David Blau and Donna Gilleskie, "Health Insurance and Retirement of Married Couples", Journal of Applied econometrics, Vol. 21, No. 7, 2006, pp. 935-953. The data used in this paper include restricted-access Social Security records and company-provided pension and health insurance records that are part of the U.S. Health and Retirement Study (HRS). We are not permitted to make these data available to the archive. Inquiries about obtaining these restricted-access data can be directed to . The data used in the paper are from the first four waves of the HRS (1992, 1994, 1996, 1998), a longitudinal survey of individuals born from 1931-1941, and their spouses. In addition to their responses to the four surveys, we use administrative Social Security records for individuals who signed a release form, and company-provided pension and health insurance data for individuals who provided the name and address of their employer. David Blau Department of Economics Gardner Hall University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3305 919-966-3962 919-966-4986 (fax) david_blau [AT] unc.edu http://www.unc.edu/depts/econ/profs/blau/blauweb.html