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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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November 11, 2016
November is American Diabetes Month
November is American Diabetes Month Embed from Getty Images Add Health data include reports of diabetes status for three generations: the Add Health respondent, the...
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October 24, 2016
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Add Health provides valuable data related to intimate partner violence
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October 7, 2016
Journal of Adolescent Health features Add Health Research from Project Director and Investigators
Longitudinal relationships between binge drinking, marijuana use, and depressive symptoms
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