Surveys at a Glance

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Gateway to Global Aging Data, Produced by the Program on Global Aging, Health & Policy, University of Southern California with funding from the National Institute on Aging (R01 AG030153)
HRS MHAS ELSA SHARE CRELES KLoSA JSTAR TILDA CHARLS LASI MARS SPS-Chile
United States Mexico England 20+ European countries & Israel Costa Rica Korea Japan Ireland China India Malaysia Chile
STUDY OVERVIEW HRS MHAS ELSA SHARE CRELES KLoSA JSTAR TILDA CHARLS LASI MARS
Respondent Eligibility
Age Eligibility 51 50 50 50 Cohort 1: 60 / Cohort 2: 55-65 45 50-75 50 45 45 40
One or all age-eligible one one all one† one all one all one all three oldest
Spouse inclusion regardless of age regardless of age regardless of age regardless of age Cohort 1: none / Cohort 2: regardless of age only if age eligible none regardless of age regardless of age regardless of age none
Survey
Method in-person/ phone/ self-completion in-person in-person/self-completion in-person/self-completion in-person in-person in-person/self-completion in-person/self-completion in-person in-person in-person
Sample refreshment
Waves or frequency every 3 waves Waves 3, 5 Waves 3, 4, 6, 7 varies by country none Wave 5 none none Waves 2,3 none none
Sample Size
At baseline 12,652 15,402 12,099 30,779 Cohort 1: 2,827 / Cohort 2: 2,798 10,254 3,742 8,504 17,705 72,262 6,672
At latest released wave 20,912 14,779 10,078 77,263 Cohort 1: 1,855 / Cohort 2: 2,430 6,940 4,021 6,400 19,816 72,262 6,672
Blood-based biomarker
Type dbs venous and dbs venous dbs venous none none venous venous dbs none
dbs: dried blood spots.
† The original Wave 1 sample of SHARE interviewed all age-eligible individuals in a household.
* Not all collected waves have been released
HRS MHAS ELSA SHARE CRELES KLoSA JSTAR TILDA CHARLS LASI MARS
United States Mexico England 20+ European countries & Israel Costa Rica Korea Japan Ireland China India Malaysia
1992-93 HRS W1
AHEAD 1993 W1
1994-95 HRS W2
AHEAD 1995 W2
1996-97 HRS W3
1998-99 HRS W4
2000-01 HRS W5 MHAS W1
2002-03 HRS W6 MHAS W2 ELSA W1
2004-05 HRS W7 ELSA W2 SHARE W1 CRELES W1
2006-07 HRS W8 ELSA W3 SHARE W2 CRELES W2 KLoSA W1 JSTAR W1
2008-09 HRS W9 ELSA W4 CRELES W3 KLoSA W2 JSTAR W2
2010-11 HRS W10 ELSA W5 SHARE W4 CRELES W4 KLoSA W3 JSTAR W3 TILDA W1 CHARLS W1
2012-13 HRS W11 MHAS W3 ELSA W6 SHARE W5 CRELES W5 KLoSA W4 JSTAR W4 TILDA W2 CHARLS W2
2014-15 HRS W12
UAS HRS W1 		MHAS W4 ELSA W7 SHARE W6 KLoSA W5 TILDA W3 CHARLS W3
2016-17 HRS W13 ELSA W8 SHARE W7 KLoSA W6 TILDA W4 LASI W1
2018-19 HRS W14 MHAS W5 ELSA W9 SHARE W8 KLoSA W7 CHARLS W4 MARS W1
All Surveys RAND HRS
Harmonized HRS
RAND HRS Family 		Harmonized MHAS Harmonized ELSA Harmonized SHARE Harmonized CRELES Harmonized KLoSA Harmonized JSTAR Harmonized TILDA Harmonized CHARLS Harmonized LASI Harmonized MARS
Other studies:
HRS MHAS ELSA SHARE KLoSA JSTAR CHARLS
United States Mexico England 20+ European countries & Israel Korea Japan China
1992-93
1994-95 AHEAD 1995 W2
1996-97 HRS W3
1998-99 HRS W4
HRS W4 Post-Exit
2000-01 HRS W5
HRS W5 Post-Exit
2002-03 HRS W6
HRS W6 Post-Exit 		MHAS W2
2004-05 HRS W7
HRS W7 Post-Exit 		ELSA W2
2006-07 HRS W8
HRS W8 Post-Exit 		ELSA W3 SHARE W2
2008-09 HRS W9
HRS W9 Post-Exit 		ELSA W4 SHARELIFE KLoSA W2 JSTAR W2
2010-11 HRS W10
HRS W10 Post-Exit 		SHARE W4 KLoSA W3 JSTAR W3
2012-13 HRS W11
HRS W11 Post-Exit 		MHAS W3 ELSA W6 SHARE W5 KLoSA W4 JSTAR W4 CHARLS W2
2014-15 HRS W12
HRS W12 Post-Exit 		MHAS W4 SHARE W6 KLoSA W5
2016-17 HRS W13
HRS W13 Post-Exit 		SHARE W7 KLoSA W6
2018-19 MHAS W5 SHARE W8 KLoSA W7
All Surveys Harmonized HRS
End of Life 		Harmonized MHAS
End of Life 		Harmonized ELSA
End of Life 		Harmonized SHARE
End of Life 		Harmonized KLoSA
End of Life 		Harmonized CHARLS
End of Life

Exit Data Variable Table
HRS ELSA SHARE KLoSA CHARLS
United States England 20+ European countries & Israel Korea China
1992-93
1994-95
1996-97
1998-99
2000-01
2002-03
2004-05
2006-07 ELSA Life History
ELSA Life History Self Completion 		KLoSA Job History
2008-09 SHARELIFE (2008)
2010-11
2012-13
2014-15 HRS Life History 2015 CHARLS Life History
2016-17 HRS Life History 2017 SHARELIFE (2017)
2018-19
All Surveys Harmonized ELSA
Life History 		Harmonized SHARE
Life History 		Harmonized CHARLS
Life History

Concordance Tables for Life History Data
HRS MHAS ELSA SHARE KLoSA JSTAR TILDA CHARLS LASI
United States Mexico England 20+ European countries & Israel Korea Japan Ireland China India
1992-93
1994-95
1996-97
1998-99
2000-01 MHAS W1 Anthropometric Measures
2002-03 MHAS W2 Anthropometric Measures ELSA W1 Timed Walk
2004-05 HRS W7 Physical Measures ELSA W2 Timed Walk
ELSA W2 Nurse Visit 		SHARE W1 Walking Speed
SHARE W1 Grip Strength
2006-07 HRS W8 Physical Measures ELSA W3 Timed Walk SHARE W2 Walking Speed
SHARE W2 Grip Strength
SHARE W2 Peak Flow
SHARE W2 Chair Stand 		KLoSA W1 Grip Strength JSTAR W1 Grip Strength
2008-09 HRS W9 Physical Measures ELSA W4 Timed Walk
ELSA W4 Nurse Visit 		SHARELIFE Grip Strength KLoSA W2 Grip Strength JSTAR W2: 2 Cities Grip Strength
JSTAR W2: 5 Cities Grip Strength 		CHARLS Pilot Biomarker
2010-11 HRS W10 Physical Measures ELSA W5 Timed Walk SHARE W4 Grip Strength
SHARE W4 Peak Flow 		KLoSA W3 Grip Strength JSTAR W3: 3 Cities Grip Strength
JSTAR W3: 7 Cities Grip Strength 		TILDA W1 Health Assessment CHARLS Biomarker 2011 LASI Pilot Biomarker
2012-13 HRS W11 Physical Measures MHAS W3 Anthropometric Measures ELSA W6 Timed Walk
ELSA W6 Nurse Visit 		SHARE W5 Grip Strength
SHARE W5 Chair Stand 		KLoSA W4 Grip Strength TILDA W2 Grip Strength
TILDA W2 Timed up and go 		CHARLS Biomarker 2013
2014-15 HRS W12 Physical Measures ELSA W7 Timed Walk SHARE W6 Grip Strength
SHARE W6 Peak Flow 		KLoSA W5 Grip Strength TILDA W3 Health Assessment CHARLS Biomarker 2015
2016-17 HRS W13 Physical Measures ELSA W8 Timed Walk
ELSA W8 Nurse Visit 		SHARE W7 Grip Strength LASI W1 Biomarker
2018-19
All Surveys

Biomarker Data Variable Table
HRS ELSA SHARE JSTAR TILDA
United States England 20+ European countries & Israel Japan Ireland
1992-93
1994-95
1996-97
1998-99 HRS Mailout
2000-01 HUMS
CAMS
2002-03 CAMS
Diabetes Study 		ELSA W1
2004-05 HRS W7 Disability
HRS W7 Psycho-Social
CAMS
PDS 		ELSA W2
ELSA W2 Ryff 		SHARE W1 Vignettes
SHARE W1 Drop-Off
2006-07 HRS W8 Psycho-Social
CAMS
Disability
PDS 		ELSA W3
ELSA W3 Health
ELSA W3 Work 		SHARE W2 Vignettes
SHARE W2 Drop-Off 		JSTAR W1
2008-09 HRS W9 Psycho-Social
CAMS 		ELSA W4 JSTAR W2
2010-11 HRS W10 Psycho-Social
CAMS 		ELSA W5 SHARE W4 Drop-Off JSTAR W3 TILDA W1
2012-13 HRS W11 Psycho-Social
CAMS 		ELSA W6
Sexual questionnaires 		SHARE W5 Drop-Off JSTAR W4 TILDA W2
2014-15 HRS W12 Psycho-Social
CAMS 		ELSA W7 SHARE W6 Drop-Off TILDA W3
2016-17 HRS W13 Psycho-Social
CAMS 		ELSA W8
Sexual Questionnaires 		SHARE W7 Drop-Off TILDA W4
2018-19 HRS W14 Psycho-Social ELSA W9
All Surveys
CAMS - Consumption and Activities Mail Survey; HUMS - Human Capital and Education Expenses Mail Survey; PDS - Prescription Drug Study
LASI-DAD HRS-HCAP Mex-Cog ELSA-HCAP CHARLS-HCAP Chile-Cog
India United States Mexico United Kingdom China Chile
2018-19 Cognition W1
Informant W1 		Cognition W1
Informant W1 		Cognition W1
Informant W1 		Cognition W1
Informant W1 		Cognition W1
Informant W1 		Cognition W1
Informant W1
All Surveys Harmonized LASI-DAD Harmonized HRS-HCAP Harmonized Mex-Cog Harmonized ELSA-HCAP Coming Soon Coming Soon
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