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Health and Retirement Study

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The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is a long-running study that examines middle-aged and older adults in the US, producing data that is used both domestically and internationally. As a panel survey, HRS follows approximately 20,000 U.S. adults, some of whom have participated in the study for 30 years, through the retirement and aging process.

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Survey Methodology Program

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The Survey Methodology Program (SMP) was established within SRC in 1992 with the explicit aim of creating a multidisciplinary team to focus on research methodology.  Thus, the SMP draws upon a range of disciplines including social psychology, cognitive psychology, sociology, statistics, and computer science.

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Matthew Shapiro

Matthew D Shapiro

LAWRENCE R KLEIN COLLEGIATE PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, PROFESSOR OF...

Joanne Hsu

Joanne Hsu

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL...

Richard Miech

Richard Allen Miech

RESEARCH PROFESSOR, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

Steve Heeringa

Steven G Heeringa

RESEARCH SCIENTIST EMERITUS, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL...

Shiyu   Zhang

Shiyu Zhang

RESEARCH INVESTIGATOR, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH

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