Table 1. Current and planned UAS core content.

Description	Notes
Background, household, health history, cognitive abilities	HRS sections A–D
Family, health, care and living arrangements	HRS sections E–H
Current job status, job history, health-related work impairments	HRS sections J–M
Health insurance, healthcare usage and probabilities of events	HRS sections N–P
Income and assets	HRS sections Q–R
Wills, trusts and life insurance policies	HRS sections T–W
Financial literacy; personality; understanding probabilities; numeracy	Various sources
Satisfaction with life domains; well-being yesterday; neighbourhood quality; income comparisons	Various sources
What do people know about social security	Developed in collaboration with SSA
Financial services and decision-making
Ways people get information on retirement and social security	Developed in collaboration with SSA
Subjective numeracy and consumer financial well-being
Views and knowledge about the social security disability programme	Developed in collaboration with SSA
Retirement Preparedness Index	Derived variable
Financial health score	Derived variable
Cognition:
Serial sevens, general knowledge, word recall, probability of cognitive impairment score	From HRS sections
Financial literacy, numeracy	Part of survey mentioned above
Woodcock-Johnson 1—numbers
Woodcock-Johnson 2—picture vocabulary
Woodcock-Johnson 3—verbal analogies
Stop and go switch
Figure identification
Planned content as of 2024:
Life history, including residential history	Various sources
Decision-making	Various sources
Physical/social environment	Various sources
Mental health	Various sources
Disability	Various sources
Economic measures	Various sources
Health behaviour	Various sources
Childhood, education	Various sources

HRSHealth and Retirement StudySSASocial Security Administration