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HRS BEGINS AND GROWS... Created in 1990 by an act of Congress to provide data for the study of health and retirement. First longitudinal study of older people to include detailed economic and health information in the same survey.
- David R. Weir
Dr. Weir's current research interests include...
- Weir,David R
Dr. Weir is a Research Professor in the Survey Research...
- David R. Weir
- Module 1: Retirement Knowledge Scale
- Module 2: Long Term Care Insurance Procrastination
- Module 3: Depression
- Module 4: Social Security Knowledge
- Module 5: Time Inconsistency
- Module 6: Upper Extremity Difficulties
- Module 7: Probability Numeracy
- Module 8: Trust in Financial and Other Institutions Central to Old Age Security
- Module 9: Longevity and Regret
- Module 10: Substance Use Problems
The Retirement Knowledge module assesses the expectations, thoughts, and plans of both retired and not yet retired respondents. The questions vary slightly between retired and non-retired respondents. In addition, the module asks how much the respondent knows about how retirement accounts work. This includes three questions where the respondent has...
This first half of the Long-Term Care module is given to respondents who answered earlier in section N that they do not have long term care insurance. The questions consider the reasons why a respondent does not have LTC insurance. The second half of the module is the Pure Procrastination Scale (Steel, 2010) which can be used to write a number of s...
The Depression Concordance Spousal Reporting module asks the respondent to report the mood and emotions of their spouse within the last week. If the respondent is not coupled, the respondent specifies who they spend the most time with and answer the questions about that person. The mood and emotion questions are divided into two blocks. The respond...
The Social Security Knowledge module is a brief questionnaire that asks respondents to answer questions about how they think Social Security benefits are claimed and distributed. 1. Module 4 Questionnaire
The Time Inconsistency module is broken into two blocks. Respondents are randomly assigned to receive the blocks in one of two different orders. The questions simply ask if the respondent would like to receive a smaller specified amount of money sooner or a larger specified amount of money later. Those questions are followed by a short procrastinat...
The Upper Extremity Difficulties module asks the respondent about difficulties they have completing common everyday activities such as opening a childproof bottle, fastening small buttons, and pouring from a gallon of milk. A second smaller section asks the respondent to gauge how much they think various household foods and items weigh. 1. Module 6...
By using a variety of imaginary scenarios, the Probability Numeracy Module asks the respondent to report the probability that they think something may happen or not happen. An example of a scenario included in the module is the probability of a coin toss landing hands up multiple times. 1. Module 7 Questionnaire
The Trust in Financial Institutions module asks respondents if they think various financial institutions are working in their favor or trying to deceive them. Examples of the financial institutions are banks, Social Security, and insurance companies. 1. Module 8 Questionnaire
The financial regret module starts with a few questions asking the respondent to rate the probability that they will live longer than other men or women their own age. The rest of the questions ask if the respondent has a variety of financial benefits, and if they believe they made the right choices in regards to these benefits over the years. 1. M...
The Substance Use module is about problems with substances (such as medications, other drugs, tobacco and alcohol) that our Health and Retirement Study participants might have. These questions, developed by the National Institutes of Health, are routinely asked in many doctors’ offices and in hospitals because of the recent concern about substance ...
Dr. Weir's current research interests include population-based international comparisons of dementia and cognitive impairment, social disparities in biomarkers of aging, the effects of health, gender, and marital status on economic well-being in retirement; and the effects of early-life experience on longevity and health at older ages.
Jan 1, 2022 · Ofstedal and Weir show that HRS has been successful at recruiting and retaining minority participants. In 2010, the minority sample from the Baby Boom cohorts was further increased by a supplemental screening, increasing opportunities for subgroup analyses.
Dr. Weir is a Research Professor in the Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research and Director of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). He has led the transformation of the HRS into a world-leading biosocial survey combining its traditional excellence as a longitudinal survey with direct biological measures of health ...
Through its unique and in-depth interviews, the HRS provides an invaluable and growing body of free multidisciplinary data that researchers can use to address important questions about the challenges and opportunities of aging. Innovation in survey design and content is a hallmark of the HRS.
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Mar 25, 2014 · Key Messages. HRS findings overall paint a rich portrait of retirement as a process with multiple influences and outcomes; although the health and well-being of ageing Americans is good overall, findings point to vulnerable population subgroups.
