Data Sources
Gateway to Global Aging Data
The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) began in 1992 as a nationally representative, longitudinal, multidisciplinary survey of individuals over age 50 in the United States. Since then, it has been fielded every 2 years with periodic refresher samples to maintain a nationally representative sample over time.
As population aging has progressed in every region of the world, the success of the HRS generated substantial interest in collecting similar data in a similar manner, leading to the development of a number of surveys designed to be comparable with the HRS.
National Neighborhood Data Archive
The National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA) is a publicly available data archive containing measures of the physical, economic, demographic, and social environment at multiple levels of spatial scale (eg, census tract, ZIP code tabulation area, county). Each NaNDA dataset covers all or most of the entire nation (including both rural and urban areas) and represents a set of measures on a single topic of interest, including socioeconomic disadvantage, healthcare, housing, partisanship, and public transit, with temporal coverage dating back to 2000.
Puerto Rico Contextual Data Resource
Policymakers, researchers, community members, and colleagues in Puerto Rico are hindered by a lack of up-to-date, reliable, and accessible data that provide information about the local context. Reliable data for local areas are needed to understand trends, promote conversation, and public policy recommendations. These data are one opportunity to raise awareness about the living conditions of older adults in Puerto Rico.