United States Health and Retirement Study 2014-2015
General Info
The United States Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is a longitudinal cohort study that covers the health, retirement and aging of more than 22,000 Americans over the age of 50. Topics covered in the 2014 HRS survey include: physical and cognitive functioning, retirement plans, family structure, wealth transfers, demographic characteristics, housing, employment status, income, disability, health insurance, pension plans, job history, and attitudes, preferences, and expectations for the future.
Data was collected on the following cohorts in the 2014 HRS survey:
- HRS
- AHEAD
- War Baby (WB)
- Children of the Depression (CODA)
- Early Baby Boomer (EBB)
- Mid Baby Boomer (MBB)
More information on the HRS survey design can be found on the HRS website: http://hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/
Citation
Health and Retirement Study, (Biennial 2014) public use dataset. Produced and distributed by the University of Michigan with funding from the National Institute on Aging (grant number NIA U01AG009740). Ann Arbor, MI, (2017).