By registering for access to PSID public release data, the User agrees that they will:

  1. Use the PSID data sets only for scientific research and aggregate statistical reporting.
  2. Make no attempts to identify study participants.
  3. Report immediately any disclosure of study participant identity as well as any discovery of flaws or errors in the data or documentation files; Reports should be sent to the PSID at psidhelp@umich.edu.
  4. Do not transfer PSID public data, including user-created data extracts, to any third party.
  5. The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) programs and Large Language Models (LLMs)- in conjunction with PSID data is strictly prohibited. This restriction is in place to protect the confidentiality of PSID respondents. It also ensures that we can document use, as required by our funders.
  6. Co-investigators, research collaborators, research assistants, and students who will use the data are required to register separately and to agree to the Conditions of Use before accessing PSID data, including data extracts you may have created.
  7. If you are required by a journal to provide access to PSID data (including any extract or analysis file you have created from PSID data), or if you want to share data extracts with others, you must deposit the data extract in the PSID Public Data Extract Repository maintained through the Open ICPSR initiative. Anyone - regardless of affiliation or ICPSR-members status - may deposit data into the ICPSR-PSID Data Extract Repository, as well as access and download PSID data from the repository.
  8. Do not allow others to use your username and password to access the PSID website.
  9. Certify the destruction of any downloaded PSID data file as well as any data extract derived from PSID data when requested to do so by the PSID.
  10. Notify the PSID of changes in your electronic mail address or organizational affiliation. Do this with the update function (must be logged in) provided at the PSID website or by email directed to psidhelp@umich.edu.
  11. Include the following citation in the references of any research reports, papers, or publications based on the data:
    "Panel Study of Income Dynamics, public use dataset [restricted use data, if appropriate]. Produced and distributed by the Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (year data were downloaded)."
  12. Report publications based on PSID data by emailing us the full citation at psidhelp@umich.edu.
  13. Anyone submitting an application, proposal, or progress report to the NIH must include the PubMed Central reference number (PMCID) or NIH Manuscript Submission reference number when citing applicable articles that arise from their NIH funded research. In consideration of this policy, PSID requests that all journal articles based on analysis of PSID data or its supplements (either public or restricted-use) receive a PubMed Central reference number (PMCID). Journal articles must be submitted to PubMed Central to receive a PMCID. The method of PubMed Central submission and Investigator responsibility for submission depend on the journal and its publisher:
    1. Some journals automatically submit published articles to PubMed Central: http://publicaccess.nih.gov/submit_process_journals.htm.
    2. Some journal publishers may submit the articles to PubMed Central automatically or upon request by the author: http://publicaccess.nih.gov/select_deposit_publishers.htm#b.
    3. If neither the journal nor the journal publisher will submit the article to PubMed Central, the Investigator will be responsible for the submission. For detailed instructions on the process of submitting a journal article to PubMed Central, please see the NIH website: http://publicaccess.nih.gov/submit_process.htm.
  14. Where applicable, please include PMCIDs when reporting publications in biennial reports (for restricted use contracts) or by email to psidhelp@umich.edu (for public-use data).
 
Once you have completed the registration process, your username and password will be sent to you, via electronic mail, for your use only.