User guide for the wave 1 core dataset

Published on 7 October 2011

This document accompanies the first version of data from Wave 1 of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA).

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<p><p>This document accompanies the first version of data from Wave 1 of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). The guide provides an outline of the sampling and methodology, content of the ELSA interview, and a description of the deposited dataset (including key variables).</p>

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