2022 HRS Core

The HRS 2022 Core Final Release (Version 2.0) includes respondents from the seven continuing HRS cohorts (HRS, AHEAD, CODA, War Baby, Early Baby Boomer, Mid Baby Boomer, and Late Baby Boomer), as well as Early Generation X (EGENX) households finalized through December 31, 2023. The data collection unit reviews every case in a wave and assigns a numeric result code once their work on that case for the wave is complete. At that point, the record is considered finalized. It includes physical measures, blood pressure and psychosocial data but does not include results of blood tests which will be released separately.

Data for EGENX households finalized on or after January 1, 2024 are considered part of the 2024 HRS data collection and while they are currently available in the 2022 Extended New Cohort data release, they will be incorporated into the 2024 HRS Core (Final, Version 1.0) release, where they will be merged with the 2024 HRS panel data. Refer to the the Data Description for more information about the data and the weighting strategy that will be used.

In order to document question sequencing, we have provided (1) a version of the traditional box and arrow questionnaire (accessible from the questionnaire in the documentation link below) that reflects the questionnaire content at the end of the data collection period and (2) a “commented version” which includes all changes made for the 2022 instrument. Changes can be found by searching for “#@” in the document. The commented box and arrow questionnaires are available in the download set (h22qn.zip).