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 15, 2016
Add Health metadata now available on Maelstorm Research Repository
Maelstrom Research at McGill University has incorporated Add Health public-use data into a searchable metadata catalogue that will facilitate the identification of constructs and measures common across longitudinal...
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January 8, 2016
Health Benefits of Social Relationships
Add Health research featured in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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January 5, 2016
Add Health Research on young adult financial independence and living arrangements
Embed from Getty Images Add Health Researcher, Dr. Anna Manzoni, at North Carolina State University used Add Health data to conduct research on parental financial support and living...
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