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Health and Retirement Study RAND/Master Files (HRSXTRA)
STIPULATIONS FOR USE: Open Access to SodaPop - However, You MUST register to use any AHEAD or HRS data. This is a policy that was established in 2001. You only need to register once, to work with HRS or AHEAD data or both.
REGISTRATION: You must register with HRS before using any HRS data. See also: Third Party Distribution of HRS Public Release Files.
DESCRIPTION: The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is a national longitudinal study that focuses on persons born between the years 1931 and 1941 and their health, retirement, and economic status. It is "a cooperative agreement between the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan and the National Institute on Aging."
The RAND HRS Data file is a cleaned and easy-to-use version of data from ten waves of the Health and Retirement Study data, including five entry cohorts: the original 1992 Health and Retirement Study (HRS) cohort; the 1993 Study of Assets and Health Dynamics (AHEAD) cohort; the Children of Depression and War Baby cohorts entering in 1998; and Early Baby Boomer cohort entering in 2004. Derived variables covering a broad though not complete range of measures have been constructed and named consistently across waves. It incorporates data from 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004 final releases, and 2006 early release of HRS data.
ORIGINATING AGENCY / PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): Robert J. Willis (Principal Investigator)
