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Introduction
The following links are provided for your convenience. HRS is not responsible for the content, relevance or accuracy of the items listed below. If you know of relevant items or if you believe that your Web site should be added to this list, please send electronic mail to hrsquest@isr.umich.edu and we will review your suggestion.
Funding Opportunities
United States Government
- U.S. Government Official Web Portal
- Bureau of the Census
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Department of Health and Human Services — Administration on Aging
- Library of Congress
- National Center for Health Statistics
- National Institutes of Health
- U.S. Senate — Special Committee on Aging Home Page
- Social Security Administration
Cross-National Projects
- English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA); see also the ELSA Respondents' Website. The ELSA data set is available through the Economic and Social Data Service. Note: Potential users must set up an ATHENS account through ESDS in order to obtain ELSA data.
- The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA): A planned nationally representative survey that will act as the foundation for planning appropriate health, medical, social and economic policies. The proposed study will provide a comprehensive and accurate picture of the characteristics, needs and contributions of older persons in Ireland.
- Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS): A prospective panel study of health and aging in Mexico. Data and documentation are available at this site.
- New Zealand Health, Work and Retirement Survey: A biennial study of the influences on health and wellbeing in later midlife (55 to 70 years). This study is conducted by Massey University in collaboration with the Health Research Council of New Zealand.
- Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE):
The initial release of SHARE data is now available;
details on obtaining these data are available on the SHARE Web site.
Prospective users must sign a statement confirming that information about individual persons,
households etc. will not be released to others. Data will only be made available after signed statements
to this effect have been received.
Colleges and Universities
- The University of Michigan
- Baylor University — Huffington Center on Aging
- Duke University — National Long-Term Care Study
- Free University of Berlin — Research Group on Aging and the Life Course (FALL)
- Syracuse University
— Maxwell School Center for Policy Research
- Aging Studies Program
- Policy Oriented Gerontology Curriculum (archive, not updated since June 2002)
- Tufts University — USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
- University of California
- University of Connecticut — Department of Economics — IDEAS/RePEc Bibliography Database
- University of Minnesota
- Research Data Assistance Center (ResDAC): Free assistance to researchers in the academic, non profit, and government sectors interested in using CMS data for research.
- Scientists in Aging Research (SAR)
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Wisconsin — Data and Information Services Center (Note: Information on their recent reorganization is here)
- American Economic Association (AEAweb) — Resources for Economists on the Internet (Bill Goffe, editor)
- Wayne State University — Institute of Gerontology
Other Aging Research Sites
- Aging Research Centre — Background Information
- AARP Foundation Programs
- American Sociological Association - Sociology of Aging and the Life Course
- National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - Economics of Aging Program
- RAND - Center for the Study of Aging
Electronic Mailing Lists
- ECNAGING: Economics and Demography of Aging, Aging Policy
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