampling weights are available. Respondents are from every municipality in Mexico City, with a sample size of 502; 56.8% are females and 44.7% are 70 years of age or older. It offers information to understand the social and health consequences of the pandemic and the lockdown measures among the elderly. This is the first dataset of the project.