Main reports
We publish a report analysing each new wave of data that is collected. These are available to download from the website or can be ordered in hard copy from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
18 October 2018
This report describes analyses of data that have been collected in all waves of ELSA, particularly the eighth and most recent that took place in 2016–17. In wave 8, data collection included a standard face-to-face interview and a self-completion questionnaire, both of which have been used in previous waves of the study, together with a nurse visit to collect biological measures on half the sample.
13 October 2016
This report is the seventh wave of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, a survey of people aged 50 and over in England.
23 October 2014
This report is the sixth wave of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, a survey of people aged 50 and over in England.
15 October 2012
This report is the fifth wave of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, a survey of people of 50 and over in England.
22 October 2010
This report covers the fourth wave of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, a survey of people of 50 and over in England.
16 July 2008
Analysis of the third wave of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.
07 July 2006
This report covers the second wave of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, a survey of people of 50 and over in England.
01 December 2003
This study analyses the results from the first wave of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.
