Longitudinal Study Links
Links to completed and ongoing longitudinal studies of aging
This is an updated listing of longitudinal studies that emphasize psychological outcomes based on the review by Schaie, K. W., & Hofer, S. M. (2001). Longitudinal Studies of Aging. In J. E. Birren & K. W. Schaie (Eds.),Handbook of the psychology of aging (pp. 53-77). San Diego: Academic Press.
This list has been updated in Hofer, S. M., & Piccinin, A. M. (2007). Longitudinal studies. In J. E. Birren (Ed.), Encyclopedia of gerontology (2nd Edition). Oxford: Elsevier Ltd..
Table of Characteristics of Longitudinal Studies on Aging (Hofer & Piccinin, 2007)
Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility Study (AGES; 2002 - 2006)
Alameda County Study (Alameda; 19654 - 1994)
Australian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ALSA; 1992- )
Bangor Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA; 1979 - 1999)
Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA; 1958- )
Berkeley Older Generation Study
Berlin Aging Study (BASE; 1990- )
Bogalusa Heart Study (BHS; 1972 - 2005)
Bonn Longitudinal Study (BOLSA; 1965-1984, mortality follow-up)
Canadian Multicentre Oseoporosis Study (CaMos)
Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA; 1991 - 2001)
Canberra Longitudinal Study (1991- )
Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS; 1989 - )
Chicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP)
Cognitive ageing in the 1921 and 1936 Scottish Birth Cohorts ( )
Cross-European Longitudinal Study of Ageing (EXCELSA; 2002 - )
Duke Longitudinal Study I (1955-1976 )
Duke Longitudinal Study II (1968-1976)
English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA; 2002 - )
Epidemiology of Dementia in Cache Co., Utah
Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE; 1981 - 1993)
Florey Adelaide Male Aging Study (FAMAS; 2004 - 2006)
Fredericton 80+ Study (Fredericton; 1988 - )
Gender Study of Unlike-Sex DZ Twins (GENDER)
Georgia Centenarian Study (1988- )
Grant Study of Adult Development (1938-)
Groningen Longitudinal Aging Study (GLAS; 1992-)
The Gerontological and Geriatric Population Studies in Göteborg, Sweden (H-70; 1971- )
Gothenburg Study ( Göteborg) (H70; 1971 - 2001)
Health, Aging & Body Composition Study (Health ABC; 1997 - 2004)
Health and Retirement Study (HRS; 1993 - 2000)
Healthy Old People in Edinburgh (HOPE)
Heidelberg Centenarian Project
Honolulu-Asia Aging Study (HAAS; 1991 - )
Honolulu Heart Study (HHP; 1965 - 1998)
Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Study of Adult Development (ILSE; 1994 - 1999)
Intergenerational Growth Study (IGS; 1932-1982)
Iowa State Study (1919-1976)
The Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing (TILDA; 2006 - )
Italian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ILSA; 1992 - 2004)
Longitudinal Study of Aging I (LSAA I; 1994 - 2000)
Longitudinal Study of Aging II (LSOA II; 1994 - 2000)
Long Beach Longitudinal Study (1978- )
Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA; 1992 - 2002)
Longitudinal Study of Ageing in Africa (LSAA; 2004 - )
Longitudinal Study of Cognitive Change in Normal, Healthy Old Age (1982- )
Longitudinal Study of Generations and Mental Health (1971- )
Lothian Birth Cohort Studies (1921- ; 1936- )
Lund 80+ Study (1988- ) (See Fredericton)
Maastricht Aging Study (MAAS; 1992- )
MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging (1988-1996)
Manitoba Follow-Up Study (MFUS; 1948 - )
Melton Mowbray Ageing Project (MMAP)
Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS; 2001 - 2003)
Midlife in the U.S. Study (MIDUS II; 1995- )
Mills Longitudinal Study of Women (1956- )
National Growth and Change Study (NGCS)
National Longitudinal Survey Original Cohorts (NLS; 1966 - 1999)
National Long Term Care Survey (NLTCS; 1982 - )
National Population Health Survey (NPHS; 1994)
New England Centenarian Study (1994- )
New Mexico Aging Process Study (NMAPS; 1979 - 2003)
New York Longitudinal Study (1956-1988)
New York State Psychiatric Institute Study of Aging Twins (1946-1973)
(New Zealand) Health Work and Retirement Study (2006 - )
NHANES I Epidemiologic Followup Study (NHEFS, 1971 - 1992)
NIMH Study (1955)
Normative Aging Study (1963- )
Nordic Research on Aging (NORA; 1989- )
Northern Manhattan Study (NOMAS; 1990- )
Nottingham Longitudinal Study of Activity and Ageing (NLSAA; 1983 - 1993)
Ontario Longitudinal Study of Aging (OLSA; 1959 - 1991)
Origins of Variance in the Oldest-Old: Octogenarian Twins (OCTO-Twin; 1990- )
PATH Through Life Project (PATH; 2000- )
Personnes Agees Quid (PAQUID)
Preventing Cognitive Decline A prospective study (ancillary of Nurses' Health Study)
Rancho Bernardo Study (Bernardo; 1972 - )
The Rotterdam Study (Rotterdam; 1990 - 1999/2001)
Seattle Longitudinal Study (1956- )
Southampton Ageing Project (SAP; 1977/78 - 1998)
The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN; 1995 - )
Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE; 2002 - )
Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF)
The Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA; 1984- )
Tampere Longitudinal Study on Aging (TamELSA; 1979 - 1999)
Terman Lifecycle Study of Children with High Ability (1922-1991)
Trials of Prevention of Cognitive Decline in Women and Men (ancillary of Women's Health Study)
The Victoria Longitudinal Study (VLS; 1986- )
Victoria Longitudinal Study (VLS; 1989 - 2007)
WAIS Longitudinal Study Database (NGCS 2000)
Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS; 1957- )
Women's Health and Aging Study (WHAS; 1992 - 1995)
Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS; 1996 - 2005)
OTHER REVIEWS/RESOURCES: Longitudinal Studies on Aging
AgeNet UK: Longitudinal Studies of Ageing Survey
Cognitive and Emotional Health Project (CEHP)
Health Canada Review of Longitudinal Studies on Aging
Health Examination Surveys (HES)
National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA)
Report of the July 2003 meeting of the NIA Longitudinal Data on Aging Working Group
RESEARCH NETWORKS
AGEnet: The Network for Ageing Impairment and Disability Research (UK)
Ageing Research Online (Australia)
Australian Research Network in Ageing Well
The UK National Collaboration on Ageing Research
FURTHER RESOURCES
Advances in Longitudinal Research Methodology (1997), World Congress of Gerontology
Center for Lifespan Psychology
NIH RFA: AGING THROUGH THE LIFE SPAN: LONGITUDINAL DATA ANALYSES
