Financial circumstances, health and well-being of the older population in England
THE 2008 ENGLISH LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF AGEING (Wave 4)
Editors: James Banks, Carli Lessof, James Nazroo, Nina Rogers, Mai Stafford and Andrew Steptoe
The findings from the fourth wave of the survey were published in October 2010. The individual chapters and their annexes of data tables can be downloaded below; or download the full report [5.6 MB]. To buy a printed copy (£40), please contact the Institute for Fiscal Studies at mailbox@ifs.org.uk or by telephone on 020 7291 4800.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Michael Marmot and Mai Stafford, University College London
Chapter 2: Employment, retirement and pensions
Rowena Crawford and Gemma Tetlow, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Chapter 3: Financial circumstances and consumption
Alastair Muriel and Zoë Oldfield, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Chapter 4: Well-being in older age: a multidimensional perspective
Panayotes Demakakos, Anne McMunn and Andrew Steptoe, University College London
Chapter 5: Sleep duration and sleep disturbance
Meena Kumari, University College London, Rosie Green, National Centre for Social Research, and James Nazroo, University of Manchester
Chapter 6: Health and social engagement among the oldest old
Edlira Gjonça, University College London, Mai Stafford, University College London, Paola Zaninotto, University College London, James Nazroo, Manchester University, and Natasha Wood, National Centre for Social Research
Chapter 7: Trends in disability
Paola Zaninotto, University College London, James Nazroo, University of Manchester, and James Banks, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Chapter 8: Health risk and health protective biological measures in later life
Cesar de Oliveira, University College London, Aparna Shankar, University College London, Meena Kumari, University College London, Susan Nunn, National Centre for Social Research, and Andrew Steptoe, University College London
Chapter 9: Receipt and giving of help and care
Elizabeth Breeze and Mai Stafford, University College London
Chapter 10: Methodology
David Hussey, Carli Lessof, Kelly Ward and Natasha Wood, National Centre for Social Research
ISBN: 978-1-903274-80-4; Institute for Fiscal Studies, October 2010.
