Tamil Nadu Aging Panel

This repository contains data from the Tamil Nadu Aging Panel; specifically, it currently contains baseline and Wave 1 data collected on a sample of 6,294 elderly persons aged 55+ in Tamil Nadu, India from January 2019 to 2022. The data is part of an ongoing panel, which will be conducted in two additional waves through 2026. The panel is being conducted in collaboration with the government of Tamil Nadu, specifically the Department of Economics and Statistics (for survey assistance) and the Directorate of Public Health (for health measurements). The repository also includes i) data from a census conducted in 2018 from which the sample for the panel is drawn; and ii) data and replication code for the paper "Impacts of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Cash Transfers on Depression and Impairment of Older Persons Living Alone: A Randomized Trial in India," whose sample and much of the data came from the larger panel. Survey instruments for all data collections are included, and each subfolder contains a readme with further information on the data and materials within it. The Panel data (Baseline and Wave 1) and the replication data (CBT replication) can be merged using their unique identifiers. The Census data has been further anonymized to protect respondent privacy and cannot be merged with the above.