Accessing this data constitutes agreement to the MHAS Terms and Conditions and a commitment to properly credit the MHAS. View terms and conditions at:
https://www.mhasweb.org/DataProducts/Home.aspx
Important notice on the use of LLM and other AI tools : Large language models (LLMs) and
other artificial intelligence (AI) tools may not be used to manage, process, or analyze data distributed by the
Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS), including public-use files, imputed files, constructed variables, ancillary study data (e.g., Mex-Cog), Gateway Harmonized MHAS files, and any restricted or sensitive
data products. Providing MHAS microdata to an LLM or any other AI tools constitutes redistribution of the data and is therefore a violation of all existing MHAS data-use terms and agreements. For
more details, please consult the full policy here.
Linkages
Although most of the MHAS data is unrestricted and available through this website to any registered user, other MHAS datasets are restricted,
and are available only under specific contractual conditions. The linked datasets are created by the MHAS team to answer specific research
questions. The team considers the feasibility of the linkage, the importance of the research questions that can be answered, and the willingness
to have the linked files available to all users. The MHAS has created the following linked files:
To request access to the MHAS linked data products, researchers can complete the Request to Access MHAS Linked Data.
Sensitive Health Data
MHAS Sensitive Health Data contain sensitive information including Polygenic Risk Scores, APOE, and Ancestry.
Such data products are released to researchers through a data use agreement. To request access to these data products,
researcher can complete the MHAS Sensitive Health Data Order Form.