Site: www.jages.net
Updated 5/16/22
Country: Japan
Study design: Observational cohort with repeated measurements over time
Participant age range: Adults aged 65 and above
Number of participants at baseline: ~ 110,000–200,000
Year of initial enrollment: 2010
Number of data collection waves: At least 4; data collection ongoing
Measures of well-being:
- Flourishing (multidimensional)
- Optimism
- Purpose / meaning in life / ikigai
- Life satisfaction
- Subjective happiness
- Social support / integration / cohesion
- Prosocial behavior or attitudes
Quantity of well-being measures (e.g., number of constructs, number of times well-being was assessed): High
Quality of well-being measures (e.g., were measures reliable and valid in the study population): High
Measures of physical health:
- Self-rated / questionnaire-based health
- Self-reported medical and medication history
- Measured anthropometrics, e.g., weight
- Biomarkers
- National insurance database (including death)
Access Information:
This dataset is available to all researchers.
Researchers must submit an application to access this data.
There are no fees required to access this dataset.
Notable citation:
Okuzono S, Shiba K, Kim E, Shirai K, Kondo N, Fujiwara T, Kondo K, Lomas T, Trudel-Fitzgerald C, Kawachi I & VanderWeele T. (2022) Ikigai and subsequent health and wellbeing among Japanese older adults: longitudinal outcome-wide analysis. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2022(21).