Longitudinal Studies on Aging

Laboratory for Lifespan Developmental Research

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. (in press). 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, in press)

Ongoing Longitudinal Studies

Australian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ALSA; 1992- )

Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA; 1958- )

Berkeley Older Generation Study

Berlin Aging Study (BASE; 1990- )

Betula Project (1988- )

Canberra Longitudinal Study (1991- )

Cognitive ageing in the 1921 and 1936 Scottish Birth Cohorts ( )

Einstein Aging Studies (EAS)

Gender Study of Unlike-Sex DZ Twins (GENDER)

Georgia Centenarian Study (1988- )

Groningen Longitudinal Aging Study (GLAS; 1992-)

The Gerontological and Geriatric Population Studies in Göteborg, Sweden (H-70; 1971- )

Health and Retirement Study (HRS; 1992- ) and Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD; 1993- )

Healthy Old People in Edinburgh (HOPE)

Heidelberg Centenarian Project

Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Study of Adult Development (ILSE; 1996- )

Kungsholmen Project (1987- )

Long Beach Longitudinal Study (1978- )

Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA; 1991- )

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- )

Maastricht Aging Study (MAAS; 1992- )

Midlife in the U.S. Study (MIDUS II; 1995- )

Mills Longitudinal Study of Women (1956- )

National Growth and Change Study (NGCS)

New England Centenarian Study (1994- )

Normative Aging Study (1963- )

Nordic Research on Aging (NORA; 1989- )

The Nun Study (1986- )

Origins of Variance in the Oldest-Old: Octogenarian Twins (OCTO-Twin; 1990- )

PATH Through Life Project (PATH; 2000- )

Seattle Longitudinal Study (1956- )

The Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA; 1984- )

The Victoria Longitudinal Study (VLS; 1986- )

WAIS Longitudinal Study Database (NGCS 2000)

Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS; 1957- )

Completed Longitudinal Studies

The Bonn Longitudinal Study (BOLSA; 1965-1984, mortality follow-up)

First Duke Longitudinal Study (1955-1976 )

Second Duke Longitudinal Study (1968-1976)

Grant Study of Adult Development (1938-)

Intergenerational Growth Study (IGS; 1932-1982)

MacArthur Successful Aging Studies (1987-1997)

New York State Psychiatric Institute Study of Aging Twins (1946-1973)

New York Longitudinal Study (1956-1988)

NIMH Study (1955)

Iowa State Study (1919-1976)

Terman Lifecycle Study of Children with High Ability (1922-1991)

Other Reviews/Resources: Longitudinal Studies on Aging

AgeNet Longitudinal Studies of Ageing Survey

Health Canada Review of Longitudinal Studies on Aging

Longitudinal Studies of Children (with links to other Australian Longitudinal Studies): Australian Institute of Family Studies

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 Project (UK)

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

Contributions of Longitudinal Studies to Epidemiology and Disease Prevention: An Overview (1997), World Congress of Gerontology

Center for Lifespan Psychology

National Institute on Aging

NIH RFA: AGING THROUGH THE LIFE SPAN: LONGITUDINAL DATA ANALYSES