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Panel Study of Income Dynamics (USA)

• Data description
• Time period
• Support links
• How to access data

 

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Data description

The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) is an American longitudinal household survey with a sample of over 18,000 individuals in 5,000 households. Observations from 1968 to 2020 cover employment, income, wealth, expenditures, health, marriage, childbearing, child development, philanthropy, education and related topics. PSID is undertaken at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research.

 

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Time period

• PSID data is from 1968 to 2022
• Questionnaires are available at this link.

 

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Support links

• The PSID homepage provides an overview of the study
• Supporting documentation is available on this PSID page.

 

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How to access data

EUI users can either (i) download data directly from the PSID site, or (ii) request ICPSR-archived PSID files.

(i) Downloading directly from the PSID site:

• Complete the registration procedures on the PSID site
• Create custom sub-sets via the Data Center website, selecting required variables, or
• Download complete files via the PSID zips directory.

(ii) Requesting PSID data hosted by ICPSR:

• Locate the required data Study Number(s) in the ICPSR data catalogue
• Send the Study Number(s) by e-mail to [email protected] indicating the format in which the data is required (Stata, ASCII, &c.)
• Users should read the University of Michigan's ICPSR Responsible Use statement.

Instructions on using ZIP files to compress and decompress data are on this ICT page.

External visitors to the EUI Library do not have access to this resource.

 

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Data homepage

Contact: [email protected]