The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) is a longitudinal study of U.S. families that has been administered by social scientists at the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan (UM) since its inception in 1968. With data collected on the same families and their descendants for 43 waves over nearly 60 years, and with two major immigrant refresher samples added in 1997 and 2017, PSID is a cornerstone for empirical social and economic research. PSID provides long-term measurement, over the life course and across generations, of economic and social processes. It is a unique resource that has inspired researchers to investigate the dynamics and interrelationships of social and economic processes. The enormous range of research opportunities provided by PSID data has led to it becoming one of the most widely used social science data sets in the world. PSID has been used for nearly 7,500 peer-reviewed journal articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations. There are now nearly 41,000 registered data users, representing an increase of 25% in the past four years. The data archive has grown in scientific value over time, as more observations are made on the same families and their offspring. These rich data support increasingly complex models of adult outcomes over the life course and across multiple generations of the same family.
Funding:
National Science Foundation
Funding Period:
09/01/2024 to 08/31/2029