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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
    - 1968-1980 Retrospective Occupation-Industry
  - 1960s
    - 1968
    - 1969
  - 1970s
    - 1970
    - 1971
    - 1972
      - File Description
        
        Volume I
        Volume II
      - Questionnaire
        
        QxQ
      - Codebook
      - Tape codes
    - 1973
    - 1974
    - 1975
    - 1976
    - 1977
    - 1978
    - 1979
  - 1980s
    - 1980
    - 1981
    - 1982
    - 1983
    - 1984
    - 1985
    - 1986
    - 1987
    - 1988
    - 1989
      - File Description
        
        Volume I
        Volume II
      - Questionnaire
        
        QxQ
      - Codebook
      - Tape codes
  - 1990s
    - 1990
    - 1991
    - 1992
    - 1993
    - 1994
    - 1995
    - 1996
    - 1997
    - 1999
  - 2000s
    - 2001
    - 2003
    - 2005
    - 2007
    - 2009
  - 2010s
    - 2011
    - 2013
    - 2015
    - 2017
    - 2019
  - 2020s
    - 2021
    - 2023
    - 2025
      - Questionnaire
- Cross-year individual (1968-2023)
- Sample Weights
  - 1968-1992
  - 1993-2005
  - 2007
  - 2009
  - 2011
    - Cross-sectional
    - Longitudinal
  - 2013
    - Cross-sectional
    - Longitudinal
  - 2015
    - Cross-sectional
    - Longitudinal
  - 2017
    - Cross-sectional
    - Longitudinal
  - 2019
    - Cross-sectional
    - Longitudinal
  - 2021
    - Cross-sectional
    - Longitudinal
- Marriage History File (1985-2023)
- Childbirth & Adoption History (1985-2023)
- Parent Identification (1968-2023)
- State & Foreign Country Codes
- Pregnancy Intentions (2013-2023)
  - File Description
  - Codebook
- Family Relationship Matrix (1968-2021)
  - File Description
  - Codebook
- Retrospective Occupation-Industry (1968-1980)
  - File Description

Supplemental Studies
- Child Development Supplement
  - Cross-Wave Documentation
  - 1997
    - User guide
    - User Guide Supplement
    - Questionnaires
      - Primary Caregiver
        
        Child
        
        Spanish
        
        Household
        
        Spanish
      - Child
        
        Child/Assessments
        
        Spanish
      - Secondary Caregiver
        
        Child
        
        Spanish
        
        Household
        
        Spanish
      - Absent Father
        
        Child
        
        Spanish
        
        Household
        
        Spanish
      - School
        
        Elementary school teacher
        Preschool teacher
        Home school
        Elementary school administrator
        Preschool administrator
      - Time Diary
        
        Child
        
        Spanish
        
        School
        
        Elementary/Middle school
        Preschool
        Home-based care
      - Sample Weights
      - Activity Codes/Coding Manual
      - File Structure
      - Measurement Resource Table
      - Production Study Guide
  - 2002
    - User Guide
    - Questionnaires
      - Primary Caregiver
        
        Child
        Household
      - Child
        
        Child/Assessments
      - Secondary Caregiver
        
        Child
        Household
      - Elementary school teacher
      - Time Diary
        
        Child
      - Sample Weights
      - Activity Codes/Coding Manual
      - File Structure
      - Measurement Resource Table
      - Production Study Guide
  - 2007
    - User Guide
    - Questionnaires
      - Primary Caregiver
        
        Child
        Household
      - Child
        
        Child/Assessments
      - Secondary Caregiver
        
        Child
      - Time Diary
        
        Child
      - Sample Weights
      - Activity Codes/Coding Manual
      - File Structure
      - Production Study Guide
  - 2014
    - User Guide
    - Genomic Data User Guide (Early Release)
    - Questionnaires
      - Primary Caregiver
        
        Child
        Household
      - Child
        
        Child/Assessments
      - Time Diary
        
        Weekday/Weekend
      - Activity Codes/Coding Manual
      - Production Study Guide
  - 2019
    - User Guide
    - Questionnaires
      - Coverscreen
      - Primary Caregiver
      - Child
      - Time Diary
        
        Weekday Time Diary
        Weekend Time Diary
      - Time Diary Coding Manual
  - 2020
    - User Guide
    - Questionnaires
      - Primary Caregiver
      - Time Diary
        
        Weekday Time Diary
        Weekend Time Diary
      - Time Diary Coding Manual
  - 2021
    - User Guide
    - Questionnaires
  - 2024
    - Questionnaires
- Transition into Adulthood Supplement
  - Cross-Wave Documentation
  - 2005
  - 2007
  - 2009
  - 2011
  - 2013
  - 2015
  - 2017
  - 2019
  - 2021
  - 2023
- Disability and Use of Time
  - 2009
    - User Guide
    - Questionnaires
      - 1st Interview
      - 2nd Interview
    - Codebooks
    - Sampling and Weights
    - Activity Codes
  - 2013
    - User Guide
    - Questionnaires
      - 1st & 2nd Interviews
    - Codebooks
    - Sampling and Weights
    - Activity Codes
- Web (Mixed Mode) Supplements
  - 2014 Childhood Retrospective Circumstances Study
  - 2016 Wellbeing and Daily Life Supplement
- Intergenerational Transfers
  - 1988 Time and Money Transfer
  - 2013 Family Rosters and Transfers
    - Final File Description
    - Codebooks
      - Family File
      - Parent Child File