Health and Retirement Study (HRS)

USA

Sample Details

Baseline Population

12.7K participants

Age Range at Baseline

50+

Longitudinal Data

yes 14 (linkage)

Data Availability

Life History

ConstructChildhoodAdult (Pre-pandemic)
Discrimination
EDS
Deprivation
Lifetime trauma list
Abuse

Sociodemographic

Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Race
Education
Cohabitation
Asset ownership
Deprivation index
Income
Occupation/Employment
Health insurance

Psychological Status

ConditionDiagnosisSelf-Report
PrePostPrePost
Depression
CES-D
CES-D
Anxiety
BAI
BAI
PTSD

Suicidality

MeasurePre-pandemicPost-pandemic
Suicide Ideation
Suicide Attempt

Other Timed Measures

MeasurePre-pandemicPost-pandemic
Substance Use
SRCB
Loneliness
UCLA-R

Other Measures

Perceived Stress
Wellbeing
Discrimination (Post-pandemic)
Abuse (Post-pandemic)

Cognitive Status

Memory problems
Cognition problems
Memory score
Global cognition
Dementia diagnosisself/ADAMS

Lifestyle

Physical activity
Social connections
Smoking
Alcohol

COVID-19

Country-specific rules
COVID-19 status collectedself-reported status
COVID-19 questionnaire
Government-led lockdown
Social distancing
Government-supported furlough
Mask wearing mandates
Vaccination programme

Dataset Details

Country
USA
Data Access
DPUKComing Soon
5+ Years Data with COVID
yes

Contacts

Cohort PI(s)
Central Team
Data Access Type
DPUK
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