Topical Information
The PSID collects data on a wide array of social, demographic, health, economic, geospatial and psychological data. As of 2009, the 75 minute interview collected data on: (Table 1)
- employment,
- earnings,
- income from all sources,
- expenditures covering 100% of total household spending,
- transfers,
- housing,
- education,
- geospatial data,
- health status,
- health behaviors,
- health insurance,
- early childhood and adult health conditions and their timing,
- emotional well-being,
- life satisfaction,
- mortality and cause of death,
- marriage and fertility,
- participation in government programs,
- financial distress including problems paying debt such as mortgages and foreclosure,
- vehicle ownership,
- wealth and pensions, and
- philanthropy.
Many of these areas have been included in the instrument since 1968. Hundreds of additional variables that fall into other domains have been collected in various waves throughout the history of the PSID. No identifying information is distributed to data users and the identity of all respondents is held in strict confidence.
Approximately 3,200 peer-reviewed publications – currently 1 every 2.5 days—are based on PSID data published in the fields of economics, sociology, demography, psychology, child development, public health, medicine, education, communications, and others. The PSID was named one of the National Science Foundation's "Sensational Sixty," NSF-funded inventions, innovations and discoveries that have become commonplace in our lives .
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