RAND HRS
The RAND HRS Longitudinal File is a cleaned and easy-to-use version of data from thirteen waves of the Health and Retirement Study data and is produced by the RAND Corporation. It includes five entry cohorts: (1) the original 1992 Health and Retirement Study (HRS) cohort; (2) the 1993 Study of Assets and Health Dynamics (AHEAD) cohort; the (3) Children of Depression and the (4) War Baby cohorts entering in 1998; the (5) the Early Baby Boomer cohort entering in 2004; the (6) Mid Baby Boomer cohort entering in 2010; and the (7) Late Baby Boomer cohort entering in 2016. Documentation for each variable in RAND HRS, including a description of its creation, the HRS variables used, and descriptive statistics, is detailed the RAND HRS codebook.
| Module Name | Description |
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| Section A: Demographics, Identifiers, and Weights | Section A: Demographics, Identifiers, and Weights in the RAND HRS |
| Section B: Health | Section B: Health in the RAND HRS |
| Section C: Functional Limitations and Helpers | Section C: Functional Limitations and Helpers in the RAND HRS |
| Section D: Financial and Housing Wealth | Section D: Financial and Housing Wealth in the RAND HRS |
| Section E: Income | Section E: Income in the RAND HRS |
| Section F: Social Security | Section F: Social Security in the RAND HRS |
| Section G: Pension | Section G: Pension in the RAND HRS |
| Section H: Health Insurance | Section H: Health Insurance in the RAND HRS |
| Section I: Family Structure | Section I: Family Structure in the RAND HRS |
| Section J: Retirement Plans, Expectations | Section J: Retirement Plans, Expectations in the RAND HRS |
| Section K: Employment History | Section K: Employment History in the RAND HRS |
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