Related Data Product :
Version 4 Now Available
HRS 1996 Core (Final Release, Version 4.0)
09/24/2003
Version 4 of the 1996 HRS Core Final Data Release is now available. This version incorporates a number of minor changes.
- Some variables previously included in the respondent-level coversheet file are now provided in a household-level coversheet file instead. A number of other variables were added. See Comparison of Variables in Versions 1, 2, 3, and 4 for more information.
- The codebook includes assignment statements and additional user notes that document how values were assigned for variables created by the data collection program.
- The Data Description document includes SPSS examples in the Examples of Merging section.