Year: 2022
Type: editorial
Abstract: This new issue of Forum for Health Economics & Policy brings five peer-reviewed articles that were commissioned in 2021 to shape the future of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a longitudinal panel study that surveys a nationally representative sample of approximately 20,000 people in America aged 50 and older, supported by the National Institute on Aging and the Social Security Administration.1 Each article contains thoughtful recommendations from subject matter experts for the HRS team to consider as they develop plans for future data collection efforts, and the articles' content will also be of great interest for current and future users of HRS data.Wider still, these articles have high relevance for any cohort study now aiming to sustain its timeliness and vibrancy in future years.Users of data from cohort studies worldwide will find the articles' recommendations, analyses, cautions, and caveats very informative.The Health and Retirement Study has evolved to become America's premier data source for science on social, behavioral, and more recently biological, processes of aging.Since its initial data collection in 1992, HRS data have generated more than 4000 peer-reviewed journal publications.2 This significant scientific production is possible because HRS makes data sharing a priority: the number of data downloads by researchers worldwide has grown consistently since the study
Authors: Terrie E. Moffitt, John W. R. Phillips
Language: English
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4306399252