The RAND HRS Longitudinal File is a cleaned and easy-to-use version of data from 15 waves of the Health and Retirement Study data and is produced by the RAND Corporation. It includes seven entry cohorts: (1) the original 1992 Health and Retirement Study (HRS) cohort; (2) the 1993 Study of Assets and Health Dynamics (AHEAD) cohort; the (3) Children of Depression and the (4) War Baby cohorts entering in 1998; the (5) the Early Baby Boomer cohort entering in 2004; the (6) Mid Baby Boomer cohort entering in 2010; and the (7) Late Baby Boomer cohort entering in 2016. Documentation for each variable in RAND HRS, including a description of its creation, the HRS variables used, and descriptive statistics, is detailed in the RAND HRS codebook.
| Section A: Demographics, Identifiers, and Weights |
| Section B: Health |
| Section C: Functional Limitations and Helpers |
| Section D: Financial and Housing Wealth |
| Section E: Income |
| Section F: Social Security |
| Section G: Pension |
| Section H: Health Insurance |
| Section I: Family Structure |
| Section J: Retirement Plans, Expectations |
| Section K: Employment History |
| Section L: Leave Behind Psycho-Social Questionnaire |
| Section Q: Psychosocial |