Health and Retirement Study: A Longitudinal Data Resource for Psychologists

2015 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Sonnega ◽  
Jacqui Smith
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Data ◽  
Health And Retirement Study ◽  
Data Resource ◽  
Retirement Study

scholarly journals Ask Again: Including Gender Identity in Longitudinal Studies of Aging

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas William Hanes ◽  
Sean A P Clouston
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Longitudinal Data ◽  
Longitudinal Studies ◽  
Health And Retirement Study ◽  
Adequate Information ◽  
Longitudinal Data Collection ◽  
Global Aging ◽  
Retirement Study

Abstract Information on transgender people’s health, and especially their experiences of aging, is lacking, including from major longitudinal studies of aging like the Health and Retirement Study and its sister studies in the Gateway to Global Aging Data project. This paper surveys the state of gender data collection among major longitudinal studies and finds that all but one fail to collect adequate information on participants’ gender to determine participants’ gender identities. It identifies the unique challenges that population-wide longitudinal data collection poses to current best practices for identifying transgender survey participants and proposes a modified “two-question model”: one question for sex assigned at birth and a second for gender identity, both of which offer 3 responses.

scholarly journals Creating a Public Data Resource: The HRS-O*NET Linkage

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 231-231
Author(s):  
Dawn Carr ◽  
Brooke Helppie-McFall ◽  
Julia Beckel ◽  
Rebekah Carpenter
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Studies ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Data File ◽  
Health And Retirement Study ◽  
Data Resource ◽  
Working Lives ◽  
Public Data ◽  
Retirement Study

Abstract Few longitudinal studies provide detailed information about the characteristics of the jobs older workers engage in, limiting the ability to evaluate the potential consequences of extended working lives. In this session, we introduce a new project linking the 2019 O*NET taxonomy and corresponding data to the Health and Retirement Study for public use. We describe the procedures taken to develop an O*NET linkage to be released to HRS users in the form of a publicly available data file, allowing aging researchers to evaluate detailed aspects of occupations in the 50+ population. We explain the types of variables that will be made available in the O*NET-HRS occupation project, and provide examples for how the measures can be used in longitudinal HRS studies.

scholarly journals INTERNET USE AND LONELINESS OF OLDER ADULTS OVER TIME: THE MEDIATION EFFECT OF SOCIAL CONTACT

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S194-S194
Author(s):  
Kexin Yu ◽  
Kexin Yu ◽  
Shinyi Wu ◽  
Iris Chi
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Older People ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Total Effect ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Health And Retirement Study ◽  
Longitudinal Association ◽  
Retirement Study ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Internet is increasingly popular among older adults and have changed interpersonal interactions. However, it remains controversial whether older people are more or less lonely with internet use. This paper tests the longitudinal association of internet use and loneliness among older people. One pathway that explains the association, the mediation effect of social contact, was examined. Data from the 2006, 2010 and 2014 waves of Health and Retirement Study was used. Hierarchical liner modeling results showed internet use was related to decreased loneliness over 12-year period of time (b=-0.044, p<.001). Internet use was associated with more social contact with family and friends overtime (b=0.261, p<.001), social contact was related to less perceived loneliness longitudinally (b=0.097, p<.001). The total effect of internet use on loneliness is -0.054 and the mediated effect is -0.025. The findings imply that online activities can be effective for reducing loneliness for older people through increased social contact.

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