F
G
H
Parents, Siblings and Transfers
Functional Limitations and Helpers
Housing
I
Physical Measures and Biomarkers
J
Employment
J2
J3
M
Pensions
Retirement and Social Security
Disability
N
P
Health Services and Insurance
Expectations
Q
Assets and Income
R
Asset Change
S
T
V
Widowhood and Divorce
Wills and Life Insurance
Modules
W
Y
Event History, Internet Use and Social Security
Time Calculations
IO
LB
TN
Interviewer Observations
Leave-Behind Questionnaires
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1D. Levels of Files
In the 2022 data collection instrument, most questions were asked of all
respondents. Some questions were asked about the household. For two-respondent
households, household level questions were asked of one respondent who was
designated as the financial respondent, family respondent, or coverscreen
respondent (the first respondent interviewed) on behalf of the entire household.
In addition to the familiar household-level and respondent-level files, the 2022
HRS Core (Early, Version 1.0), contains files at seven other levels: household-
member-and-child, sibling, helper, transfer-to-child, transfer-from-child, jobs,
and pension.
1D1. Household Level Files
Household-level files contain questions that were asked about the household of a
designated coverscreen, financial, or family respondent. A coverscreen
respondent answered family questions (section A) on behalf of the entire
household; the coverscreen respondent may or may not be the family respondent. A
family respondent answered family questions (section E) on behalf of the entire
household, and a financial respondent answered household-level financial
questions (sections H, Q, R and U) on behalf of the entire household. The
household-level files contain one record for each household in which at least
one interview was obtained in 2022.
1D2. Respondent Level Files
Respondent-level files contain questions that were asked of all respondents
about themselves (or asked of a proxy about the respondent if the respondent was
not able to give an interview). The files contain one record for each respondent
or proxy who gave an interview in 2022.
1D3. Sibling Level File
The sibling-level file consists of characteristics of the respondent’s siblings.
If a respondent had at least one living parent, he/she was asked a variety of
questions about his/her siblings (Section F). The sibling file contains one
record for each sibling of a respondent. Each respondent reports on his/her own
parents and siblings. Sibling data are also stored in the preload section,
H22PR_SB.
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