partners at the time of the initial interview or at the time of any subsequent
interview. The Children of the Depression sub-sample was interviewed in 1998
and every two years thereafter.
The War Baby (WB) sub-sample consists of people who were born in 1942 through
1947, were household residents of the conterminous U.S. in the spring 1992, who,
at that time, did not have a spouse or partner born before 1924 or between 1931
and 1941, and were still household residents at the time of the first interview
in 1998, and their spouses or partners at the time of the initial interview or
at the time of any subsequent interview. The War Baby sub-sample was
interviewed in 1998 and every two years thereafter.
The Early Baby Boomer (EBB) sub-sample consists of people who were born in 1948
through 1953, were household residents of the U.S. when first interviewed in
2004, and who, at that time, did not have a spouse or partner who was born
before 1948, and their spouses or partners at the time of the initial interview
or at the time of any subsequent interview. The Early Baby Boomer sub-sample was
interviewed in 2004 and every two years thereafter.
The Mid Baby Boomer (MBB) sub-sample consists of people who were born between
1954 and 1959, were household residents of the U.S. when first interviewed in
2010/2011, and who, at that time, did not have a spouse or partner who was born
before 1954, along with their spouses or partners at the time of the initial
interview or at the time of any subsequent interview. The Middle Baby Boomer
sub-sample was interviewed in 2010/2011 and every two years thereafter.
Both the EBB and MBB sub-samples were supplemented in the 2010 wave with a
sample of individuals residing in areas with 10% or higher concentrations of
Black and/or Hispanic populations in order to boost the size of the minority
samples in those cohorts.
The Late Baby Boomer (LBB) sub-sample consists of people who were born in 1960-
1965, were household residents of the U.S. when first interviewed in 2016, and
who, at that time, did not have a spouse or partner who was born before 1959,
along with their spouses or partners at the time of the initial interview or at
the time of any subsequent interview. The Late Baby Boomer sub-sample was
interviewed in 2016 and will be interviewed every two years thereafter.
The newly screened Early Generation X (eGenX) sub-sample consists of people who
were born between 1965 and 1970. As stated above, these respondents are not
included in this early partial release. A data release with the Early Generation
X cohort is forthcoming.
Original sample members are those selected as described above and their spouses
or partners at the time of the initial interview in 1992 (HRS), 1993 (AHEAD),
1998 (CODA or WB), 2004 (EBB), 2010/2011 (MBB), 2016 (LBB) or 2022 (eGenX). For
1C. 2022 Questionnaire Sections
2022 Section
Content
PR
A
B
C
D
Preload
Coverscreen
Demographics
Physical Health
Cognition
E
Family Structure
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