2.5 Retirement and Health Study (RHS)

The RHS is a longitudinal survey of Singapore residents’ retirement and healthcare needs and how they change over time. It is conducted by the Central Provident Fund Board (CPF). This is a panel study of individuals aged 45 to 85 in 2014, with the same individuals being interviewed once every two years (for ten years, beginning in 2014). The survey includes information on household expenses, employment, health, and financial status. This is a large study with potentially many uses - RHS purports to have reached out to more than 23,000 participants in the first two rounds of interviews9.

More information is available at https://www.cpf.gov.sg/Members/Others/member-pages/retirement-and-health-study-(rhs). The RHS website does not list any plans to make the dataset publicly available, and is accessible only to government agencies or researchers working with/for government agencies. The RHS study team can be reached at .