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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August 30, 2019
Interracial Romance and Friendship in Adolescence and Adulthood
Add Health data used to discover insights about interracial relationship formation
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May 9, 2019
Mothers’ social norms influence youth outcomes
Add Health data used to determine how social norms and social connections vary by gender and across groups to influence specific health outcomes
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April 16, 2019
“Deaths of Despair” may be a problem across generations and demographics
Research featuring Add Health Wave V data
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