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Health and Retirement Study  

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  • The Health and Retirement Study (HRS), founded in 1990, is an ongoing panel (cohort) population study of older Americans supported by the U.S. National Institute on Aging (NIA) with additional support from other U.S. federal agencies. Design details, documentation, questionnaires, and the historical and scientific evolution of the HRS can be found on the HRS website (). [Source: Encyclopedia of Health & Aging; Health and Retirement Study]

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