Health and Retirement Study
Also known as HRS
The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is a longitudinal panel study that surveys a representative sample of more than 26,000 Americans over the age of 50 every two years. The study has collected information about income, work, assets, pension plans, health insurance, disability, physical health and functioning, cognitive functioning, genetic information and health care expenditures.
Getting access
Closed Closed
- How to apply
- Not yet verified — we don’t publish a route we haven’t checked.
Summarised from a registry — the exact application route is not yet verified.
Application required Restricted
- How to apply
- Not yet verified — we don’t publish a route we haven’t checked.
Summarised from a registry — the exact application route is not yet verified.
Registration required Restricted (registration)
- How to apply
- Not yet verified — we don’t publish a route we haven’t checked.
Summarised from a registry — the exact application route is not yet verified.
Open access Open
- How to apply
- Not yet verified — we don’t publish a route we haven’t checked.
Summarised from a registry — the exact application route is not yet verified.
About this database
| Website | https://hrs.isr.umich.edu/ |
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| Subjects | Humanities and Social Sciences · Life Sciences · Social and Behavioural Sciences · Medicine · Social Sciences · Economics · Medicine · Empirical Social Research · Economic and Social Policy · Economic and Social History · Public Health, Health Services Research, Social Medicine · Human Genetics · Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine |
| Last updated | 2026-09-12 |