Wave 11 Income and Assets (1) (ELSA)

Wave 11 Income and Assets (1) (ELSA)#

Last modified: 07 Oct 2026

1. Summary#

Participants from the ELSA sample were invited to take part in a face-to-face interview in 2023-2024. Respondents took part in a interview on a number of topics but this block contains variables from the ‘Income and assets’ module. This questionnaire module contains questions on the following topics: earnings, state benefits, private pensions, asset income (by asset category), other income (including receipt of lump sums), wealth, financial assets (12 categories), physical assets (5 categories), business wealth, debt (3 categories), housing wealth and mortgage debt (including equity release and home reversion plans), lifetime inheritances and gifts, life insurance.

Dataset Descriptor Dataset-specific Information
Name of Dataset in TRE ELSA_wave_11_ia1_eul
Citation (APA) University College London, National Centre for Social Research, The Institute for Fiscal Studies, The University of East Anglia, and The University of Manchester. (2026). English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA): Wave 11 Income and Assets (1). UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC). https://doi.org/10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00530-01
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Series English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)
Owner University College London
Temporal Coverage 10/2023 - 10/2024
Keywords income,wealth,finances,state benefits,private pension income,assets,debt
Participant Count 7829
Number of variables 644
Number of observations 7842
Specific Restrictions to Data Use None
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2. Version History#

Version 1
Version Date 13 Feb 2026
Number of Variables 644
Number of Observations 7842
DOI 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00530-01
Change Log 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00530-01/activities

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4. Useful Syntax#

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