Data Products

What's Available (Public)

A comprehensive listing of HRS Public and Sensitive Health data products.

• Biennial Datasets
• Longitudinal Datasets
• Off-Year Studies
• Sensitive Health data

Access to Public Data (Registration required):

Register and download data products from these categories.

• HRS Public Data
• Sensitive Health Data (with approved application)
• HRS Restricted Data (documentation only)
• Researcher Contributions
•  RAND  Contributions

HRS Sensitive Health Data

The Health and Retirement Study strives to provide high quality data without compromising respondent confidentiality. Since respondent health data records contain particularly sensitive information, such data products are released to researchers who qualify for access only through a supplemental registration system.

HRS Restricted Data

Restricted data files contain sensitive respondent information. They are only available under terms of a formal agreement negotiated between the researcher and HRS. For a list of restricted data products and application materials, visit the HRS Restricted Data Web site.

Third Party Redistribution Policy

Information for organizations interested in redistributing or archiving HRS/AHEAD datasets.

Memorandum for Institutional Review Boards/Human Subjects Review Committees

Information concerning removal of respondent identifiers.