Data Descriptions and Release Notes

Important notice:

Beginning October 6, 2026 with the 2022 HRS Tracker (Version 2) release, all weight variables previously included in the Tracker File have been moved to a separate, Tracker Weights File. Note: EGenX (new cohort) weights will be made available in a future release.

Information on HRS datasets including descriptions of content, advice on using the data, and cross-wave merging. Additional biennial and cross-year data products, not shown on this page, have been contributed by the RAND Center for the Study of Aging.

Biennial and Related Data Products

Year	Data Descriptions

Off-Year Studies

Study	Data Descriptions

Health Studies

Study	Data Descriptions

Longitudinal and Cross-Wave Data Products

Topic	Data Descriptions