Harmonized MHAS

Harmonized Mexican Health and Ageing Study (Harmonized MHAS) is an easy-to-use version of data from the first 4 waves of the Mexican Health and Ageing Study (MHAS) with a set of harmonized variables suitable for cross-country analysis. Using the RAND HRS as a model, Harmonized MHAS defines variables as identically as possible with the RAND HRS to allow users to compare variables with all other Harmonized data sets. Documentation for each variable in Harmonized MHAS, including a description of its creation, the MHAS variables used, and descriptive statistics, is detailed in the Harmonized MHAS codebook.

Module Name Description
Section A: Demographics, Identifiers, and Weights Section A: Demographics, Identifiers, and Weights of Harmonized MHAS
Section B: Health Section B: Health of Harmonized MHAS
Section C: Health Care Utilization and Insurance Section C: Health Care Utilization and Insurance of Harmonized MHAS
Section D: Cognition Section D: Cognition of Harmonized MHAS
Section E: Financial and Housing Wealth Section E: Financial and Housing Wealth of Harmonized MHAS
Section F: Income and Consumption Section F: Income and Consumption of Harmonized MHAS
Section G: Family Structure Section G: Family Structure of Harmonized MHAS
Section H: Employment History Section H: Employment History of Harmonized MHAS
Section I: Retirement Plans, Expectations Section I: Retirement Plans, Expectations of Harmonized MHAS
Section J: Pension Section J: Pension of Harmonized MHAS
Section K: Physical Measures Section K: Physical Measures for Harmonized MHAS
Section L: Assistance and Caregiving Section L: Assistance and Caregiving for Harmonized MHAS
Section M: Stress Section M: Stress module for Harmonized MHAS
Section O: End of Life Planning Section O: End of Life Planning module for Harmonized MHAS
Section Q: Psychosocial Section Q: Psychosocial module for Harmonized MHAS