Study Harmonization

The RELATE data are cross national data that contain information which can be used to examine the effects of early life conditions on older adult health (heart disease, diabetes, obesity, functionality, mortality, and self-reported health). The complete cross sectional/longitudinal dataset (n=147,278) was compiled from major studies of older adults or households across the world that, in most instances, are representative of the older adult population either nationally, in major urban centers, or in provinces.

These files support the running of the Future Elderly Model (FEM), a microsimulation developed and maintained by the Roybal Center for Health Policy Simulation within the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California. Because of the complexity of the simulation, support for these files outside a collaboration will not be provided. For more information or interest in collaboration, please refer to the FEM website.

This data product was contributed by Duncan Ermini Leaf of the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California. This data release consists of documentation and accompanying CSV, R, SAS, and Stata data sets. It is being made available to HRS users as a researcher contribution