NHATS and HRS
NHATS and HRS are NIA-funded, U.S. national, longitudinal studies which users can access through the respective project sites.
Users will need to register for each site to access the public data.
Study | Year Began | Sample Info | Topic: Cognition | Topic: Retirement | Topic: Social Network | Topic: Biomeasures | Topic: Mental Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIDUS | 1995 | General pop. survey, as well as surveys of siblings of the general pop. respondents, and a twin pairs sample. The main data collection included an oversample of five metropolitan areas. | x | x | x | x | x |
NSHAP | 2005 | Complex, multistage area probability sample of community residing adults born 1920-1947; included an oversampling of African-Americans and Hispanics. The NSHAP sample is built on the foundation of the national household screening carried out by HRS in 2004. | x | x | x | x | |
HRS | 1992 | Representative sample of approx. 20,000 people in America. | x | x | x | x | x |
NHATS | 2011 | Nationally representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries ages 65 and older. | x | x | x | x |