The HRS data collection instruments are perhaps the most intricate and wide-ranging in the field. Detailed information including questionnaires, codebooks, and data descriptions for all publicly released data products is available here.
"Box and arrow" representations of core interviews by section for all years.
Links to HTML codebooks for core interviews and off-years studies.
Information on each dataset including description of content, advice on using the data, and cross-wave merging.
A tool for cross-referencing survey questions across core interview years. Each record in a retrieval set includes links to the associated codebook with question text and codeframe.
Overview of experimental module content for each interviewing year (linked to questionnaire).
This user guide will help new users get started and provide guidance that may be useful to others who are already familiar with the study.
Documents providing detail within broad survey content areas on measures including rationale for selection of measures and theoretical background.
Documents on the HRS sample design, information on weights, sample sizes and response rates.
A growing collection of videos covering a variety of HRS topics.
A series of webinars conducted in cooperation with the Gerontological Society of America (GSA).
Review and evaluation of the HRS, commissioned by the Data Monitoring Committee (DMC).
Resources for analysis of family data including information on how to create family data files.