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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December 16, 2014
Health Outcomes in Young Adults From Foster Care and Economically Diverse Backgrounds
Add Health research featured in Pediatrics
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November 21, 2014
Washington Post & ABC News feature Add Health research on network ecology and adolescent social structure
Using longitudinal friendship data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, as well as individual classroom data from the Classroom Engagement Study,...
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October 30, 2014
Change to the Add Health Study Name
Include the new study name, National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, in your Add Health publications Add Health has been renamed the National...
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