ENGLISH LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF AGING

(修订摘要)描述(改编自申请者摘要)：本申请旨在寻求部分资金，用于开展英语老龄化纵向研究(ELSA)的头五年(两波数据收集)。我们将把所要求的资金与英国的同等资金来源相匹配。这项研究以美国健康和退休调查以及资产和健康动态调查为蓝本，主要目的是从50岁及以上的英国人口中收集关于健康(自我报告和生物医学测量)、经济、社会网络和资源的纵向数据。英国没有涵盖这一系列主题的数据库，因此ELSA将为探索与老龄化有关的问题提供关键资源，这些问题对科学理解和政策制定都是重要的。这项研究的价值将大大提高，因为它能够提供数据，以便直接比较美国和英国的情况。英国健康调查(HSE)是一项年度横断面调查，将为ELSA提供抽样框架，因此关于健康和经济状况以及社会网络和资源的基线自我报告和生物医学数据。ELSA的第一波还将收集基线经济数据，第二波也将收集回溯性的健康和经济数据。我们的主要目标将是产生比较数据，以满足美国和英国的科学和政策团体的关键要求。具体地说，这项建议的目标是：1.从HSE招募具有代表性的50岁或以上的英国人口样本。2.设计两波数据收集的调查工具，以这些受访者现有的健康数据为基础。3.在2001年的第一轮采访中采访了大约12 700名受试者，在2003年的后续采访中采访和收集了大约11 300名受试者的生物医学数据。4.构建两波可访问和记录良好的面板数据，并纳入HSE数据。5.以方便和及时的方式向科学和政策研究界提供这些数据。

(Revised Abstract) DESCRIPTION (Adapted from applicant's abstract): This application is to seek partial funding to conduct the first five years (two waves of data collection) of The English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA). We will match the funding requested with equivalent funding British sources. The study is modeled on the US Health and Retirement Survey and Asset and Health Dynamics survey, with a primary objective to collect longitudinal data on health (both self report and biomedical measures), economics, and social networks and resources, from a representative sample of the English population aged 50 and older. There are no data bases in Britain that cover this range of topics, so ELSA will provide a crucial resource for exploring issues relating to aging that will be important both for scientific understanding and for the development of policy. The value of the study will be greatly enhanced by its ability to provide data allowing direct comparisons between the situation in the US and England. The Health Survey for England (HSE), an annual cross-sectional survey, will provide the sampling frame for ELSA, so baseline self-reported and bio-medical data on he3alth and economic position, and on social networks and resources. Wave 1 of ELSA will also collect baseline economic data, while wave 2 will also collect retrospective health and economic data. Our main objective will be to produce comparative data that fulfill key requirements for the scientific and policy communities in the US and Britain. Specifically, the objective for this proposal are: 1. To recruit a representative sample of the English populations age 50 or over from the HSE. 2. To design the survey instruments for two waves of data collection, which will build on the existent health data on these respondents. 3. To interview approximately 12,700 subjects in a wave 1 interview in the year 2001, and to interview and collect bio-medical data from approximately 11,300 subjects in a follow-up wave in 2003. 4. To construct two waves of accessible and well documented panel data, and incorporate the HSE data. 5. Provide these data in a convenient and timely way to the scientific and policy research community.