Immediate Recall
Delayed Recall
Description
Variable
Name
Variable
Name
Description
WEB WORD RECALL IMMED. (where
# denotes the multiple mention
SD182WM# indicator 1, 2, 3, etc.)
WEB WORD RECALL DELAYED (where #
denotes the multiple mention
SD183WM# indicator 1, 2, 3, etc.)
SD174W
SD175W
WEB NUMBER GOOD - IMMEDIATE
SD184W
SD185W
WEB NUMBER GOOD - DELAYED
WEB NUMBER WRONG - DELAYED
WEB NUMBER WRONG - IMMEDIATE
WEB NUMBER FORGOTTEN -
IMMEDIATE
SD176W
SD177W
SD186W
WEB NUMBER FORGOTTEN - DELAYED
WEB NONE REMEMBERED -
IMMEDIATE - FLAG
SD187W
SD191W
WEB NONE REMEMBERED - DELAYED
WEB WORDLIST CHECK DID R USE AID
The CALCULATED NUMBER SERIES SCORE (RNSSCORE) and STANDARD ERROR OF NUMBER
SERIES SCORE (RNSSCORESE) variables in Section D require additional review by
HRS Staff. These variables are designated as under review in the codebook and
will be made available in a subsequent data release.
9H. Questionnaire Changes
The release package of files that is available to download with this data
product contains the “commented version” of the questionnaires that describe in
detail all changes made for the 2022 instrument. Data users can identify
question text and other changes by searching for “#@” document. The commented
box and arrow questionnaires are available in the download set (h20qn.zip). Data
9I. Whole Blood Draws
Beginning in 2016, The Health and Retirement Study started collecting whole
blood samples from respondents.
Individuals are asked to consent to the whole
blood draw at the end of the core interview and are mailed a $50 token of
appreciation subsequent to the consent and before the whole blood draw
appointment. An “acknowledgement of consent” is signed at the time of
collection. In 2018, the entire LBB (Late Baby Boomer) cohort, anyone eligible
for the whole blood draw in 2016 who did not consent to or complete a WBD
request at that time, and any new respondents were eligible to participate.
This request was made to all eligible self-interview respondents (regardless of
mode of interview or preferred language), provided they were not in a nursing
home.
9J. Errata
2022 Self-Administered Questionnaire (SAQ)
Variable LB019 of the SAQ for waves 2006-2012 and 2018-2022 included 15 items.
The same question was named LB018 in waves 2014 and 2016 and it consisted of 10
items that were presented in a slightly different order than in the other waves.
Beginning with 2020, the LB019 data and codebook will align with how the
variables appear in the questionnaire.
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