Wave 7 Income and Assets (3) (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 2014-2015. 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_7_ia3_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 7 Income and Assets (3). UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC). https://doi.org/10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00595-01 |
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| Series | English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) |
| Owner | University College London |
| Temporal Coverage | 06/2014 - 05/2015 |
| Keywords | income,wealth,finances,state benefits,private pension income,assets,debt |
| Participant Count | 9670 |
| Number of variables | 716 |
| Number of observations | 9670 |
| Specific Restrictions to Data Use | None |
| Build a Data Request | https://explore.ukllc.ac.uk/ |
2. Version History#
| Version | 1 |
|---|---|
| Version Date | 21 Apr 2026 |
| Number of Variables | 716 |
| Number of Observations | 9670 |
| DOI | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00595-01 |
| Change Log | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00595-01/activities |
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