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User Guides

Detailed documentation designed to help users understand the study design, data sets, and guidelines for analyzing the data.

Codebooks

PDF codebooks for coding responses and documenting the layout and code definitions of the data files.

Add Health Navigator

Metadata discovery tool to explore and create custom codebooks, as well as provide a wave to wave variable comparison for Waves I-VI.

Public-Use Data Sets

Access and download the public use codebooks and data sets which contain a reduced sample size (Waves I-V).

Restricted-Use Data Sets

Access the data sets available via restricted-use contract, renew contract, add researchers, and transfer or terminate contract. Data linkages are not allowable with a restricted-use contract.

Ancillary Studies

Submit an application to add new contextual or biological data to the Add Health data sets, including data linkages.

August 2, 2024

Add Health Study featured in The Guardian

A recent article published by The Guardian references a study conducted by Add Health Deputy Director, Dr. Allison Aiello, and fellow researchers exploring the impacts...
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June 18, 2024

2024 Users Conference On-site Information

Check in: Beginning at 8:00AM on June 17th, you can sign in at the registration desk to receive your name badge and conference materials. The...
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June 13, 2024

New Data Release – Wave V Contextual Despair

The following data are now available to Add Health contract researchers.  Wave V Contextual Despair This contextual data set focuses on the social, political, and...
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