Whitehall II
Whitehall II follows a cohort of over 10,300 people who worked in the British Civil Service between 1985-1988. The cohort captures civil servants working in the London offices of 20 Whitehall departments, in clerical and office support grades, middle-ranking executive grades, and senior administrative grades, and differing widely in salary. Some have remained in the civil service, though many have retired, have taken employment elsewhere or are unemployed.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - occupational
Number of participants at first data collection
10,308 (participants)
Age at first data collection
35 - 55 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
1985
Primary Institutions
University College London (UCL)
Links
ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/epidemiology-and-public-health/research/whitehall-ii
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
British Heart Foundation
European Research Council (ERC)
European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Education data
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
