SINGLE MEASURE

Stop working due to disability of relative/friend

Sweep Title: Interviewer Questionnaire Wave 11 – 2023/24 Version 1 (April 2025)
Dataset: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)

Question(s)

What were [^your/[^name]’s] reasons for stopping working?

Response scale

Own ill health or disability
Working was too tiring/stressful
Ill health or disability of a relative/friend
Company went out of business/site closed down
Made redundant/dismissed/had no choice
Took voluntary redundancy
Could not find another job
Could afford to stop working
To spend more time with partner/family
To enjoy life while still fit and young enough
Fed up with working and wanted a change
To stop working at same time as husband/wife/partner
To give young generation a chance
Moved to a different area
To protect my own health/health of my partner
Other reason

Participant age 50 - 120
Starts January 2023
Ends January 2024
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Provision;
Informant: Participant Interviewer
Multiple rater? No
Reporting Term Current
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID ELSA-5081