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The Irish Longitudinal study on Ageing (TILDA) COVID-19 Study, 2020 The Irish Longitudinal study on Ageing (TILDA) COVID-19 Study, 2020 doi:10.7929/ISSDA/A8YGJ50074-00 TILDA Rapid Response Research and Innovation Fund. ISSDAIrish Social Science Data Archive 2024 Social SciencesAgeingCovid-19EmploymentFamiliesHealthIncomeMedical careSocial supportSocial participationHealth statusLifestyle and healthInformation sourcesPreventive medicineSocial behaviourCare of the elderlyAssetsAge discrimination Economic conditions and indicatorsGeneral health and well-beingElderlySocial conditions and indicators TILDA collects information on all aspects of health, economic and social circumstances from adults aged 50 years and over resident in Ireland. Waves of data collection take place every two years. TILDA provides a comprehensive and accurate picture of the characteristics, needs and contributions of older persons in Ireland to inform and support improvements in policy and practice; advancements in technology and innovation; tailored education and training through an enhanced ageing research infrastructure; harmonisation with leading international research to ensure adoption of best policy and practice and comparability of results. TILDA is necessary to act as the foundation on which we can plan appropriate health, medical, social and economic policies for our older adults. Participants were invited to complete the COVID-SCQ to capture their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. This data collection was planned in response to the pandemic and took place during the time when Wave 6 fieldwork was originally scheduled to take place. The TILDA COVID-19 Study covers a range of aspects of the lives of adults aged 60 years and older during the first few months of the pandemic. As well as information on changes to normal day activities due to social-distancing and other restrictions on social interactions, we examine how these alterations to peoples’ lives have impacted on their physical and mental wellbeing. The study also records peoples’ exposure to the virus as well as that of their families and friends. 2020-072020-11 Ireland IndividualFamily: Household family Adults of 60 years old and over living in the Republic of Ireland. TILDA is a nationally representative study of adults, resident in Ireland. At Wave 1 of TILDA, all participants were community-dwelling, however some participants have moved to nursing homes since then. Survey data Cross-section Probability: Stratified, Probability: Cluster, Probability: Multistage. The original sampling method for TILDA is outlined below. TILDA started Wave 6 data collection in January 2020 but this was postponed due to the pandemic. For the COVID-SCQ, participants who were still eligible for re-contact in June 2020 (i.e. had not withdrawn, moved outside of the Republic of Ireland or passed away) were invited to participate. An initial multi-stage sample of addresses was chosen by means of the RANSAM sampling procedure, which was developed by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) based on the Irish Geodirectory, a comprehensive listing/mapping of residential addresses in Ireland compiled by the Ordinance Survey Office. Stage 1: RANSAM groups the residential addresses in the country into 3,155 first stage units or clusters. These clusters are townlands or aggregations of townlands and range in size from 500 to 1180 addresses. It was decided to select 640 of these clusters, with implicit proportionate stratification of clusters by socio-economic group (3 categories) and geography. Characteristics of the clusters can be inferred from the District Electoral Divisions of which they are a part, on the basis of the Small Area Population Statistics compiled by the Central Statistics Office. Stratification was achieved by pre-sorting all addresses in the country by socio-economic group (three equal groups on the basis of percentage of the population in the professional/managerial category) and within socio-economic group by RANSAM’s geographical “snake” pattern which orders clusters within county based on a north/south pattern which preserves contiguity. Clusters were selected randomly with a probability of selection proportional to the estimated number of persons aged 50 or over in each cluster. Stage 2: This stage involved the selection of a probability sample of 50 addresses within each cluster (10 to be held in reserve). The combination of selection probabilities used at the two stages produces an equal probability (“epsem“) sample of addresses. All persons aged 50 or over in the selected households (and their spouses or partners of any age) were asked to participate. The addresses were partitioned into two groups: an initial sample list of 25,600 addresses (40 randomly selected from each of the 640 clusters) for immediate issue to the field force and 6,400 addresses (10 randomly selected from each of the 640 clusters) for retention as a reserve list. The reserve list would only be utilised later in the fieldwork process if it appeared unlikely that the target sample size would be achieved however this was not the case and the reserve list was not used. As described, the sample design incorporates stratification, clustering and multi-stage selection. The design results in an equal probability sample of both households containing members of the target population and of persons in the target group. This means that the resulting sample is “epsem” and self-weighting, except for biases caused by non-random variations in response rates. Such biases were dealt with at analysis stage by means of calibration weights. Self-administered questionnaire: Paper ISSDA may only supply data for use in the EEA and adequacy decision countries. The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The data citation may be in the form on the dataset page or in the form required by the publication Any work based in whole or part on resources provided by ISSDA, should acknowledge: "The Irish Longitudinal study on Ageing (TILDA) COVID-19 Study, 2020" and also ISSDA, in the following way: “Accessed via the Irish Social Science Data Archive - www.ucd.ie/issda”. Ward, M., O'Mahoney, M. P., Kenny, R.A. (2021). Altered lives in a time of crisis: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of older adults in Ireland. Findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. 10.38018/TildaRe.2021-01 https://issda.ucd.ie/oai doi:10.7929/ISSDA/A8YGJ5 2025-07-03T02:00:00Z ddi:codebook:2_5