“Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions: State & Local Government – 2013 Second Quarter,” (September 2013, Excel and .pdf format).
September 24, 2013
September 12, 2013
CAAR – Health and Retirement Study Data Release – September 12, 2013
The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research Health and Retirement Study has announced the release of the following data file:
- RAND Enhanced Fat Files Release for the 2010 Core Wave (Final, v3.0) (Sept. 10, 2013).
hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/news/index.php?p=shownews3x1&hfyle=news353
Data access:
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September 9, 2013
CAAR – Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Data Release – September 9, 2013
“WLS 13.01 data set is now available.” (Sept. 6, 2012). For more information about this data release go to:
www.ssc.wisc.edu/wlsresearch/data/updates/change_notice/chnt_037.htm
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CAAR – Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research Data Release – September 9, 2013
ICPSR announced the release of a new datasets on Sept. 8, 2013. Note: Some ICPSR studies are available only to ICPSR member institutions. To find out whether your organization is a member, and whether or not it supports ICPSR Direct downloading, see:
www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/membership/administration/institutions
- Puerto Rican Elderly: Health Conditions (PREHCO) Project, 2002-2003, 2006-2007 (ICPSR 34596)
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August 19, 2013
CAAR – National Health and Aging Trends Study Documentation Release – August 19, 2013
“(NHATS) is pleased to announce that Round 2 data collection instruments have been posted to the NHATS website. The instruments are annotated with variable names and labels” (August 2013, .pdf format).
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August 1, 2013
CAAR – US Census Bureau Data Release – August 1, 2013
“2012 Census of Governments: Finance – Survey of Public Pensions: State-Administered Defined Benefit Data,” (July 2013, ASCII text (data) and .pdf (documentation) format). Note: A ‘Summary Report’ will be available soon.
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CAAR – US National Institutes of Health Funding Opportunity – August 1, 2013
“The Role of the Cytoskeleton in Cellular Aging (R21/R33),” (PAR-13-301, National Institute on Aging, deadline for applications is Feb. 16, June 16, and Oct. 16).
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July 31, 2013
CAAR – Health and Retirement Study Request of Input – July 31, 2013
The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research Health and Retirement Study has announced a request for user input on removing content from the current HRS questionnaire. For more information, including a link for input, go to:
hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/news/index.php?p=shownews3x1&hfyle=news352
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July 30, 2013
CAAR – US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Data – July 30, 2013
“Healthy Aging Data Portfolio,” (July 2013). Note: “View data indicators for the U.S., a region, a state, or a metropolitan/micropolitan statistical area (MMSA).” Data tables are present in three groupings: Health and Well-being, Screenings and Vaccines, and Mental Health. For more information go to:
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July 25, 2013
CAAR – GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (Mannheim/Koln/Bonn Germany) Data Release – July 25, 2013
GESIS has recently added the following dataset to its holdings:
- Old-Age Insurance in Germany 2007 (ASID ´07) (ZA5799)
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July 23, 2013
CAAR – Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data Releases – July 23, 2013
The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released several new MEPS data files (July 2013, data in .zip or self decompressing [.exe] ASCII text and SAS Transport format, with documentation in HTML and .pdf format, and SAS and SPSS programming statements in ASCII format).
- MEPS HC-144G: 2011 Office-Based Medical Provider Visits File
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-144G
- MEPS HC-144F: 2011 Outpatient Visits File
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-144F
- MEPS HC-144E: 2011 Emergency Room Visits File
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-144E
- MEPS HC-144D: 2011 Hospital Inpatient Stays File
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-144D
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July 15, 2013
CAAR – Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research Data Release – July 15, 2013
ICPSR’s announced the release of the following new dataset that may be of interest to researchers of aging on Jul. 14, 2013. Note: Some ICPSR studies are available only to ICPSR member institutions. To find out whether your organization is a member, and whether or not it supports ICPSR Direct downloading, see:
www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/administration/institutions
- Census of Population and Housing, 2010 [United States]: Summary File 1 Urban/Rural Update (ICPSR 34746)
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June 28, 2013
CAAR – US Census Bureau News Release – June 28, 2013
“Summary of the Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions for 2013: 1st Quarter” (Jun. 27, 2013).
www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/governments/cb13-tps63.html
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CAAR – Health and Retirement Study Data Release – June 28, 2013
The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research Health and Retirement Study has announced the release of the following data files:
- Cross-Wave HRS 1992-2008 Respondent Region and Mobility Dataset (v4.0) (June 27, 2013).
hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/news/index.php?p=shownews3x1&hfyle=news350
- Researcher Contribution: Research on Early Life and Aging Trends and Effects (RELATE) Files (June 28, 2013).
hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/news/index.php?p=shownews3x1&hfyle=news351
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CAAR – Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data Release – June 28, 2013
The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released several new MEPS data files (June 2013, data in .zip or self decompressing [.exe] ASCII text and SAS Transport format, with documentation in HTML and .pdf format, and SAS and SPSS programming statements in ASCII format).
- MEPS HC-144H: 2011 Home Health File
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-144H
- MEPS HC-144C: 2011 Other Medical Expenses
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-144C
- MEPS HC-144B: 2011 Dental Visits
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-144B
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CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Data Release – June 28, 2013
“The Division of Health Interview Statistics (DHIS) of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has announced the Internet release of the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data files and supporting documentation.
The 2012 NHIS contains the core questions, enhanced questions on health care access and utilization, and additional supplemental questions in the Family questionnaire on the subject of food security, Sample Adult questionnaire on the subjects of immunization, complementary and alternative medicine, non-cigarette tobacco use, voice, speech, and language and in the Sample Child questionnaire on the subjects of mental health, mental health services, immunization, complementary and alternative medicine, balance, voice, speech, and language. Along with the 2012 NHIS core data files are the Disability Questions Tests 2012 files which contain person-level data collected via a field test of six disability questions. These supplemental questions appeared on the NHIS, at the end of the Family, Sample Adult, and Sample Child Cores. For more details, please refer to
www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/disabilityquestionstests2012.htm
The Disability Questions Tests 2012 files are released as three separate files. A fourth disability supplement was also fielded in 2012 as part of the Sample Adult Core and is called ‘Functioning and Disability.’
The 2012 NHIS data release consists of eleven questionnaires, six core data files, a paradata file, the three Disability Questions Tests files, a Functioning and Disability file, and two Complementary and Alternative Medicine files. See the Survey Description document for more details. The only 2012 data files not being released at this time are the Imputed Income files which will be released later this year.”
www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/quest_data_related_1997_forward.htm
Scroll to “2012 NHIS.”
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June 27, 2013
CAAR – US Census Bureau Data Update – June 27, 2013
“Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions: State & Local Government – 2013 First Quarter,” (Microsoft Excel and .pdf format).
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June 21, 2013
CAAR – Health and Retirement Study Data Release – June 21, 2013
The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research Health and Retirement Study has announced the release of the following data file:
- Researcher Contribution: Future Elderly Model (FEM) File (June 2013).
hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/news/index.php?p=shownews3x1&hfyle=news349
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June 18, 2013
CAAR – Human Mortality Database – June 18, 2013
- Data for Estonia were revised and updated through 2011. (Jun. 14, 2013).
- Data for Latvia were revised and updated through 2011. (Jun. 14, 2013).
- Data for Lithuania were revised and updated through 2011.
- Data for Total Germany, East Germany, and West Germany were revised and updated through 2011.
www.mortality.org/cgi-bin/hmd/DataAvailability.php
- Data access.
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June 13, 2013
CAAR – US Census Bureau Data Release – June 13, 2013
“The latest estimates of population for the United States, states, and counties by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, and for Puerto Rico Commonwealth and municipios by age and sex – for July 1, 2012,” (June 2013).
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June 10, 2013
CAAR – Human Mortality Database Update – June 10, 2013
- Data for UK countries: England & Wales (Civic & Total), Northern Ireland, Scotland, were revised and updated through 2011. (June 7, 2013).
www.mortality.org/cgi-bin/hmd/DataAvailability.php
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June 4, 2013
CAAR – US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Website – June 4, 2013
“Data.Medicare.gov.” “The purpose of the site is to make these CMS Compare Website and Directory data readily available in open, accessible, and machine-readable formats. In addition to viewing the data in your browser, you can download the data in a variety of formats. You can also access the data through an Application Programming Interface, or API, which lets developers connect other applications to the Compare data in real time.”
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May 24, 2013
CAAR – Panel Study of Income Dynamics [Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan] Restricted Data Release – May 24, 2013
“The Panel Study of Income Dynamics, of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, has now collected over four decades of data on the health and social and economic well-being of nearly 9,000 families as of 2011. Through a grant from the National Institute on Aging, PSID has linked nearly 2,100 PSID respondents to Medicare claims from 1991-2010. Applications to analyze Medicare claims linked to the PSID are now being accepted.”
Available Files: 1991-2010 Denominator, Inpatient, Outpatient, Home Health Agency, Hospice, Skilled Nursing Facility, Carrier, and Durable Medical Equipment, MedPar files, and Annual and Quarterly Summary Files.
For more information about the Medicare Claims file, including links to apply for access, go to:
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May 22, 2013
CAAR – US Census Bureau Research Data Center Update – May 22, 2013
“The National Institute on Aging’s National Longitudinal Mortality Study (NLMS) is now available in the Bureau’s Research Data Centers. NIA is welcoming applications using this database.” For more information on NLMS see:
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May 14, 2013
CAAR – Health and Retirement Study Data Release – May 14, 2013
The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research Health and Retirement Study has announced the release of the following data file:
- Additional Restricted Data Files Released for 2010 (May 14, 2013).
hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/news/index.php?p=shownews3x1&hfyle=news348
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May 6, 2013
CAAR – US Social Security Administration, Office of the Chief Data Release – May 6, 2013
“Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Recipients by Geographic Area, Sex, Age, Eligibility, and Diagnostic Group, 2010 Data,” (April 2013, comma-delimited format).
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/ssi_monthly/2013-03/index.html
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April 29, 2013
CAAR – US Social Security Administration, Office of Policy Data Tables – April 29, 2013
“Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Recipients by Geographic Area, Sex, Age, Eligibility, and Diagnostic Group, 2010 Data,” (April 2013, Excel and HTML format).
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CAAR – Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research Data/National Archive of Criminal Justice Data Data Release – April 29, 2013
ICPSR’s National Archive of Criminal Justice Data announced the release of the following new dataset that may be of interest to researchers of aging on Apr. 28, 2013. Note: Some ICPSR studies are available only to ICPSR member institutions. To find out whether your organization is a member, and whether or not it supports ICPSR Direct downloading, see:
www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/administration/institutions
- Course of Domestic Abuse Among Chicago’s Elderly: Risk Factors, Protective Behaviors, and Police Intervention, 2006-2009 (study no. 29041).
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April 18, 2013
CAAR – Health and Retirement Study Data Release – April 18, 2013
The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research Health and Retirement Study has announced the release of the following data files:
- HRS Tracker 2010 (Final, Version 1.0) (Apr. 17, 2013).
hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/news/index.php?p=shownews3x1&hfyle=news344
- HRS Biomarker 2006 Data (Final, Version 1.0) (Apr. 17, 2013).
hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/news/index.php?p=shownews3x1&hfyle=news345
- HRS Biomarker 2008 Data (Final, Version 1.0) (Apr. 17, 2013).
hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/news/index.php?p=shownews3x1&hfyle=news346
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April 17, 2013
CAAR – Health and Retirement Study Data Release – April 17, 2013
The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research Health and Retirement Study has announced the release of the following data files:
- Restricted Cross-Wave Geographic Information Files (State and Detail) Updated (Apr. 15, 2013).
hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/index.php?p=shownews3x1&hfyle=news342
- HRS 2010 Core (Final, Version 3.0) (Apr. 15, 2013).
hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/index.php?p=shownews3x1&hfyle=news343
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April 11, 2013
CAAR – Health and Retirement Study Data Release – April 11, 2013
The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research Health and Retirement Study has announced the release of the following data file:
- The sensitive health data release of HRS ADAMS 1 (Version 8.0) (April 10, 2013).
hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/news/index.php?p=shownews3x1&hfyle=news341
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April 2, 2013
CAAR – Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research Data/National Addiction and HIV Data Archive Program Data Release – April 2, 2013
ICPSR’s National Addiction and HIV Data Archive Program announced the release of the following new dataset that may be of interest to researchers of aging on Mar. 31, 2013. Note: Some ICPSR studies are available only to ICPSR member institutions. To find out whether your organization is a member, and whether or not it supports ICPSR Direct downloading, see:
www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/administration/institutions
- HIV Stigma in a Population of Adults Age 50 and Over in the Pacific Northwest, 2003-2005 (ICPSR 33242)
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March 28, 2013
CAAR – US Census Bureau Data Update – March 28, 2013
“Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions: State & Local Government – 2012 Fourth Quarter,” (Microsoft Excel and .pdf format).
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February 28, 2013
CAAR – Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data Release: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data Release – February 28, 2013
The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released several new MEPS data files (February 2013, data in .zip or self decompressing [.exe] ASCII text and SAS Transport format, with documentation in HTML and .pdf format, and SAS and SPSS programming statements in ASCII format).
- MEPS HC-141: 2011 Full Year Population Characteristics
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-141
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February 25, 2013
CAAR – Association of Religious Data Archives (Pennsylvania State University) Data Release – February 25, 2013
ARDA announced the release of the following data file from Jan. 25, 2013, that may be of interest to researchers in aging.
National Survey on Discrimination in Mexico, Elderly Population
www.thearda.com/Archive/Files/Descriptions/RELELD.asp
The ARDA:
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February 19, 2013
CAAR – Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research Data/National Archive of Criminal Justice Data Data Release – February 19, 2013
ICPSR’s National Archive of Criminal Justice Data announced the release of the following new datasets that may be of interest to researchers of aging on Jan. 13, 2013. Note: Some ICPSR studies are available only to ICPSR member institutions. To find out whether your organization is a member, and whether or not it supports ICPSR Direct downloading, see:
www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/administration/institutions
- National Elder Mistreatment Study, 2008 [United States] (study number 28561).
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February 18, 2013
CAAR – National Health and Aging Trends Study [NHATS] Data Release – February 18, 2013
“National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) Round 1 Sensitive Data,” (February 2013, SAS and Stata format). NHATS is providing access to three sensitive data files: National Study of Caregiving (NSOC), NHATS Round 1 Sample Person (SP) Sensitive Demographic file, and NHATS Other Person (OP) Sensitive Demographic Round 1 file. Procedures for getting access to the sensitive data are vailable at:
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February 15, 2013
CAAR – Health and Retirement Study Data Release – February 15, 2013
The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research Health and Retirement Study has announced the release of the following data files:
- HRS 2004 Core Industry Occupation Supplement (Final, Version 1.0) (Feb. 14, 2013).
hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/news/index.php?p=shownews3x1&hfyle=news339
- HRS 2010 Core Industry Occupation Supplement (Final, Version 1.0) (Feb. 14, 2013).
hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/news/index.php?p=shownews3x1&hfyle=news338
Data access:
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February 8, 2013
CAAR – Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Preliminary Data Release – February 8, 2013
“Preliminary Data and Documentation for 2011,” (February 2013).
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January 31, 2013
CAAR – Health and Retirement Study Data Release – January 31, 2013
The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research Health and Retirement Study has announced the release of the following data file:
- HRS 2010 Core (Final, Version 2.0) (Jan. 30, 2013).
hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/news/index.php?p=shownews3x1&hfyle=news337
Data access:
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January 14, 2013
CAAR – Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research Data Release – January 14, 2013
ICPSR’s National Archive of Criminal Justice Data announced the release of the following new datasets that may be of interest to researchers of aging on Jan. 13, 2013. Note: Some ICPSR studies are available only to ICPSR member institutions. To find out whether your organization is a member, and whether or not it supports ICPSR Direct downloading, see:
www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/administration/institutions
- Bruising as a Forensic Marker of Physical Elder Abuse in Orange County, California, 2006-2008 (study no. 28144).
www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/NACJD/studies/28144/version/1
- Financial Exploitation and Psychological Abuse of Older Adults in the Chicago Metropolitan Area, 2007-2008 [United States] (study no. 26881).
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January 10, 2013
CAAR – Human Mortality Database – January 10, 2013
- Data for Canada were revised and updated through 2009. (Jan. 9, 2013).
www.mortality.org/cgi-bin/hmd/DataAvailability.php
- Data access.
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January 8, 2013
CAAR – Human Mortality Database – January 8, 2013
- Data for Denmark were revised and updated through 2011 (Jan. 7, 2013).
www.mortality.org/cgi-bin/hmd/DataAvailability.php
Data access:
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January 7, 2013
CAAR – Human Mortality Database – January 7, 2013
- Data for USA were revised and updated through 2010 (Jan. 4, 2013).
- Data for Switzerland were revised and updated through 2011 (Jan. 4, 2013).
www.mortality.org/cgi-bin/hmd/DataAvailability.php
Data access:
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January 2, 2013
CAAR – US Census Bureau Data Update – January 2, 2013
“Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions: State & Local Government – 2012 Third Quarter,” (Microsoft Excel format).
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December 18, 2012
CAAR – Health and Retirement Study Data Release – December 18, 2012
The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research Health and Retirement Study has announced the release of the following data file:
-RAND HRS Family Data Files Release for the 1992 through 2008 Core Waves (v.B) (Dec. 17, 2012).
hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/news/index.php?p=shownews3x1&hfyle=news336
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December 17, 2012
CAAR – Health and Retirement Study Data Release – December 17, 2012
The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research Health and Retirement Study has announced the release of the following data file:
- 2011 Health Care Mail Survey (HCMS) Version 1.0 (Dec. 14, 2012).
hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/news/index.php?p=shownews3x1&hfyle=news335
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CAAR – Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research Data Release – December 17, 2012
ICPSR’s National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging announced the release of the following new dataset that may be of interest to researchers of aging on Dec. 16, 2012. Note: Some ICPSR studies are available only to ICPSR member institutions. To find out whether your organization is a member, and whether or not it supports ICPSR Direct downloading, see:
www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/administration/institutions
- Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (SALSA Study), 1996-2008: Demographic Data (study no. 34483).
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December 14, 2012
CAAR – National Health and Aging Trends Study [NHATS] Data Release – December 14, 2012
“National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) Round 1 Public Use Final Data files are now available for download,” (December 2012, SAS and Stata format).
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December 5, 2012
CAAR – US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicare Statistical Supplement Update – December 5, 2012
CMS’ Medicare and Medicaid Statistical Supplement has recently been updated (2012 edition, tables available in .zip compressed .pdf and Microsoft Excel format):
- Medicare Cost Sharing (table 4.1 – 4.4).
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