III.1. Contents of Early Release Version

The early release version of the ADAMS data includes the following:

• ADAMS Consensus conference research diagnoses for dementia
• Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) Scale
• Dementia Severity Rating Scale (DSRS)
• Blessed Dementia Scale
• Modified Hachinki Ischemic Score
• Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI)
• Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI depression screen)
• Memory Impairment Screen (MIS)
• HRS Self-report of memory problem questions
• Blood pressure and heart rate
• Apolipoprotein E genotype
• Neuropsychological Measures:
• CERAD Animal Fluency
• CERAD Abbreviated Boston Naming Test
• Mini-Mental State Exam
• CERAD Word List Three Trial Learning, Delayed Recall, and Recognition
• CERAD Constructional Praxis Copying, Delayed Recall, and Recognition
• Reitan Trail Making Test Part A and B
• Benton Visual Retention Test
• Wechsler Memory Scale Revised Logical memory I (immediate) and Logical Memory II (delayed)
• Controlled Oral Word Association
• Symbol Digit Modality Test
• Digit Span
• Fuld Object Memory Test
• Shipley Vocabulary Test (Shipley Institute of Living Scale)
• WRAT 3 Blue Reading Test (literacy)
• HRS self-respondent cognitive measures (modified TICS)
• Informant Questionnaire
• Jorm IQCODE
• Report of subject’s activities
• Functional Limitations (ADLs/IADLs)
• Out-of-pocket medical expenditures
• Caregiver well-being (abbreviated CES-D, caregiving strain, positive aspects of caregiving experience)
• Informant employment
• Informant demographic information
• Demographic Variables from ADAMS and HRS
• Sampling Weights
• HRS Identifiers for linkage to HRS core study data
• Medications

III.2. Sample Weights

Respondent-level sampling weights were developed for use with the ADAMS sample to obtain population estimates.  We recommend that the sampling weight be used in data analysis of the ADAMS data to facilitate accurate calculation and interpretation of statistical estimates.  A detailed summary of the weights and how they were developed is available here.