Web Site Additions and Changes
This page contains a date-ordered list of routine additions and changes to the contents
and/or structure of the HRS Web site. It can be used to determine what has changed since
your last visit.
For information on new products, major site changes, data alerts, news
items, and event announcements, please visit the News Items, Events and Announcements page.
An RSS feed
containing HRS news items is also available.
- The Restricted Data Product List has been modified to remove references to deprecated and obsolete SSA administrative data sets.
- The Online Bibliography has been updated. The current reference count is 1527 (newspaper and magazine references not included), of which 814 are journal articles.
- The Concordance database has been updated with metadata from HRS 2008 Core (Early).
- Minor changes have been made in the way Concordance cross-reference information is displayed.
- Psycho-social questions in the 2004, 2006 and 2008 Leave-Behind Questionnaire have been tagged with a domain-expert vocabulary.
- A recent analysis of URL links to articles contained in the Online Bibliography has revealed that a significant number are broken or inaccurate. The direct link feature has been removed until this situation can be fixed.
- The application procedures section of the HRS Medicare Claims and Summary Data page has been modified to correctly describe the CMS Data Use Agreement process.
- The Site Statistics page has been modified to reflect recent changes in site design. Site traffic is now measured by visits in place of front page hits. Measurement of Concordance and Bibliography usage has also changed: search counts (cgi-bin calls) have replaced page hit counts.
April 1, 2009:
Welcome to the updated HRS Web site:
- The new version went live at midnight on March 31, 2009. For an introductory overview of the site's features, you may wish to visit the Introduction page.
March 19, 2009:
Coming Soon -- New Version of the HRS Web Site:
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A new version of the HRS Web site is under development, and is scheduled for release sometime in the next few weeks.
The new site will have the same content as the current site. The main changes are:
- Additional site navigation options.
- Document finder feature.
- Improved maintainability.
- New layout and color scheme.
March 1, 2009:
New Version of the HRS Participant Site:
- The Participant Web Site has been upgraded to include a new user interface, new "look and feel", and additional/updated content. Visitors can select an English or Spanish version of the site.
November 7, 2008:
Minor revisions to HRS 2006 Core and Exit metadata:
- When the HTML versions of the HRS 2006 Core and Exit data sets were created, the 2-character level name value was used instead of the 1-character level value, resulting in inconsistent linkage values that produced 404 errors for certain Concordance queries. New HTML files have now been created to correct this problem.
- Additional (minor) changes have been made to the Online Concordance related to the level - levelname changes mentioned above.
September 30, 2008:
Changes to the Online Concordance.
- The Concordance has been updated with a new record set derived from variable names used in the distribution files of HRS 2006 Core Final v1.0 data product.
- Cross-reference information for 2002, 2004, and 2006 Exit codebooks has been added.
- Base Name: Beginning in 2002, variables that match over time are assigned a common variable name with a prepended wave indicator. The common variable name is now stored in the Concordance database as Base Name. Concordance users can now enter a specific value for Base Name and retrieve all matching records.
- Short Label: For biennial interview years 2002 and beyond, Short Label is identical to Variable Name, but for prior years, it contains question label information. For more information, see the User Notes.
- The Online Concordance has been updated with a new record set derived from variable names used in the distribution files of HRS 2006 Exit data product. This replaces a record set that used unmodified Blaise variable names.
- The Data Use Guide entitled Overview of HRS Public Data Files for Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Analysis has been updated to cover public datasets released through June 2008.
- Restricted data users whose contractual agreement has expired, and who do not wish to renew that agreement, are reminded that a counter-signed statement confirming the destruction of the restricted files is required.
- The Online Bibliography database has been updated. The current reference count is 1325 (newspaper and magazine references not included), of which 684 are journal articles.
- The HRS Participant Web Site has been updated with 2008 version of the HRS Sudy Participant Newsletter. Other changes include updated and new links as well as a text-sizing feature. This site is also available in a Spanish version.
- The Online Bibliography diagram has been updated. The current reference count is 1303 (newspaper and magazine references not included), of which 666 are journal articles.
- Users of HRS Public Release Data Products are reminded that they should include the following
citation in any research reports, papers, or publications based on these data.
(This information also appears on the
Conditions of Use page of the User Registration/File Download site.)
In text: "The HRS (Health and Retirement Study) is sponsored by the National Institute of Aging (grant number NIA U01AG009740) and is conducted by the University of Michigan." In references: "Health and Retirement Study, ([insert Product Name]) public use dataset. Produced and distributed by the University of Michigan with funding from the National Institute on Aging (grant number NIA U01AG009740). Ann Arbor, MI, (year)." - Users of HRS Public Release Data Products flagged as "Early" or "Preliminary" should
include the following citation in any research reports, papers, or publications based
on these data:
(This information also appears on the
Conditions of Use page of the User Registration/File Download site.)
"This analysis uses Early Release data from the Health and Retirement Study, ([insert Product Name]), sponsored by the National Institute of Aging (grant number NIA U01AG009740) and conducted by the University of Michigan. These data have not been cleaned and may contain errors that will be corrected in the Final Public Release version of the dataset."
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