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Living in the 21st century: older people in England: the 2006 English longitudinal study of ageing (wave 3)
- Authors:
- BANKS James, et al
- Publisher:
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 303p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The third wave of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) means that we now have a four-year follow-up period on a sample of the English population aged 50 and over at the first wave. In addition, there are earlier data coming from the original Health Survey for England (HSE) from which the ELSA sample of participants was drawn. The report from the first wave of ELSA showed how marked is the variability in older people's social and economic circumstances, physical and mental functioning, and health. The myth of older age as uniformly characterised by decline and dependency is contradicted by the evidence of vigorous and active nonagenarians. The report after the second wave of ELSA showed, in considerable detail, how most of the salient domains of people's lives varied according to their wealth. The authors used wealth as a socio-economic measure. The analyses in that report made use of a key feature of ELSA - its accurate assessment of wealth including pension wealth. Mortality, ill health, social isolation and loneliness all differed, in a graded way, with people's wealth: less wealth was associated with being sicker, less functional and more isolated. This third wave now allows two interrelated activities making use of ELSA's special strengths - exploring how the various areas of people's lives interact and using longitudinal data to sort out the order in which things happen.
The dynamics of ageing: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 2002-15: wave 7
- Author:
- et al
- Editor:
- BANKS James
- Publisher:
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 295
- Place of publication:
- London
This report describes findings from the latest phase of data collection from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), a multidisciplinary study of a large representative sample of men and women aged 50 and over living in England, conducted between June 2014 and May 2015. The longitudinal study began in 2002 and the sample is re-examined every two years. In wave 7, information was collected from 9,666 participants in ELSA, including 8,249 ‘core’ participants. The report is structured three chapters, covering: employment and labour market transitions at older ages in England; retirement, well-being, engagement and social status; socio-economic differences in healthy life expectancy and mortality. It also includes a detailed set of tables describing findings in the different domains included in ELSA, including demographics, income, pensions and wealth, social and cultural activity, cognitive function, physical and mental health, and biomarkers. (Edited publisher abstract)
The dynamics of ageing: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 2002-10: wave 5
- Editors:
- BANKS James, NAZROO James, STEPTOE Andrew
- Publisher:
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 337
- Place of publication:
- London
This and previous English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) reports present a detailed picture of the lives of people in England aged 50 and over. This report of wave 5 uses data based on interviews with 10,274 people (including 9,000 "core" participants), collected from July 2010 to June 2011 inclusive, a period of considerable change with the installatoin of the Coalition government and the start of a period of austerity. The report discusses three main themes: pension wealth; social detachment in older age; and health and psychological well-being. A chapter on methodology explains the sample design, interview content and the approach to fieldwork. Reference tables on the economic, social and health domains summarise important variables collected by ELSA. Design and collection was carried out as a collaboration between the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London (UCL), the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), and the School of Social Sciences at the University of Manchester. (Original abstract)
Financial circumstances, health and well-being of the older population in England: the 2008 English longitudinal study of ageing (wave 4)
- Authors:
- BANKS James, et al
- Publisher:
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 409p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) is following the financial circumstances, health and well-being of a cohort of older people (aged over 50). Participants are interviewed every 2 years. This report of the wave 4 study is based on data collected in 2008-09, which coincided with a period of economic downturn. In all waves of the study there was a face-to-face interview and a self–completion form; in 2004-05 and 2008-09 there was also a nurse visit. Broad topics covered in every wave included household composition, employment and pension details, housing circumstances, income and wealth, self-reported diseases and symptoms, tests of cognitive performance and of gait speed, health behaviours, social contacts and selected activities, and a measure of quality of life. The 2008-09 interview also included additional questions on sleep patterns, women’s health, monetary gifts and transfers including Child Trust Funds and use of respite care. Chapters of this report provide data on employment, retirement and pensions; financial circumstances and consumption; well-being in older age; sleep duration and sleep disturbance; health and social engagement among the oldest old; trends in disability; health risk and health protective measures in later life; and receipt and giving of help and care.