Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey of HSE
The Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS-HSE) is a series of nationally representative surveys designed to monitor the effects of Russian reforms on the health and economic welfare of households and individuals in the Russian Federation. These effects are measured by various means: detailed monitoring of individuals’ health status and dietary intake, precise measurement of household-level expenditures and service utilization, and collection of relevant community-level data, including region-specific prices and community infrastructure data. Phase II data have been collected annually (with two exceptions) since 1994. The project has been run jointly by the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, started by Barry M. Popkin and now headed by Klara Peter, and the Demoscope team in Russia, headed by Polina Kozyreva and Mikhail Kosolapov.
The history of the RLMS-HSE, the sample design, replenishment sample designs, the loss-to-follow-up, and other key factors are provided in the data resource profile published:
Kozyreva P. M., Kosolapov M. S., Popkin B. 2016. Data Resource Profile: The Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey – Higher School of Economics (RLMS-HSE) Phase II: Monitoring the Economic and Health Situation in Russia, 1994–2013. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2016. Vol. 45(2). P. 395-401. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv357
Kozyreva P. M., Sabirianova Peter K., 2015. Economic Change in Russia: Twenty Years of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey. Economics of Transition. 2015. Vol. 23. No. 2. P. 293-298.
All current and future users should read this letter, which describes major changes to the RLMS-HSE.
Citation
We require all RLMS-HSE users in all publications (book, book chapter, refereed journal article or presentation) to make the following acknowledgment of the institutions that support and manage the survey.
Source: “Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, RLMS-HSE,” conducted by the National Research University Higher School of Economics and ZAO “Demoscope” together with Carolina Population Center, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Institute of Sociology RAS.
How to cite the RLMS-HSE research design information?
Kozyreva P. M., Kosolapov M. S., Popkin B. 2016. Data Resource Profile: The Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey – Higher School of Economics (RLMS-HSE) Phase II: Monitoring the Economic and Health Situation in Russia, 1994–2013. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2016. Vol. 45(2). P. 395-401. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv3577 [Download PDF]
Longitudinal Files for 1994-2024 are Now Available!
Demoscope and the HSE have prepared longitudinal files containing all years of data from 1994, both for the individual data (adults and children) and the household data. Each observation is an individual or a household with all variables available for that year. The variable values have been standardized over the years. Individual and household identifiers are available on each observation so that researchers can examine changes over time.
In addition, the files contain both variable and value labels in English. These longitudinal files are the only files with English value labels – we have not added them to the cross-sectional files and do not plan to do so at this time. Longitudinal files are cleaned and harmonized.
CPC Dataverse hosted by the Odum Institute
The cross-sectional files are not updated since 2017.
Questionnaires
All RLMS-HSE questionnaires in English include variable names. Questionnaires in English and Russian can be found here: http://www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/rlms-hse/data/questionnaires
International RLMS-HSE User Conferences
7th, May 23-24, 2025
6th, May 26-27, 2023
5th, May 28-29, 2021
We hope you will continue using RLMS-HSE data and look forward to seeing you at our 8th RLMS-HSE User Conference!