ELSA

ELSA datasets and documentation ELSA datasets and documentation available from the archive available from the archive or by special arrangementor by special arrangement

http://www.ifs.org.uk/elsa

Kate Cox

National Centre for Social Research (NatCen)

English LongitudinalStudy of Ageing

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ELSA data and documentation in archiveELSA data and documentation in archive

Wave 1 datasetsCore variablesFinancial derived variablesPensions wealth

Wave 1 documentationQuestionnaireField documents, coding & editing info etc.User guides for all datasets

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Wave 1 Core Variables Dataset (1)Wave 1 Core Variables Dataset (1)

Includes Current version - 2.1 Individual level file Data for all wave 1 respondents (N=12,100) Key variables - serial no.s, sample type, weighting All non-disclosive numeric variables in questionnaire Non-questionnaire variables:

Admin variables - e.g. date of interview, no. of people in HH HSE variables Key derived variables - e.g. highest qualification

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Wave 1 Core Variables Dataset (2)Wave 1 Core Variables Dataset (2)

Excludes - potentially disclosive variables: Full date of birth Full interview date Detailed ethnicity and country of birth Text variables Geography variables

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Questionnaire documentationQuestionnaire documentation

Word document (pdf) Question wording for all modules (including self-

completion) Interview instructions and checks Filtering Variables for multiple-response and open questions Annotations:

Variables excluded from dataset (@) Questions asked of proxy respondents as well as standard

respondents (*) Questions asked ONLY of proxy respondents (**)

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Core dataset user guideCore dataset user guide

Sample info Weighting Structure of the questionnaire Key variables - e.g. serial numbers, outcome codes Excluded variables Coding and editing information Missing values List of all variables not annotated in questionnaire

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Wave 1 field documentsWave 1 field documents

Self completion questionnaire Cognitive function booklet Showcards Codebook and edit instructions Project instructions Consent forms Advance letters

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Future data to archiveFuture data to archive

Wave 0 (HSE 98, 99, 01)Index file for linkingWave 1 household level dataWave 1 derived variablesWave 2 interview dataWave 2 nurse data and other dataTime series data

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Wave 0 datasetsWave 0 datasets

Separate dataset for each year - 1998, 1999, 2001

Common variables dataset Interview and nurse visit data Health data Other data - income, benefits, work, housing,

other members of household

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ELSA datasets - not in archive (1)ELSA datasets - not in archive (1)

Geography (HSE & ELSA Wave 1)Government Office RegionStandard Statistical RegionLocal AuthorityStrategic Health AuthorityHealth and Social Care DirectoratePopulation Density Index of Multiple DeprivationUrban/Rural Indicator

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ELSA datasets - not in archive (2)ELSA datasets - not in archive (2)

Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES)Mortality and cancer dataDWP and HMRC admin. data

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Provision of non-archivable dataProvision of non-archivable data

Special datasetsMatch variables on at NatCenNatCen Data Enclave

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ContactsContacts

Kate Cox, NatCen

Email: k.cox@natcen.ac.uk

Tel: 020 7549 8542

ELSA in UK archive:http://www.esds.ac.uk/longitudinal/access/elsa/introduction.asp

ELSA website:

http://www.ifs.org.uk/elsa