HRS 2.2 was released in October of 2000. It includes a number of changes and features that are the result of comments from HRS 2 users. Experienced developers should be able to alter previous versions of the HRS to incorporate the new features. Specific changes incorporated into the HRS 2.2 include The demographic rates and life table programs now include options to do calculations on subsets of the population.
Users specify a subset of individuals or locations in selection files.
If the inclflag is set to 1, then the individual or location is included in the analysis. This general mechanism allows for almost any subset of the population to be specified. Consistency logic has been changed to allow inconsistent records to coexist with consistent data. Previous attempts to bring legacy data into the HRS were made difficult because of the tight regime of consistency logic. The row level checks in the table were the primary places where the inconsistencies were detected.