PRI account holders may wish to access the files directly with a SAS
program on the PC or Unix networks
using one of the libname statements
below:

Unix: libname hrs '/home/sas_data/hrs/hrs1998';
PC: libname hrs '\\paris\sas_data\hrs\hrs1998'; 

Tracker 2006
(Updated 01.31.2008)

1998 Wave 4
Public - Final Core Release
v. 2.3

Data Alert (HRS 2000, 1998 and
AHEAD 1995): Corrections to
Household-Member and Child-Level files +

Detailed Comparison of Variables in Versions
1 and 2 of HRS 1998 Core

+Please note that this correction may not work.  The variable name that they indicate in the code fix is not the proper variable for HRS 98 or 2000. Please read correction
carefully.  

DATA FOR HRS 1998 AND BEYOND
ARE CUMULATIVE. THE DATASET
INCLUDES DATA FROM ALL
PREVIOUS WAVES.

Exit 1998