The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) Wave 1, 2009-2011

TILDA collects information on all aspects of health, economic and social circumstances from adults aged 50 years and over resident in Ireland. Waves of data collection take place every two years. TILDA provides a comprehensive and accurate picture of the characteristics, needs and contributions of older persons in Ireland to inform and support improvements in policy and practice; advancements in technology and innovation; tailored education and training through an enhanced ageing research infrastructure; harmonisation with leading international research to ensure adoption of best policy and practice and comparability of results. TILDA is necessary to act as the foundation on which we can plan appropriate health, medical, social and economic policies for our older adults. Wave 1 dataset: version 1.13The version 1.13 pseudonymised microdata file (PMF) dataset includes data from 8,501 TILDA participants interviewed at Wave 1. This includes data from 8,172 individuals aged 50 and over and 329 younger spouses or partners of participants. It includes data from the home interview, the self-completion questionnaire, selected data from the health assessment and certain other variables derived from these data. More information on these derived variables can be found in the ‘Wave 1 Derived Variable Codebook’.