TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lipsi, Rosa Maria
A1  - Vaupel, James W.
A1  - Caselli, Graziella
A1  - Pozzi, Lucia
A1  - Baggio, Giovannella
A1  - Carru, Ciriaco
A1  - Franceschi, Claudio
A1  - Deiana, Luca
T1  - Demographic characteristics of Sardinian centenarian genealogies: Preliminary results of the AKeA2 study
Y1  - 2015/05/21
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 1049
EP  - 1064
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2015.32.37
VL  - 32
IS  - 37
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol32/37/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol32/37/32-37.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol32/37/32-37.pdf
N2  - Objective: This article provides an overview of the AKeA2 study, with a particular focus on data collection concerning family genealogies of the Sardinian centenarians and controls, and on the quality of these data. A first analysis of the main characteristics of the survey data is also summarized and selected preliminary results are presented. 

Methods: We use descriptive statistics to analyze data collected by the AKeA2 survey on Sardinian centenarians and controls. 

Results: Centenarian women have on average fewer children, and at an older age, particularly for their last child. The mothers of centenarians, especially centenarian women, lived longer on average than those of deceased controls and controls born between 1905 and 1910 but still living at the moment of the survey. 

ER  -