The AHS Metro 2004 data has been updated. A new version of the data file became available in early November. The codebook and instrument files have not changed. The new data file was downloaded and added to PopNet UNIX (previous version still available if needed). In addtion, two new sets of files not included in the collection previously have been added: A set of ASCII data files in /home/data/ahs/2004/data_ascii (*.txt format) and a set of Descriptive Statistics in /home/data/ahs/2004/AHSDSC2004 (also *.txt format). The 2004 data is being prepared for SodaPop and will soon replace the existing files in the SodaPop Collection.

The CPS Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2005 was re-released as version 2. The new data and documentation files have been downloaded and added to PopNet UNIX. The previous version is still available if needed. The files are being prepared for SodaPop and will be available for access soon.

The HRS Project announced on 10/25/2005 an update to one file within the 2002 Core Imputatations (Final V. 1.0) dataset.

When attempting to apply this update, it was found that the existing PopNet UNIX archive collection of the 2002 Core Imputations was incorrect (files were for the HRS 2002 core). The incorrect files were removed from the 2002 imputation directory (the correct core data is in /home/data/hrs/2002) and the current imputations files added.

These data are not currently available in SodaPop.

The HRS Project announced updates to two files within the 2004 (ER, V. 1.0) Core dataset:

9/14/2005: 2004 HRS Core (Early Release, Version 1.0): Additions and modifications to the data file H04E_MC.
10/20/2005: 2004 HRS Core (Early Release, Version 1.0): Additions to the data file H04PR_R.

As a result of these corrections, the entire dataset was redownloaded for the PopNet UNIX collection (the earlier version was retained in the event that it is still needed, see README file in data directory for more information). These files are not yet available in SodaPop as they are early release. However, if you are interested in having the 2004 Core dataset added to SodaPop, contact sodapop@pop.psu.edu.

The HRS project announced on November 29, 2005 that a correction must be made to two cases in the HRS 2000 Core file .

The correction has been applied to the SodaPop version of the file, but the raw file remains unchanged. Users working with the raw file will need to apply the correction themselves.

The HRS project announced on November 21, 2005 that there was miscoded data in V504 of the Health.DA data file of the HRS 1992 (Wave 1) dataset.

The correction has been applied to the SodaPop version of the file, but the raw file remains unchanged. Users working with the raw file will need to apply the correction themselves.