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Occasionally, PSID creates supplemental data that includes many interesting calculated variables. Most of these data are also available in the Data Center.

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Active Saving Files: 1984-1989 and 1989-1994


Note: Also available in the Data Center

Calendar Methods Study

Childhood Health Calendar

Those respondents who indicated having at least one of certain childhood health conditions (variables H32-H45), or that their spouse had had at least one of the conditions, were asked to respond to the health calendar sequence. The calendar variables (naming convention: "[event]EHC_nn", where 'nn' is a sequential number or 'AgeGR17') record whether they had the condition at each age, zero through 16 and 17+, and also how old they were if 17+. These variables were combined into a sequential character string (naming convention: "[event]EHC") for each health condition, with age appended at the end of the character string (separated by a dash): e.g., the first-digit in the character string is the response for age-0, the second-digit in the character string is the response for age-1, and so forth.

SAS data and documentation are available in the following:

Corrected Interview Date Files: 1993, 1994

For the 1993 and 1994 wave of data collection, the PSID began using electronic interviewing for the first time. Due to system crashes, a number of interviews were conducted using paper and pencil and were entered by coding staff into the interviewing application, and hence the Survey Research Center's sample management systems logged the entry date as the interview completion date.

More information, as well as ASCII data and data definition statements, are available in the following zip files:

Estimating Risk Tolerance from the 1996 PSID

In questions M1-M5, employed respondents are asked how willing they are to take jobs with different income prospects.

  • Documentation
  • The ZIP file contains an ASCII data file, associated SAS and SPSS data definition statements, a documentation file and a README file.
    rt.zip 29KB (11/6/97)

Family Food Security Status Data File 1999

Note: Also available in the Data Center
The 1999 Family Food Security Status Data File is now available. It contains summary food security status information for families in the PSID 1999 Family Data File, calculated from responses to 18 questions in the U.S. Food Security Survey Module. Two sets of food security variables are included: one set is based on the Household Food Security Scale, and the other (for families with children) is based on the Children’s Food Security Scale.  The data may be downloaded from the main data center or as a zip file.

The Family History Files:

  1. Marriage History File:1985-2007
  2. Childbirth and Adoption History File: 1985-2007
  3. Parent Identification File: 2007
  4. Short-Term Co-Resident: 2003

The following supplements were conducted with grants from the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Health and Human Services.

Marriage History File: 1985-2007
The 1985-2007 Marriage History File is specifically designed to facilitate access to detailed information collected in the 1985 through 2007 waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) regarding retrospective histories of marriages.

This file contains detailed information about marriages of people of marriage-eligible ages living in a PSID family at the time of the interview in any wave between 1985 and 2007. Each record contains all past-year and most-recent-year detail about the timing and circumstances of a marriage for a specified individual up to and including 2007 (or whichever wave 1985-2007 when the individual was last in an interviewed family unit). Data on this file are structured in an one-record-per-marriage format, with each record containing relevant data about the spouse and timing of a specific marriage. In situations where an individual has never been married, there is one record recording the fact that the individual has no marriages. Records on this file are short and contain only relevant identifiers for the individual and his/her spouse and detailed information about each marriage. Variables on this file include the identifiers for each individual and his/her spouse, month and year of marriages/divorce/widowhood, order of the specific marriage, total number of marriages and the most recent year wave when data were collected.

For data users who only want some of the detail of the marriage data, information on marriage history is presented in a more summarized form on the PSID Individual file in several individual- level summary variables. These variables include number of marriages, beginning and end month and year for the first and the most recent marriages, marital status of the individual at the time of the most recent interview, and the most recent wave when marriage data were collected.

Documentation: Intro | Codebook | Univariates

The ZIP file contains an ASCII data file, associated SAS, SPSS, and STATA data definition statements, a PDF codebook and intro, and an ASCII readme file. MH85_07.zip 589KB (05/19/2009)

Childbirth and Adoption History File: 1985-2007
The Childbirth and Adoption History File is specifically designed to facilitate access to detailed information collected in the 1985 through 2007 waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) regarding retrospective histories of childbirth and adoption.

This file contains detailed information about who was living with a PSID family at the time of the interview in any wave 1985-2007 and his/her biological or adopted children. Each record contains all present-year and past-year detail about the timing and circumstances of childbirth and adoption experience for an individual up to and including 2007. In situations where an individual has never had or adopted any children, there is one record recording the fact that the individual has no such experience. Records in this file are short and contain only relevant identifiers for the individual and his/her children and month and year of childbirth or adoption events. Variables on this file include the identifiers for each parent and child, month and year of birth for both parent and child, birth order, birth weight and date of death for a child, year of most recent report and number of births/adoptions, etc. Data on this file are structured in a one-record-per-event format, with each record representing a specific childbirth or adoption event.

Data users who want only some of the detail of the childbirth data will find childbirth and adoption history information summarized on the Individual and Family files. Individual-file variables include number of births, birth dates of most children, identifiers of mother and father, whether the mother was married at the time the individual was born, and birth order of the individual. Family variables include the number of births in the prior calendar year to the Head, Wife, "Wife" and Other Family Unit Members (OFUMs).

Documentation: Intro | Codebook | Univariates

The ZIP file contains an ASCII data file, associated SAS, SPSS, and STATA data definition statements, a PDF codebook and intro, and an ASCII readme file. CAH85_07.zip 1,056KB (05/19/2009)

Parent Identification File: 2007

The Parent Identifier File synopsizes information collected from various sources since the 1983 wave of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) about parent-child relationships. This file consists of identifier variables that link children with their parents.

The data records are short. They contain relevant identifiers for the child, his or her birth and adoptive parents, and information source indicators. The file is intended to be used to facilitate linking children's and parents' data records from the 1968-2007 Individual File. Linkages can be done from either the child's or a parent's standpoint.

Documentation: Intro | Codebook | Univariates

The ZIP file contains an ASCII data file, associated SAS, SPSS, and STATA data definition statements, a PDF codebook and intro and an ASCII readme file. PID07.zip 467KB (05/19/2009)

Short-Term Co-Resident: 2003

The 2003 Short-Term Co-Resident file is now available. The purpose of the co-resident question series was to collect information on individuals who moved in and out of a Panel Family between the 2001 and 2003 interviewing waves. Information collected about these between-wave co-residents include their move in and out dates and their relationship to the Head of their associated families.

Documentation: Intro | Codebook | Univariates

The ZIP file contains an ASCII data file, associated SAS, SPSS, and STATA data definition statements, a PDF codebook and intro and an ASCII readme file. STC03.zip 62K (02/20/2007)

Family 'Income Plus' Files: 1994-2001

Note: Also available in the Data Center
Note: Income Plus 2003 data are available in the main family data files.

Geocode Match File: 1968 onwards

Documentation available upon request. Contact PSID Help for access.

These files are available only by a special request and confidential data use contract.

Health Care Burden File: 1993

The 1993 Health Care Burden (HCB) file contains the detailed information collected in the 1993 PSID interview concerning health events of the elderly and their (primarily financial) burden on immediate and extended families. The file contains one record for each older Head, Wife/"Wife", other family unit member and parent of Head or Wife/"Wife". The purpose of the HCB supplements is to help provide a better understanding about the impact of these events on the families of the elderly. These supplements were funded by the National Institute for Aging.

  • The ZIP file contains an ASCII data file, associated SAS and SPSS data definition statements and a documentation and codebook file in ASCII format.
    93hcb.zip 174 KB (2/20/97)

Occupation, Industry, Employment Termination and Field of Non-Academic Certificates (HCI) Files: 1994-1997

The ZIP files contain text (ascii) data, associated SAS, SPSS and STATA data definition statements, documentation and codebook.

1994-2001 Hours of Work and Wage Files

Note: Also available in the Data Center
Note:Work Hours and Wages 2003 data are available in the main family data files.

Historically (prior to the 1993 survey), the hourly wage calculation was accomplished substantially by preprocess editing of paper questionnaires - making case by case judgment easier. Here we calculated such variables by extensive programming code and then, ex post, applied judgmental hand editing to the remaining 'problem' cases.

Readme

Each of the following ZIP files contains four files: an ASCII data file; SAS and SPSS data definition statements and a readme file in ASCII format.

94whw.zip 165 KB (12/20/02)
95whw.zip 163 KB (12/20/02)
96whw.zip 165 KB (12/20/02)
97whw.zip 137 KB (5/7/04)
99whw.zip 136 KB (10/9/03)
01whw.zip 145 KB (11/27/02)

Please see the errata for an update on the SPSS file included in these files.

OFUM Income Detail File: 1993

Beginning in 1993, the main family and individual files include somewhat less income detail about individuals who are not current Heads, Wives and long-term female co-habitors than was the past custom. Unlike the 1992 and earlier family files, the 1993 family file does not include separate taxable amounts for up to five earners, although the sum of all Other Family Unit Members' (OFUMs') taxable income is still present. The portion of the main individual file that contains 1993 data has three income variables: one for labor income, one for asset income, and one for total transfer income of each person. It does not contain the type variables for taxable and transfer incomes reported in 1993.

These dearths are more than compensated for with the 1993 OFUM Income Detail File. For each OFUM, it contains separate sets of variables for labor income from up to four jobs; two types of asset income, interest and other assets; and the eleven types of transfer income recognized by the PSID.

1993 OFUM Codebook
93oid.zip 246KB (02/16/99). The file has 14,857 records and 313 variables.

Parent Health Supplement: 1991

The supplement was conducted with a grant from the National Institute on Aging through the Rand Corporation.

In 1991, the PSID asked an extensive questionnaire supplement about parents of Head and Wife/"Wife". Because of the supplement's length, it is available as a separate data file. The PHS data structure includes one record for each 1991 Head or Wife/"Wife" who had an eligible parent and who consented to the supplement. Thus, if a consenting Head and Wife/"Wife" each had eligible parents, two records exist on the supplemental file-- one for each pair of parents.

The supplement focused on circumstances and events at the time when a parent was no longer able to care for him or herself. To be eligible, at least one parent had to be living and age 70 or more by May 31, 1991 or deceased no earlier than 1980 and age 70 or more at death. Since screening all Heads and Wives/"Wives" to determine whether parents qualified for the supplement would have been lengthy and wasteful of precious interviewing time, PSID data from the 1988 Time and Money Help Supplement, which asked, among many other things, about age and sentience of parents, was used to "pre-qualify" them.

The ZIP file contains an ASCII data file, associated SAS and SPSS data definition statements, an OSIRIS dictionary and a documentation file in ASCII format with page breaks.
91phs.zip 94K (3/15/95)

PSID Validation Study: 1983, 1987

This special study is available for download at The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

Relationship File: 1968-1985

The 1968-1985 Relationship file contains information about the relationship, on a pair-wise basis, of all individuals who were ever part of, or derived from, the same original 1968 household. Each record on the file contains variables indicating relationship of a pair of individuals in each of the eighteen years 1968-1985. Typically, the analyst will wish to merge additional information about the persons and their families from the PSID's 1968-1985 cross-year individual file, provided with the Relationship file, and the 1968 to 1985 family files.


The ZIP file contains two ASCII data files, associated SAS, SPSS and OSIRIS data definition statements, RTF codebooks and an ASCII readme file.
 85relhis.zip 17,901KB

Retrospective Occupation-Industry: 1968-1980

T-2 Individual Income Files: 1999 and 2001

After the 1997 interviewing year, the PSID was forced to switch to biennial interviewing due to funding considerations. The next wave was collected in 1999. Because annual family income measures are so central to the PSID, plans were made to try to collect at least a rough measure of income for the "off" year. Additionally, welfare reform was instituted across the U.S. in the late 1990s, and measurement of those effects was very important.

Question sequences covering the t-2 income and welfare reform consequences are combined in Section R of the 1999 and subsequent questionnaires. Most of the information pertains to families and is available on the main family-level file, but several items, such as work, earnings, and public assistance payments, relate to specific individuals and are available on these files.

indsr1999.zip 200KB (12/05/03). The file has 20,983 records and 66 variables.
indsr2001.zip 211KB (12/05/03). The file has 21,931 records and 66 variables.

T-2 Family Income Files: 2003 and 2005

After the 1997 interviewing year, the PSID was forced to switch to biennial interviewing due to funding considerations. Because annual family income measures are so central to the PSID, plans were made to try to collect at least a rough measure of income for the "off" year. Additionally, welfare reform was instituted across the U.S. in the late 1990s, and measurement of those effects was very important.

Question sequences covering the t-2 income and welfare reform consequences are combined in Section R of the 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007 questionnaires. In 1999-2007 there have been many versions of Section R, exploring the use of more detail and less detail by income component. Most of the information pertains to families and is available on the main family-level file, but for 2005, earnings and assets relate to specific individuals and were therefore aggregated to the family level for ease of use and are available on this file.

fam03rsupp.zip 56KB (04/01/2008). The file has 7822 records and 5 variables.
fam05rsupp.zip 69KB (03/06/2008). The file has 8002 records and 7 variables.

Telephone Health and Self Administered Questionnaire Supplements: 1990

As part of the 1990 interviewing effort, funds were granted to Lee Lillard of the Rand Corporation by the National Institute on Aging to supplement the PSID with data about older panel members in the core (but not Latino) sample. Two supplemental data files were produced.

1990 Self-Administered Questionnaire (90SAQ)

Each 1990 Head and Wife/"Wife" age 50 or older was mailed a self- administered questionnaire. The PSID had 3,276 core sample Heads and Wives/"Wives" in 1990 who were age 50 or older. We received 2,429 codeable questionnaires for a response rate of 74.4%. The data file has one record per responding person.

The questions asked about the respondent's health, health care coverage, long term care coverage, and asked permission for the PSID to obtain Medicare claims information from the Health Care Financing Administration.

The ZIP file contains an ASCII data file, associated SAS and SPSS data definition statements, an OSIRIS dictionary and a documentation file in WordPerfect format.
90saq.zip 156K (3/6/95)

1990 Telephone Health Care Cost Questionnaire (90THQ)

The 1990 telephone health questionnaire for Heads and Wives/"Wives" age 65 or older was administered by the interviewer at the time of the main interview and was returned along with the main questionnaire. The PSID sample for 1990 included 1,194 core families with Heads and/ or Wives/"Wives" who were age 65 or older. Of these 1,194 eligible families, we failed to obtain the supplement for only 16 of them; thus the total number of families receiving the supplement was 1,178. The data file has one record per eligible family.

The questions in this supplement covered detailed health care costs for eligible Heads and Wives/"Wives". The data include separate cost and payment source information associated with every hospitalization or nursing home stay for each age-eligible Head or Wife/"Wife" during the twelve months prior to the 1990 interview. Similar cost and payment data about outpatient surgery, other office visits, oral surgery, prescription medication, eyeglasses and hearing aids, and professional and nonprofessional home care were also collected for each eligible Head and/or Wife/"Wife". Some collective questions were included about help with domestic duties, both paid and unpaid; help with financial planning; and cash and non-cash gifts.

The ZIP file contains an ASCII data file, associated SAS and SPSS data definition statements, an OSIRIS dictionary and a documentation file in ASCII format with page breaks.
90thq.zip 286K (3/16/95)

If you have used this file, please see the Data Errata.

Time and Money Transfer File: 1988

The 1988 Time and Money Transfer File is designed to facilitate access to the detailed information collected in the 1988 Wave of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) regarding transfers, in the form of time and money, between a PSID family unit and other persons during the 1987 calendar year. The main PSID 1988 Family File contains summary information about these transfers but this Time and Money Transfers File provides the complete set of details collected about them. Each record in this file represents a separate report of a transfer flow.

This 1988 supplement has two related major focuses: (1) transfers involving PSID Head's and Wife's/"Wife's" parents and (2) inter-family transfers with someone other than parents. Information about four basic types of transfer flows -- 1) money given, 2) money received, 3) time help given and 4) time help received -- is recorded.

The ZIP file contains an ASCII data file, associated SAS and SPSS data definition statements, an OSIRIS dictionary and a documentation file in Word Perfect format.

88tmt.zip 183K (7/24/96)

Wealth Supplement Files: 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007

Grants from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) have made possible the collection of wealth data for the PSID in 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007.

The ZIP files contain ASCII data and SAS, SPSS and STATA statements and full documentation file in PDF format.


Note: also available in the Data Center

Wealth Transfer

In 2007, a series of questions was added to the PSID on inheritances and bequests. This module was asked in the 2007 wave only.

The questions are supported by a subproject award to Frank Stafford, James Heckman, and John Laitner as part of a Program Project (P01) grant awarded by the National Institute on Aging to Robert F. Schoeni.

A central mission of this P01 was to solicit rapid feedback from the user community to the PSID investigators on data quality and future data collection needs. Thus, these data are being released for this purpose, in advance of the release of the PSID 2007 data which is scheduled for December 2008. As a result, these data are completely raw and have not been processed or cleaned in any way. User support is not available for these data, but staff are interested in user feedback about their quality (psidhelp@umich.edu). Once the 2007 main PSID data are released, these data will be removed from the website.

SAS data and documentation are available in the following:

Old Family and Individual Weights: 1993-2003

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Data and documentation are available in the following:




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