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HRS Data User News |
Fall 2006 |
| Content | |
|---|---|
| Staff Letter | New Diabetes Data Product Released |
| Health and Retirement Study Selected Research Summaries | |
| Sociology/Health | Process of Cumulative Adversity: Childhood Disadvantage and Increased Risk of Heart Attack Across the Life Course. O'Rand and Hamil-Luker. |
| Health/Labor | Differences in Leisure-time, Household and Work-related Physical Activity by Race, Ethnicity, and Education. Xiaoxing, et al. |
| Health | The Impact of Obesity on Active Life Expectancy in Older American Men and Women. Reynolds, et al. |
| Economics/Environmental | Do New Health Conditions Support Mortality-Air Pollution Effects? Evans and Smith. |
| HRS Recent Data Products Released | |
| HRS in the News | JAMA Press Releases and MSNBC Reports |
| Urban Institute Policy Brief | Many Older Americans Engage in Caregiving Activities |
| HRS Diabetes Study Data Release | Diabetes Study |
| New Sensitive Data Registration Process | Getting Access to Diabetes Data |
Dear Colleagues,
The Health and Retirement Study interviewers are currently in the field with our 2006 data collection. We included some research summaries from across disciplines in this edition of our newsletter, as well as examples of HRS citations in the news.
Finally, we are delighted to announce the release of the much anticipated Diabetes Study along with a new process for registering for this data.
We appreciate our researchers and our continual partnership in the study of older people in the United States.
Sincerely,
HRS Staff
Health and Retirement Study Research Summaries
Process of Cumulative Adversity: Childhood Disadvantage and Increased Risk of Heart Attack Across the Life Course
O'Rand and Hamil-Luker Click to view summary in PDF.
Differences in Leisure-time, Household and Work-related Physical Activity by Race, Ethnicity, and Education
Xiaoxing, et al. Click to view summary in PDF.
The Impact of Obesity on Active Life Expectancy in Older American Men and Women
Reynolds, et al. Click to view summary in PDF.
Do New Health Conditions Support Mortality-Air Pollution Effects?
Evans and Smith Click to view summary in PDF.
HRS Recent Data Products Released
HRS 2004 Post-Exit Final Version 1.0
HRS 2002 Post-Exit Final Version 1.0
Cross-Wave Employment and Pension Data Labor Section Carry-Forward Files 2004
2003 Diabetes Study Final Version 1.0
The HRS 2000 Post-Exit Final Release
In JAMA, Feb. 15, 2006
Simple system predicts mortality of older
Americans with 81 percent accuracy (Press Release)
Information can be gathered in minutes using a 12-question form in a doctor’s waiting room. The results are accurate within 4 years for those over 50 years of age 81% of the time. More points indicate a greater risk of dying. The study is a Development and Validation of a Prognostic Index for 4-Year Mortality in Older Adults by Sei J. Lee; Karla Lindquist; Mark R. Segal; Kenneth E. Covinsky used the HRS data from 1998-2002.
In JAMA, May 3, 2006
The English are healthier than Americans (Press
Release)
James Banks, Michael Marmot, Zoe Oldfield, and James Smith have found evidence that although the United States spends more money on health care per capita than the United Kingdom, the English are healthier. They looked at rates of heart disease, myocardial infarction, stroke, diabetes, lung disease and cancer in people aged 55 to 64.
MSNBC
April 13, 2006
Facts About Older Americans and Retirement The
percentage of men and women in their early 50s who expected to work past
65...Go to article.
Web site: http://www.msnbc.msn.com
Urban Institute Policy Briefs
Many Older Americans Engage
in Caregiving Activities
(Policy Briefs/Perspectives on Productive Aging)
Richard W. Johnson, Simone G. Schaner
This brief examines caregiving activities by adults age 55 and older using data from the 2002 Health and Retirement Study (HRS).
Web site: http://www.urban.org
HRS Diabetes Study Data Release
We are pleased to announce that the Diabetes Study data are available. We have begun a new Sensitive Data Process for data registration with the Diabetes data roll-out that will apply to several more HRS data products to be released soon.
New HRS Sensitive Data Process
The Health and Retirement Study strives to provide high quality data without compromising respondent confidentiality. Since respondent health data contain increasingly sensitive information, data products are released to researchers who qualify for access through a supplemental registration system. The application and download process is described below.
You will need to follow the HRS Sensitive Data Process to access the Diabetes data.
How to Apply
- Visit the HRS User Registration/File Download Web site. If you do not already have a username and password, you must register in order to enter the site. (Researchers with questions about this process may wish to examine the Data Use Agreement prior to registration.)
- Identify the desired data set(s) under the HRS Special Access File Request Information heading.
- Download and complete the Data Use Agreement in hardcopy format.
- Send a signed copy of the agreement via surface mail to:
Health and Retirement Study
DUA Review Committee
426
Thompson Street, Room 3050 ISR
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104-2321
Approval Process
HRS will review your request, and based on the information you provide when you are registering at the HRS User Registration/File Download Web site, verify your identity and institutional affiliation. Once this authentication process has been completed to our satisfaction, we will authorize access to the desired data set(s). We will communicate with you at the e-mail address that you provided when you registered at the File Download Web site.
How to Download
- Once you receive your approval notification, login at the HRS User Registration/File Download Web site.
- In the HRS Special Access Files box on the right hand side of the page you will now see links to the data set(s) that you have requested.
- Click on the appropriate link and follow instructions to download the file(s) you need.
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