October 1, 2024
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The RAND HRS 2020 Fat File contains all of the raw variables collected at the respondent or household level, except those from “Other Person” sections, from the HRS 2020 Core data (Final V1.0). The RAND HRS Fat Files can be easily merged with one another and with the RAND HRS Longitudinal file. There is one file for each survey year. The RAND HRS 2020 Fat File was updated based on HRS 2020 Core (Final V1.0) data, and the HRS Tracker 2020 (Final V1.0) file.
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The RAND HRS Longitudinal File 2020 is a user-friendly file containing data from all waves of the HRS Core and Exit interviews in addition to derived variables covering a large range of topics such as demographics, health, health insurance, Social Security, pensions, family structure, retirement plans, expectations, and employment history, as well as imputations for income, assets, and medical expenditures. The RAND HRS Longitudinal File 2020 (V2) incorporates the Final Release Core Interview data for 2020, the Final Release Exit Interview data for 2020, the updated Cross-wave Tracker (2020 Final V1.0), and the most recent version of the Region and Mobility file.
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The RAND HRS Detailed Imputations File 2020 contains the component and ownership variables for all waves that are used in the income, wealth, and medical expenditures summary measures found in the RAND HRS Longitudinal File. It is distributed as a companion file to the RAND HRS Longitudinal File, and is especially useful for those who require more detail than that found in the RAND HRS Longitudinal File. In this update, income, wealth, and medical expenditures data now include the 2020 Final Release Core Interview data.
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The RAND HRS Exit/Post-Exit Interview and Finder Files 2020 merge all the raw variables from each Respondent-level questionnaire section to create a single Respondent-level dataset for each wave. The files include all Respondents from both the Exit and Post-Exit Interviews. However, the same person never has both an Exit Interview and a Post-Exit Interview in the same year, so the file does not contain multiple occurrences of the same person. The RAND HRS Exit/Post-Exit Finder File was created to facilitate combining information from Exit and Post-Exit Interviews and to identify which survey years the Exit and Post-Exit Interviews occurred.
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The RAND HRS CAMS Data File 2021 is a user-friendly version of Part B of the CAMS survey that contains annualized, cleaned, and aggregated spending and consumption variables with consistent and intuitive naming conventions across waves. Specifically, total household spending and household consumption are calculated across all categories and for these subsets of spending: nondurables, durables, housing and transportation. RAND HRS data files are available in SAS, SPSS and STATA formats and include corresponding data documentation.