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.
Themes explored across NSHAP, MIDUS, NHATS, and HRS:
| Examples of Topics Explored | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study | Year Began | Sample Info | Cognition | Retirement | Social Network | Biomeasures | 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. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 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. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| HRS | 1992 | Representative sample of approx. 20,000 people in America. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| NHATS | 2011 | Nationally representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries ages 65 and older. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |