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Cross-Wave Labor Section Carry Forward Variables

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  • When an HRS respondent reported no change in employment status since the previous interview, certain questions relating to current employment were not asked. The files in this data release carry forward the information from prior waves whenever selected employment variables have been "skipped" in the current wave.
  • This dataset replaces the Researcher Contribution of the same name released in February 2003

Product Details

Latest Release
Sep 2006 (Ver 2.0)
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1994=11596; 1996=10964; 1998=13113; 2000=12455; 2002=18167; 2004=20129
Longitudinal Reference

HRS: 1992-2000; War Baby: 1998-2000; All employed respondents: 2002-2004

DOI
Citation
Health and Retirement Study (2006). Cross-Wave Labor Section Carry Forward Variables (Ver 2.0) [Data set]. Produced and distributed by the University of Michigan with funding from the National Institute on Aging (grant number NIA U01AG009740). https://doi.org/10.7826/ONAK2470
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