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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February 13, 2023
Warts and all: successes and failures in population health grant writing
Former Add Health Director, Dr. Kathleen Mullan Harris, will join panelists to speak at the Interdisciplinary Association of Population Health (IAPHS) webinar, “Warts and All:...
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February 6, 2023
Dr. Robert Hummer speaks at the UCLA California Center for Population Research
Add Health Director, Dr. Robert Hummer, will be giving a seminar at the UCLA California Center for Population Health on Wednesday, February 8th, from 12:00...
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November 3, 2022
New Data Release
Add Health has released the following data for contract users: Wave V Hepatic Injury This file contains constructed measures designed to facilitate analysis and interpretation...
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