Conditions of Use  
By registering for access to HRS Public Release data, the User agrees to all of  
the following:  
• Make no attempts to identify study participants.  
• Not to transfer HRS Public Release data to any third party other than  
staff or students for whom you are directly responsible except as  
indicated below.  
• Not to allow others to use your username and password to access this site.  
• To certify the destruction of any downloaded Public Release data file as  
well as any data files derived from the downloaded file when requested to  
do so by the Health and Retirement Study.  
• To include the following citation in any research reports, papers, or  
publications based on Public Release data:  
In text:  
"The HRS (Health and Retirement Study) is sponsored by the National Institute on  
Aging (grant number NIA U01AG009740) and is conducted by the University of  
Michigan."  
In references:  
"Health and Retirement Study, 2022 HRS Early Core public use dataset. Produced  
and distributed by the University of Michigan with funding from the National  
Institute on Aging (grant number NIA U01AG009740). Ann Arbor, MI, (year)."  
• To include the following citation in any research reports, papers, or  
publications based on any Public Release data file tagged as "Early" or  
"Preliminary":  
"This analysis uses Early Release data from the Health and Retirement Study,  
2022 HRS Early Core, sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (grant number  
NIA U01AG009740) and conducted by the University of Michigan. These data have  
not been cleaned and may contain errors that will be corrected in the Final  
Public Release version of the dataset."  
• Please note that although it is necessary to include the above citations  
to the HRS in any publications, it is not necessary to associate your  
publications with the HRS grant in PubMed.  
• Provide information regarding any research product (dissertation, thesis,  
journal article, book, book chapter, report, etc.) based on data obtained  
from the Health and Retirement Study by sending an electronic copy  
to hrspublications@umich.edu.  
• Report immediately to the Health and Retirement Study  
at hrsquestions@umich.edu any disclosure of study participant identity as  
well as any discovery of flaws or errors in the data or documentation  
files.  
• Notify the Health and Retirement Study through use of the update function  
provided at this site or by electronic mail directed  
to hrsquestions@umich.edu of changes in your electronic mail address,  
postal address, telephone number, organizational affiliation or  
organizational status.  
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