Participant Demographics and Perceptions of Ageing from UK and Canadian Adults

A cross-sectional online survey of 1011 UK and 1023 Canadian adults aged 65 years and older, conducted by Stuart W. Flint. The dataset includes responses to the attitudes towards ageing questionnaire and five open-ended questions, with personality attributes analyzed using a Behavioural AI solution. It was last updated on 2026-04-29.

Use Cases

• Identify personality clusters associated with attitudes towards ageing based on questionnaire and open-ended responses.
• Analyze themes in perceptions of ageing, such as attitudes towards physical activity and health, between optimistic and pessimistic clusters.
• Explore associations between personality attributes and health-promoting behaviours in older adults.
• Train models to predict attitudes towards ageing using natural language features from open-ended responses.

Strengths

• Includes 2034 total participants (1011 from the UK and 1023 from Canada), providing a substantial sample size for two countries.
• Data collection involved a validated instrument (attitudes towards ageing questionnaire short form) and novel Behavioural AI analysis of open-ended responses.
• Thematic analysis identified six significant themes relating to perceptions of ageing, offering qualitative depth.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific analytical tasks.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 9.5 KB, indicating limited scope and likely a summary or metadata file rather than raw responses.

Provenance

Source

Stuart W. Flint via figshare

Collection Method

Cross-sectional online survey methodology

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-29 17:36:33; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom and Canada