PSID staff has created videos as a tool for training interviewers. The content, in these videos may
also be useful to users of the data, providing an introduction to the survey as well as an overview
of study terminology and different sections of the instrument.
PSID History
(5:47 minutes)
PSID Overview
(17:09 minutes)
Sample membership and management
(14:43 minutes) *
Family units and housing units
(12:48 minutes)
Coding relationships
(15:53 minutes)
Family changes 1
(16:06 minutes)
Family changes 2
(12:01 minutes)
Section A: Housing
(8:02 minutes)
Section P: Pensions
(8:31 minutes)
Section BCDE: Employment
(15:17 minutes)
Section H: Health and healthcare costs
(7:10 minutes)
Event history calendar
(13:26 minutes)
Section J: Marriage and children
(4:44 minutes)
Section F: Food, vehicles, and other expenses
(4:55 minutes)
Section KL: Background of new head and wife/"wife"
(4:18 minutes)
Section G: Income
(14:16 minutes)
Section M: Philanthropy
(3:36 minutes)
Section W: Wealth
(7:10 minutes)
* The 7 digit Sample-ID mentioned in the training video is only used during data collection and is
not on our release files. Instead, data users should use 68ID (ER30001) in conjunction with
Person Number (ER30002) to identify each individual.