Learning to Use Health and Retirement Study Data: The Basics
Includes a Live Web Event on 10/14/2026 at 12:00 PM (EDT)
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- Non-Member - $25
- Comp Member - $15
- Emeritus Member - $15
- Regular Member - $15
- Retired Member - $15
- Spouse Member - $15
- GSA Staff - Free!
- Transitional Member - $15
- Graduate Student/Post-Doc Member - $15
- Undergraduate Student Member - $15
The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is the largest and most comprehensive nationally representative panel study of Americans over age 50. The HRS provides decades of cutting-edge, publicly available data on aging, supporting research, policy, and innovation to address the challenges of a rapidly aging population. The study also employs a complex sample design. It can be quite daunting to new users trying to get started with their own analyses, This workshop will provide a very high level overview in the first hour and a detailed walk-through of basic data management and analysis exercises in the second hour.
All times are ET
Agenda
| Part One | Basic Study Design and Content |
| 12:00 PM | Introduction & Overview |
| 12:05 PM | How We Get the Data: the HRS Complex Survey Design |
| 12:20 PM | What's Available: High-Level Overview of Study Content |
| 12:40 PM | How We Make it Easier to Use: the RAND HRS |
| Part Two | Basics of Simple Data Management and Analysis |
| 12:50 PM | Data Structure |
| 1:00 PM | Breakout Rooms: Close Q&A |
| 1:10 PM | Simple Data Management |
| 1:20 PM | Breakout Rooms: Close Q&A |
| 1:30 PM | Walk Through Simple Data Analysis with Emphasis on Applying Sample Weights and Design Variables |
| 1:40 PM | Breakout Rooms: Participants to Discuss Applications to Their Own Research with Each Other and HRS Staff |