The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health: 1921-26 cohort ('Old age') Survey 7 data, 2016

This study is the seventh survey of the 1921-26 cohort, also known as Six-Month Follow-Up Surveys, and so is related to the six earlier surveys from this cohort. ALSWH began collecting information from them when they were already older women. In 1996, more than 12,000 women aged 70-75 years joined the ALSWH and in survey 6 they were between 85 and 90 years old. Of women from the original 1921-26 cohort in 1996, 93% responded to Survey 2 in 1999, 88% to Survey 3 in 2002, 87% to Survey 4 in 2005, 81% to Survey 5 in 2008, and 81% to Survey 6 in 2011 (4,055 participants). Following Survey 6, from November 2011 on, shorter surveys containing a set of core questions were mailed to the 1921-26 cohort every six months after the return of the previous survey. This particular study includes data from all Six-Month Follow-Up Surveys 1-11.