country identifier
Groups of countries
year of birth
Age in wave 1
Age category in w1
male or female
household size
marital status
resp: household composition
person lives alone
current job situation
Retired
Employed
Other_inactive
employee or a self-employed in (main) job
employee or a self employed in last job
years working in last job
Age at which last job end
respondent: ISCED-97 coding of education
Until_Primary education
Secondary education
Higher_education
years of resp education
Gross hh income - no imputed rent
NET HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Individual income from employment
Individual income from self-employment
Net Equivalent Income
Poverty Line 60% of median EI
Annual Personal Income from pension
Annual Household Income from pension
Annual Personal Income from employment
Annual Household's Income from employment
Annual Household's Income from other sources
Quartiles of EI
Poor SHARE 60%
Household's ability to Make ends meet
self-perceived health - european version
spheu-less than good health
number of chronic diseases
2+ chronic diseases
number of limitations with activities of daily living (adl)
1+ adl limitations
limitations with instrumental activities of daily living (iadl)
iadl limitations no-yes
depression scale EURO-D - high is depressed
EURO-D caseness
body mass index
bmi categories
mobility, arm function and fine motor limitations
1+ mobility, arm function and fine motor limitations
3+ mobility, arm function and fine motor limitations
current smoking
drinking > 2 glasses of alcohol almost every or 5/6 days a week
Number of children
Received financial transfer
distance to nearest child
Frequency of most contacted child
Child lives in same household or building
given help to others outside the household
Received informal help
calibrated weight, individual, main & vignette samples together
area of building
type of building
forgo any types of care because of costs
forgo any types of care because unavailable
Home_owner or rent free in w1
how satisfied are you with your life in general
i feel that my life has meaning
i feel that the future looks good for me
government reduces pension
government raises retirement age
chances standard of living will be better
chances standard of living will be worse
paid out-of-pocket for outpatient care
paid-out-of-pocket for prescribed drugs
Private Supplem_health insurance
basic health insurance Fund
hhd gross financial assets
hhd main residence
hhd other real estate
hhd real assets net of any debts on them
look for early retirement in (main) job