Category:
Data Sets
Net4Age Ontology Terms:
aging
, citizen
, design
, ethic
, experience
, healthcare
, housing
, medical science
, patient
, people
, wellbeing
Description:
The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) collects data from people aged over 50 to understand all aspects of ageing in England. More than 18,000 people have taken part in the study since it started in 2002, with the same people re-interviewed every two years. ELSA collects information on people's physical and mental health, wellbeing, finances and attitudes around ageing and how these change over time.
Overview:
The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) is a unique and rich resource of information on the dynamics of health, social, wellbeing and economic circumstances in the English population aged 50 and older.
Objectives:
Long term study of ageing population in England collecting data
Initiatives:
Huge amount of data over 20 collected over years
Shortcomings:
England focused
Relevance:
5
Relevance Description:
Very relevant
Quality:
5
Opinion:
It is good to have such long term data collection
Recommended:
Yes
Overlap:
Yes
Overlap Detail:
HRS - USA, SHARE (EU), LASA (NL)
Sources:
https://www.elsa-project.ac.uk/
Keywords:
ageing dataset, physical and mental health, wellbeing, longitudinal study, @ELSA
Submitted By:
Otilia Kocsis
Email:
oscarzanutto@gmail.com