The SPPD is a compilation of annual data on state policies and politics that are particularly relevant for population health. The SPPD includes several categories of policies, including labor and economic policies, social safety net policies, and behavior-related policies, as well as the political ideology of states’ government and citizens. In V1.3, most variables are available annually from 1980 through 2023 or 2024. The SPPD is funded by the NIA P30 Center for Aging and Policy Studies. It can be accessed as a stand-alone dataset (https://asi.syr.edu/caps/data-resources/) and it can merged with geocoded survey datasets such as the HRS, PSID, and NHATS through the Virtual Data Enclave at the University of Michigan (see https://micda.isr.umich.edu/enclave/).
