ELSA Wave 9 core file. Biennial UK panel of adults 50+, harmonised with HRS (US), CHARLS (China) and SHARE (Europe). Covers health, cognition, retirement, family and wealth.
Wave 9 (2018-2019) · updated: 2021-04 · official pageEnglish Longitudinal Study of Ageing Wave 9 (2018-2019) registers 13 variables — 5 commonly used as dependent variables, 3 as core regressors and 10 as controls. Common research directions for this dataset include: Wealth and self-rated health among older adults, Retirement and cognitive function.
Wealth and self-rated health among older adults: DV hehelf, IV nettotw_bu_s, controls indager, sex, edqual.
Retirement and cognitive function: DV cflisen, IV wpdes, controls indager, sex, edqual.
| name | label | type/role | data file | description · keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| idauniq | Anonymous Person ID Anonymous Person ID | identifier / identifier | core | Stable cross-wave anonymous individual ID idperson |
| w9xwgt | Cross-sectional Weight W9 Cross-sectional Weight (Wave 9) | continuous / control | core | Wave 9 cross-sectional weight weight |
| indager | Age Age (years, derived) | continuous / control | core | Derived age in years (top-coded at 90) age |
| sex | Sex Sex | binary / control | core | Sex of respondent sexgender |
| edqual | Highest Qualification Highest Educational Qualification | ordinal / iv,control | core | Highest qualification (NVQ-equivalent) educationqualification |
| couple9 | Couple Status Couple Status (Wave 9) | binary / control | core | Whether respondent has a co-resident partner maritalcouplemarriage |
| hehelf | Self-rated Health Self-rated General Health | ordinal / dv,control | core | Self-rated general health healthself-rated |
| psceda | CES-D 8 Score CES-D Depression Score (8-item) | continuous / dv,control | core | Number of CES-D depressive symptoms (0-8) depressionces-dmental health |
| cflisen | Memory Score Total Memory Score (immediate+delayed recall) | continuous / dv,control | core | Sum of immediate and delayed 10-word recall (0-20) memorycognitionrecall |
| wpdes | Employment Status Current Labour Market Status | categorical / control | core | Current labour-market status employmentlabourretired |
| totinc_bu_s | Total Benefit Unit Income Total Benefit-unit Income (£) | continuous / dv,iv | fin | Total benefit-unit income (annualised, £) incomehouseholdbenefit unit |
| nettotw_bu_s | Net Total Wealth Net Total Wealth — Benefit Unit (£) | continuous / dv,iv | fin | Net total non-pension wealth at benefit-unit level (£) wealthnet worth |
| gor | Government Office Region Government Office Region (England) | categorical / control | core | Government Office Region of England regiongeography |
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