This documentation page contains user guides, questionnaires, codebooks, documentation of sample weights,
and other supporting documentation for the PSID Main Study and all Supplemental Studies.
Main Study
Family Files
Cross Wave Documentation
1960s
1970s
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980s
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990s
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1999
2000s
2010s
2020s
Cross-year individual (1968-2023)
Sample Weights
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023
Marriage History File (1985-2023)
Childbirth & Adoption History (1985-2023)
Parent Identification (1968-2023)
State & Foreign Country Codes
Pregnancy Intentions (2013-2023)
Family Relationship Matrix (1968-2023)
Active Savings (1989, 1994)
Retrospective Occupation-Industry (1968-1980)
Supplemental Studies
Child Development Supplement
Cross-Wave Documentation
1997
Primary Caregiver
Child
Secondary Caregiver
Absent Father
Elementary School
Preschool
Home School
Time Diary
Child
Elementary/Middle School
Preschool
Home-Based Care
Demographic File
ID Map
2002
2007
Primary Caregiver
Child
Secondary Caregiver
Time Diary
Demographic File
ID Map
Generational Map
2014
Primary Caregiver
Child
Time Diary
Demographic File
ID Map
Household Roster File
2019
Coverscreen
Primary Caregiver
Child
Time Diary
Demographic File
Household Roster File
2020
Primary Caregiver
Time Diary
Covid Health File
Demographic File
Household Roster File
2021
Coverscreen
Primary Caregiver
Child
Demographic File
Household Roster File
2024
Coverscreen
Primary Caregiver
Child
Demographic File
Household Roster File
Transition into Adulthood Supplement
Cross-Wave Documentation
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023
2025
Disability and Use of Time
Web (Mixed Mode) Supplements
Intergenerational Transfers