The following extensions are used for the six different types of files that are

distributed.

.da for data files,

.sas for SAS program statements,

.sas7bdat for “ready-to-use” SAS files,

.sps for SPSS program statements,

.sav for “ready-to-use” SPSS files,

.do for Stata DO statements,

.dct for Stata dictionary statements,

.dta for “ready-to-use” Stata files, and

.txt for codebook files.

One of each of these file types is provided for each of the 38 data files for

the 2022 HRS Core (Early, Version 1.0) data release. For example,

H22A_R.da contains respondent data from Section A,

H22A_R.sas contains corresponding SAS program statements,

H22A_R.sas7bdat contains “ready-to-use” data in SAS format

H22A_R.sps contains corresponding SPSS program statements,

H22A_R.sav contains “ready-to-use” data in SPSS format

H22A_R.do contains corresponding Stata DO statements,

H22A_R.dct contains corresponding Stata dictionary statements,

H22A_R.dta contains “ready-to-use” data in Stata format, and

H22A_R.txt contains the ASCII codebook.

3. Data Files

The 2022 HRS Core (Early, Version 1.0) data are distributed in 38 data files.

The files are listed below along with the number of cases (N), number of

variables (NV), and the primary identifiers (IDS). The records in the data files

are sorted in order by these primary identifiers.

The 2022 HRS Core data are provided in ASCII format, with fixed-length records.

Use associated SAS, SPSS or Stata program statements to read the data into the

analysis package of your choice.

Household level files, IDS=HHID, SSUBHH

H22A_H

H22E_H

H22H_H

H22IO_H

H22PR_H

H22Q_H

H22R_H

N=9773

NV=46

NV=120

NV=249

NV=56

NV=45

NV=745

NV=114

Respondent level files, IDS=HHID, PN, SSUBHH

H22A_R

H22B_R

H22C_R

H22D_R

H22F_R

H22G_R

H22I_R

H22IO_R

H22J_R

H22J3_R

N=13116

NV=37

NV=88

NV=244

NV=293

NV=185

NV=154

NV=186

NV=66

NV=634

NV=180

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