The Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing (TILDA)

Ireland

Sample Details

Baseline Population

8.5K participants

Age Range at Baseline

50+

Longitudinal Data

yes 4 (Covid)

Data Availability

Life History

ConstructChildhoodAdult (Pre-pandemic)
Discrimination
Deprivation
Abuse

Sociodemographic

Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Race
Education
Cohabitation
Asset ownership
Deprivation index
Income
Occupation/Employment
Health insurance

Psychological Status

ConditionDiagnosisSelf-Report
PrePostPrePost
Depression
SCQ
SCQ
Anxiety
SCQ
SCQ
PTSD

Suicidality

MeasurePre-pandemicPost-pandemic
Suicide Ideation
Suicide Attempt

Other Timed Measures

MeasurePre-pandemicPost-pandemic
Substance Use
Loneliness
SCQ

Other Measures

Perceived Stress
Wellbeing
Discrimination (Post-pandemic)
Abuse (Post-pandemic)

Cognitive Status

Memory problems
Cognition problems
Memory score
Global cognition
Dementia diagnosis

Lifestyle

Physical activity
Social connections
Smoking
Alcohol

COVID-19

Country-specific rules
COVID-19 status collected
COVID-19 questionnaire
Government-led lockdown
Social distancing
Government-supported furlough
Mask wearing mandates
Vaccination programme

Dataset Details

Country
Ireland
Data Access
Federated
5+ Years Data with COVID
yes

Contacts

Cohort PI(s)
Dr. Mark Ward
Data Access Type
Federated
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