ELSA_Wave1
Networks
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Variables
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Population
ELSA - Population
A representative sample of individuals living in a private household in England aged 50 and older (born before March 1952) at the time of the first wave of fieldwork.
Data Collection Event
ELSA - wave 1
Face-to-face interview and self-completion questionnaire.
Data collected include information on respondent health, social participation, current work activities or past pensions, income and assets, housing situation, individual household and basic demographic information about everyone living in the household. Respondent's expectations, cognitive functions, psychosocial health and walking speed were measured. Participants were also asked to fill a consent to obtain health and economic data from administrative sources.
The data collection was carried out on the original sample interviewed in Health Survey for England (HSE) 1998/1999/2001 aged 50 and older on March 1, 2002.