Surveys at a Glance

study overview
core interview
self-completion
life history
health assessment
exit interview

Please cite all information retrieved from the Gateway data as follows:
Gateway to Global Aging Data, Produced by the USC Program on Global Aging, Health & Policy, with funding from the National Institute on Aging (R01 AG030153)

	HRS	MHAS	ELSA	SHARE	CRELES	KLoSA	JSTAR	TILDA	CHARLS	LASI
	United States	Mexico	England	20+ European Countries and Israel	Costa Rica	Korea	Japan	Ireland	China	India
Sample	(Sample descriptions)
Respondent Eligibility
Age Eligibility	51	50	50	50	Cohort 1: 60 / Cohort 2: 55	45	50	50	45	45
One or all age-eligible	one	one	all	one†	one	all	one	all	one	all
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
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
Sample refreshment
Waves or frequency	every 3 waves	Wave 3	Waves 3, 4, 6, 7	Waves 2, 4, 5, 6	none	Wave 5	none	none	none	none
Sample Size
At baseline	12,600	15,400	12,000	30,700	Cohort 1: 2,800 / Cohort 2: 2,700	10,200	3,700	8,500	17,700	1,600
At latest released wave	18,700	14,700	9,600	68,200	Cohort 1: 1,800 / Cohort 2: 2,400	7,000	5,100	7,200	15,100	1,600
Blood-based biomarker
Type	dbs	venous and dbs	venous	dbs	venous	none	none	venous	venous	dbs

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
	United States	Mexico	England	20+ European Countries and Israel	Costa Rica	Korea	Japan	Ireland	China	India
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			CHARLS W4
All Surveys	RAND HRS	Harmonized MHAS	Harmonized ELSA	Harmonized SHARE	Harmonized CRELES	Harmonized KLoSA	Harmonized JSTAR	Harmonized TILDA	Harmonized CHARLS	Harmonized LASI

Other studies

IFLS
SAGE
HAALSI (coming soon)

CAMS - Consumption and Activities Mail Survey; HUMS - Human Capital and Education Expenses Mail Survey; PDS - Prescription Drug Study

	HRS	ELSA	SHARE	JSTAR	TILDA
	United States	England	20+ European Countries and 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		TILDA W2
2014-15	HRS W12 Psycho-Social

	HRS	ELSA	SHARE	KLoSA	CHARLS
	United States	England	20+ European Countries and 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
2010-11
2012-13
2014-15	HRS Life History				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 and 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	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 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		LASI Pilot Biomarker
2012-13	HRS W11 Physical Measures	MHAS W3 Anthropometric Measures	ELSA W6 Timed Walk	SHARE W5 Grip Strength	KLoSA W4 Grip Strength		TILDA W2 Grip Strength TILDA W2 Timed up and go
2014-15	HRS W12 Physical Measures		ELSA W7 Timed Walk

Biomarker Data Variable Table

	HRS	MHAS	ELSA	SHARE	KLoSA	JSTAR	CHARLS
	United States	Mexico	England	20+ European Countries and 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		CHARLS W2
2014-15	HRS W12

Surveys at a Glance

Other studies

Concordance Tables for Life History Data

Biomarker Data Variable Table

Exit Data Variable Table