Site: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/epidemiology-and-public-health/research/whitehall-ii
Updated 5/16/22
Country: Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales)
Study design: Observational cohort with repeated measurements over time
Participant age range: Early adulthood or midlife at enrollment
Number of participants at baseline: 10,308
Year of initial enrollment: 1985
Number of data collection waves: 13
Measures of well-being:
- Optimism
- Life satisfaction
- Emotional vitality
Quantity of well-being measures (e.g., number of constructs, number of times well-being was assessed): Low
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-report medical history or medication use
- Measured anthropometrics, e.g., weight
- Biomarkers
Access Information:
This dataset is available to all researchers.
Researchers are not required to submit an application to access this data.
There are no fees required to access this dataset.
Notable citation:
Guimond A, Kubzansky L, Boehm J, Kivimaki M & Trudel-Fitzgerald C. (2021). Does life satisfaction reduce risk of incident hypertension and stroke? Evidence from the Whitehall II cohort. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 144, 110414.