TILDA Harmonisation Study
The original databases are from The Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing (TILDA) ( http://www.tilda.ie/ ). Specifically, we used wave 1 version 1.3 and wave 2 version 2.3.
Acknowledgement:
The authors gratefully acknowledge the Trinity College Dublin and the Irish Social Science Data Archive (www.ucd.ie/issda) who provided data for this study.
References:
- Whelan BJ, Savva GM. Design and methodology of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 May;61 Suppl 2:S265-8. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12199. PubMed PMID: 23662718.
Harmonization Study Design
A harmonised dataset can be created for each wave and population according to the ATHLOS DataSchema and the harmonisation codes located on Github:
DataSchema: https://athlos.pssjd.org/ws/file-dl/network/athlos/DataSchema_ATHLOS.xlsx
Harmonisation codes: https://github.com/athlosproject/athlos-project.github.io/tree/master/TILDA
Anyone interested in using the harmonised data from the TILDA study via the ATHLOS DataSchema should register on the website https://tilda.tcd.ie/data/accessing-data/, download the necessary data and use the harmonisation codes. For more detailed help on this process, please contact us.
Users of TILDA data shall notify the Irish Social Science Data Archive of all publications.