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Health and Retirement Study (HRS)
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.
LATEST RELEASE: updated as of 2/8/08.
REGISTRATION: Click HERE to register. Please also see this page regarding third party redistribution of HRS/AHEAD data.
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."
This page is the gateway to all waves of HRS data. The Search Functions tab on this page enables variable searching across all waves of the HRS.
Use the HRS Gateway portlet on the upper right-hand side of the page to navigate between waves. The Download
tab within each wave will direct you to the various topical subjects for each wave. The Search Functions tab within a wave limits your searches to that wave.
Return to this page from any wave by clicking on the HRS Gateway portlet
ORIGINATING AGENCY / PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): Robert J. Willis (Principal Investigator)
RELATED WEB SITES:
HRS Project Web Site
HRS New Data Alerts/Corrections
HRS Deaths Between Wave 2 and 3
DATA DISSEMINATED BY: HRS/AHEAD at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan