Production References

Sample and Response Rate Information

• Sample Sizes and Response Rates HRS sample size, response rate, and mortality ascertainment information for 1992 through 2008. (PDF)
• Updates to Sample Weights (2010): A brief overview of the sample design and sample weight construction for the Health and Retirement Study. (PDF)
• Technical Description of the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) Sample Design: Sample design, sampling procedures, and sample outcomes for Wave 1 (1992) of HRS.
• Technical Description of the Asset and Health Dynamics (AHEAD) Survey Sample Design: sample design, sampling procedures, and sample outcomes for Wave 1 (1993) of AHEAD.

Occupation and Industry Coding in HRS/AHEAD (DR-021)

A summary of methods for handling cross-wave occupation and industry data

Imputation Information

Information on HRS missing data imputation techniques.

Social Security Permission Form Processing

• 2008-2009
• 2010-2011
• 2012-2013
• 2014 (Note: collection was halted as of 9/30/2014)

Pre-Release and Production Data

Staff members can access a variety of documents and files, including production and supplementary data, via the HRS User Registration/File Download System. In addition to the usual username-password authentication required for site access, a special permission flag must be set prior to downloading.