Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 10894 Every wave of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) contains a set of experimental modules that are administered to a random subsample of respondents. The intent of the modules is to allow HRS investigators, as well as other researchers on aging, to suggest questions that test out new and untried content, have a methodological purpose, or that, in combination with the rest of the HRS data, would permit new research questions to be investigated. For a more detailed inventory of these modules and their use by researchers, visit the HRS website at: http://hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/ meta/sho_meta.php?hfyle=modules. Overview of Experimental Modules HRS 2002 (Wave 6) Modules Self-assessed health utilities; willingness to pay for disease prevention; restless leg syndrome, night leg cramps, and neck and shoulder pain; risk aversion; Internet use; loneliness, stress, and social support/social burden; ELSA health questions; numeracy; positive well-being; later life education; subjective uncertainty about stock market returns. HRS 2000 (Wave 5) Modules Medicare knowledge; alternative medicine; planning and expectations for retirement; social and economic altruism; benevolence and obligation; health plan booklet; health utilities index; risk tolerance; alcohol consumption and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) measures; proxy validation; social altruism; valuing health. HRS 1998 (Wave 4) Modules There were limited modules in HRS 1998, due to the addition of two new cohorts and the merger of the original HRS and AHEAD cohorts. The 1998 modules were targeted primarily toward AHEAD sample members who were asked activity of daily living (ADL) and cognition questions correspond- ing to similar modules in previous waves. H RS Ex peri m e nta l M od u l e s HRS 1996 (Wave 3) Modules Consumption and anchoring; health during childhood; health pedigree; personality inventory; Medicare attitudes and preferences; volunteerism and time use; preference parameters for con- sumption, saving, and labor supply; advance directives; attitudes toward inter-familial transfers; retirement planning; saving for retirement. AHEAD 1995 (Wave 2) Modules Unfolding brackets with different entry points; Wave 1 ADL questions; Longitudinal Study of Aging 2 (LSOA2) ADL questions; security and safety; sleep; living wills; in-depth ADLs. HRS 1994 (Wave 2) Modules CES-D depression scale; crystallized intelligence; functional health; long-run income elasticity of labor supply; risk aversion; social support; parent-child transfers; ADLs; activities and time allocation; nutrition. AHEAD 1993 (Wave 1) Modules Resilience; time use; alternative ADLs; WAIS Similarities; quality of life; in-depth ADLs; financial pressure. HRS 1992 (Wave 1) Modules Physiological health measures; ADL measures from NLTCS and NHIS; meta-memory; process benefits; employment alternatives; parental wealth; occupational injuries; health risks; substitution elasticity of consumption. Appendix A HRS Experimental Modules