HEalth, Aging and Retirement Transitions in Sweden (HEARTS)
HEARTS is a longitudinal study investigating the transition from work to retirement and its influence on health and wellbeing in older Swedish residents. In 2015, the study recruited adults residing in Sweden who were born between 1949 and 1955 from the Swedish population register. At baseline, the cohort consisted of over 5,900 individuals, and participants have been followed up annually since the inception of the study, amounting to nine waves of data collection so far.
Study design
Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
5,913 (participants)
Age at first data collection
60 - 66 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1949 - 1955 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Residents of Sweden born between 1949 and 1955.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2015
Primary Institutions
University of Gothenburg (Göteborgs universitet)
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forskningsrådet för arbetsliv, hälsa och välfärd, FORTE)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Education data
- Employer data
- Other government data
- Tax, income & benefit data
Engagement
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