Documentation and Metadata Resources

HRS Data/Metadata Processing

• Documentation: Questionnaires, codebooks, data descriptions, etc. plus the Concordance.
• Data Flow Diagram (2002 and beyond) and accompanying narrative
• Data Flow Diagrams (pre-2002): Early Release and Final Release.
• Question Finder (Sample). Adding structure to Box and Arrow Word documents allows direct Web links to individual questions.
• Data Transformation Procedures: Codebooks

National Death Index Documentation

• International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) Web site
• ICD-10 Cause-of-Death Lists for Tabulating Mortality Statistics (Updated November 2001)
• International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) Web site
• ICD-9 Title and Code Cross-Reference File.
• Work Table I. Deaths From Each Cause by 5-Year Age Groups, Race, and Sex: United States, 1998

Documentation for HRS-CMS Data provided by Acumen

• Parts A and B Claims and Summary Files
• Standard Release
• Provider Release
• Geographic Release
• Minimum Data Set (MDS)
• Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)

Other Documentation Items

• SSA Permission Status by Wave (2004 and beyond): Who was asked for SSA permission and when were they asked.
• [Obsolete] Getting Started with the Health and Retirement Study: An introduction to the HRS Web site for new users.
• [Obsolete] User Registration/File Distribution System (PowerPoint slides, Web view, best viewed with IE)
• [Obsolete] Exhibit Booth PowerPoint Presentation (PowerPoint slides, Web view, best viewed with IE)

Past Metadata Efforts

• 2004: HRS Questionnaire Maker (required Internet Explorer) (off-line)
• 2002: 'Box and Arrow' derived from Peter Solenberger's XML file.
• 2002: Exit Questionnaire: TADEQ Version: derived from the XML file produced using the Blaise add-in.
• 1998: Surveycraft structure in graphical form