Social, Behavioral, and Biological Linkages Across the Life Course
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The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) is a longitudinal study of a nationally representative sample of over 20,000 adolescents who were in grades 7-12 during the 1994-95 school year, and have been followed for five waves to date, most recently in 2016-18. Over the years, Add Health has collected rich demographic, social, familial, socioeconomic, behavioral, psychosocial, cognitive, and health survey data from participants and their parents; a vast array of contextual data from participants’ schools, neighborhoods, and geographies of residence; and in-home physical and biological data from participants, including genetic markers, blood-based assays, anthropometric measures, and medications. Ancillary studies have added even more data over the years. Data from the project are available in various forms and have been analyzed in thousands of publications in peer-reviewed journals.
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July 14, 2022
2022 Add Health Users Conference Presentations
Thank you to all our amazing staff, presenters, moderators, and attendees for making the 2022 Add Health Users Conference a huge success! We had a...
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June 9, 2022
2022 Add Health Users Conference Final Agenda
The final agenda for the 2022 Add Health Users Conference is now available. The conference program features over 40 presentations by investigators who are conducting...
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April 20, 2022
Add Health Director, Dr. Robert Hummer, contributes op-ed in “The Hill”
“America’s kids are not all right — we need urgent action to save young lives,” the title of a recent op-ed in The Hill by Add...
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