English Longitudinal Study of Ageing COVID-19 Study, Wave 1, 2020

<p>The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) Covid-19 study can be seen as a follow-up study based on the sample of the regular ELSA study (see below). After the beginning of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak at the end of 2019, its classification as global pandemic by the World Health Organisation in March 2020 and the gradual escalation of protective measures in the UK, culminating with the enforcement of a nation-wide lockdown in late March, the ELSA research team identified the need to carry out a new ad-hoc study that measures the socio-economic effects/psychological impact of the lockdown on the aged 50+ population of England.</p><p>Further information can be found on the <a title="ELSA COVID-19 Study" href="http://www.elsa-project.ac.uk/covid-19">ELSA COVID-19 Study</a> webpage.</p><p> </p><p>ELSA was launched in 2002 with the primary objective of exploring ageing in England through the operationalisation of a longitudinal design, where repeated measures are taken over time from the same sample of study participants, composed of people aged 50 or above. The main ELSA study is held under SN 5050.</p>