Data Use Guides

Data Use Guides are designed to provide additional documentation about the data structure of individual HRS surveys as well as information on special data management topics. Note: Entries marked by are available on-line in PDF format and can be accessed using Adobe Acrobat Reader.

• Cynthia P. Leacock, Getting Started with the Health and Retirement Study (July 2006). Includes Stata and HRS-RAND data set tutorial.
  
  
• Marita A. Servais, Overview of HRS Public Data Files for Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Analysis. (May 2009)
  
  
• Michael A. Nolte and Marita A. Servais, Occupation and Industry Coding in HRS/AHEAD (August 2006).
  
  
• Resources for Analysis of Family Data
  
  

Links to Other Special Documentation Pages

• User Guides
  
  
• Background Information on study design and sampling techniques.