Contributed Projects

Contributed projects based on HRS public data are provided by researchers who want to share their work with the research community. Researchers interested in contributing their own products are invited to contact us at [email protected]. HRS does not produce or support these products and is not responsible for their content or use. They are provided here as a service to the research community.

Gateway Products

Gateway Products are provided by the USC Program on Global Aging, Health, and Policy. They build on the RAND HRS model and are intended to facilitate international comparison across the International Family of HRS Studies.

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Gateway Harmonized HRS Latest release: Tue, 08/01/2023 - 12:00 Version D
Gateway Harmonized HRS Life History Latest release: Sun, 06/01/2025 - 12:00 Version A
Gateway Harmonized HRS End of Life Latest release: Tue, 07/01/2025 - 12:00 Version B
Gateway Harmonized HRS COVID Latest release: Mon, 05/01/2023 - 12:00 Version B

Researcher Contributions

Topic	Version Number	Authors	Product
401k	Ver 1.0	Bob Peticolas	1992 HRS 401K Flag Latest release: Thu, 07/01/1999 - 12:00 Ver 1.0
Childhood Socioeconomic Status	Ver 1.0		Validated Measures of Childhood Socio-Economic Status Latest release: Tue, 05/01/2018 - 12:00 Ver 1.0
Cognition	v1.0	M. Hurd et al	Dementia Predicted Probabilities Files Latest release: Fri, 11/01/2013 - 12:00 v1.0
Cognition	Version 3.0	Melinda C. Power	Gianattasio-Power Predicted Dementia Probability Scores and Dementia Classifications Latest release: Sun, 12/01/2024 - 12:00 Version 3.0
Cognition		Gross et al.	HRS-HCAP Measures Statistically Harmonized to Other HCAPs Latest release: Mon, 01/01/2024 - 12:00
Cognition		Kenneth M. Langa, David R. Weir, Mohammed Kabeto, and Amanda Sonnega	Langa-Weir Classification of Cognitive Function (1995-2022) Latest release: Mon, 12/01/2025 - 12:00
Cognition	Release 1	Hudomiet, P., Hurd, M. D., & Rohwedder, S	Predicted Cognition and Dementia Measures Latest release: Sun, 01/01/2023 - 12:00 Release 1
COVID-19	v1.0	Julian Reif, Hanke Heun-Johnson, Bryan Tysinger, and Darius Lakdawalla	Future Elderly Model data for COVID-19 excess mortality study Latest release: Fri, 10/01/2021 - 12:00 v1.0
Employment	Ver 1.0	Abramowitz, Joelle	Abramowitz 2016 HRS Self-employment Roles Latest release: Fri, 01/01/2021 - 12:00 Ver 1.0
Employment	V2023-05-05		Health and Retirement Study Cross-Wave Harmonized Job Characteristics File for 1992-2018 HRS Wave Years Latest release: Mon, 05/01/2023 - 12:00 V2023-05-05
Employment	v1.0	Wettstein, Gal	Suitability Index by Aggregate Occupation Latest release: Sat, 01/01/2022 - 12:00 v1.0
Employment	Ver 1.0		Working Trajectories in the HRS Latest release: Sun, 07/01/2018 - 12:00 Ver 1.0
Home Equity	Ver 1.0	Honggao Cao; F. Thomas Juster	HRS/AHEAD Second Home Ownership and Equity Corrections Latest release: Sun, 08/01/2004 - 12:00 Ver 1.0
Medical Expenses	Ver 1.0	Dan Hill	1994 HRS Imputed Medical Expenses Latest release: Thu, 04/01/1999 - 12:00 Ver 1.0
Pension Wealth	Ver 1.0	Bob Peticolas; Tom Steinmeier	1992 HRS Pension (Level 1) Present Value Database Latest release: Wed, 09/01/1999 - 12:00 Ver 1.0
Pension Wealth	Ver 1.0	Anonymous	1992 HRS Self-Reported Pension Wealth Latest release: Thu, 10/01/1998 - 12:00 Ver 1.0
Pension Wealth	Ver 1.0	A. Gustman, T. Steinmeier, N. Tabatabai	Administrative Supplement: Enhancing Pension Data Files Latest release: Tue, 01/01/2013 - 12:00 Ver 1.0
Pension Wealth	Ver 1.0	A. Gustman, T. Steinmeier, N. Tabatabai	Part III: Pension Wealth Variables 1992-2010 Latest release: Mon, 09/01/2014 - 12:00 Ver 1.0
Pension Wealth	Ver 1.0	A. Gustman, T. Steinmeier, N. Tabatabai	Table Data: Pensions in the Health and Retirement Study Latest release: Sat, 05/01/2010 - 12:00 Ver 1.0
Polygenic Scores	Ver 1.0		SSGAC Polygenic Index (PGI) Repository Latest release: Mon, 03/01/2021 - 12:00 Ver 1.0
Polygenic Scores	Ver 1.0		SSGAC Polygenic Scores for Depression, Neuroticism and Subjective Well-being (Phase 2) Latest release: Sun, 04/01/2018 - 12:00 Ver 1.0
Polygenic Scores	Ver 1.0		SSGAC Polygenic Scores for Educational Attainment (Phase 3) Latest release: Sun, 04/01/2018 - 12:00 Ver 1.0
Prescription Medication	v1.0	M. Couper	Prescription Drug Lookup Experiment (PDLE) Latest release: Fri, 01/01/2016 - 12:00 v1.0
Psychosocial		Sachin J Shah, Meghan Rieu-Werden Sandra Oreper, Sun Young Jeon, W John Boscardin, Margaret C Fang, and Kenneth E Covinsky.	Social Frailty Index (SFI) Latest release: Thu, 02/01/2024 - 12:00
Psychosocial	Version 1	Dawn Carr, Miles Taylor	The Simplified Resilience Score: A Measure of Resilience in the HRS Latest release: Sun, 06/01/2025 - 12:00 Version 1
RAND HRS	V2	Jinkyung Ha, Mohammed Kabeto, and Andrzej Galecki	The Long Format Data of the RAND HRS Longitudinal File 2020 Latest release: Sun, 09/01/2024 - 12:00 V2
Regression Models	Ver 1.0		Using predictions and marginal effects to compare groups in regression models for binary outcomes Latest release: Mon, 10/01/2018 - 12:00 Ver 1.0
Replication Data		Li C, Zhu Y, Ma Y, et al.	Association of Cumulative Blood Pressure With Cognitive Decline, Dementia, and Mortality (Replication Package) Latest release: Sun, 05/01/2022 - 12:00
Replication Data		Polenick, C. A., Birditt, K. S., Turkelson, A., Shattuck, S. M., & Kales, H. C.	Longitudinal associations between chronic condition discordance and perceived control among older couples (Replication Package) Latest release: Tue, 02/01/2022 - 12:00
Replication Data		Stephan, Y., Sutin, A. R., Kornadt, A., Canada, B., & Terracciano, A.	Personality and Subjective Age: Evidence from Six Samples (Replication Package) Latest release: Sat, 01/01/2022 - 12:00
Replication Data		Foltyn, Richard and Olsson, Jonna	Subjective Life Expectancies, Time Preference Heterogeneity, and Wealth Inequality (Replication Package) Latest release: Mon, 04/01/2024 - 12:00
Replication Data		Aschwanden, D., Sutin, A. R., Luchetti, M., O’Súilleabháin, P. S., Stephan, Y., Sesker, A. A., Lee J. H., & Terracciano, A.	The Bite is Worse than the Bark: Associations of Personality and Depressive Symptoms with Memory Discrepancy (Replication Package) Latest release: Wed, 12/01/2021 - 12:00
Replication Data		Hudomiet, P., Hurd, M. D., Rohwedder, S.	Trends in Inequalities in the Prevalence of Dementia in the U.S. (Replication Package) Latest release: Sun, 01/01/2023 - 12:00
Replication Data		French, E., Jones, J B., McGee, R.	Why Do Retired Households Draw Down Their Wealth So Slowly? (Replication Package) Latest release: Wed, 11/01/2023 - 12:00
Study Harmonization	v1.6	Roybal Center for Health Policy Simulation	Future Elderly Model (FEM) Files Latest release: Fri, 05/01/2015 - 12:00 v1.6
Study Harmonization	Ver 1.0	Duncan Ermini Leaf	Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3) Latest release: Sun, 03/01/2015 - 12:00 Ver 1.0
Study Harmonization	v1.0	ICPSR at the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan	Research on Early Life and Aging Trends and Effects (RELATE) Files Latest release: Sat, 06/01/2013 - 12:00 v1.0

Sensitive Health Researcher Contributions

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Pace of Aging in HRS (HRSPoA) Latest release: Wed, 10/01/2025 - 12:00 Arun Balachandran, Heming Pei, Yifan Shi, John R. Beard, Avshalom Caspi, Alan A. Cohen, Benjamin W. Domingue, Claire Eckstein Indik, Luigi Ferrucci, Alex Furuya, Meeraj Kothari, Terrie E. Mofitt, Calen P. Ryan, Vegard Skirbekk, Yuan S. Zhang, & Daniel W. Belsky

Replication Packages

Title
Subjective Life Expectancies, Time Preference Heterogeneity, and Wealth Inequality (Replication Package) Latest release: Mon, 04/01/2024 - 12:00 Authors: Foltyn, Richard and Olsson, Jonna
Why Do Retired Households Draw Down Their Wealth So Slowly? (Replication Package) Latest release: Wed, 11/01/2023 - 12:00 Authors: French, E., Jones, J B., McGee, R.
Trends in Inequalities in the Prevalence of Dementia in the U.S. (Replication Package) Latest release: Sun, 01/01/2023 - 12:00 Authors: Hudomiet, P., Hurd, M. D., Rohwedder, S.
Association of Cumulative Blood Pressure With Cognitive Decline, Dementia, and Mortality (Replication Package) Latest release: Sun, 05/01/2022 - 12:00 Authors: Li C, Zhu Y, Ma Y, et al.
Longitudinal associations between chronic condition discordance and perceived control among older couples (Replication Package) Latest release: Tue, 02/01/2022 - 12:00 Authors: Polenick, C. A., Birditt, K. S., Turkelson, A., Shattuck, S. M., & Kales, H. C.
Personality and Subjective Age: Evidence from Six Samples (Replication Package) Latest release: Sat, 01/01/2022 - 12:00 Authors: Stephan, Y., Sutin, A. R., Kornadt, A., Canada, B., & Terracciano, A.
The Bite is Worse than the Bark: Associations of Personality and Depressive Symptoms with Memory Discrepancy (Replication Package) Latest release: Wed, 12/01/2021 - 12:00 Authors: Aschwanden, D., Sutin, A. R., Luchetti, M., O’Súilleabháin, P. S., Stephan, Y., Sesker, A. A., Lee J. H., & Terracciano, A.