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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January 19, 2017
Volunteering in adolescence may reduce crime involvement in adulthood
Findings from Add Health in Injury Epidemiology
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December 22, 2016
Add Health in Social Science Research: Family environments and cohabitation
Embed from Getty Images Using Add Health data, Dr. Thorsen investigated how an adolescent’s family environment may influence when they enter into a...
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December 1, 2016
Add Health research featured in Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Childhood trauma, adulthood prescription pain reliever misuse and injection drug use
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