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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February 23, 2024
Abstracts due February 29 for 2024 Add Health Users Conference
The abstract submission deadline for the 2024 Add Health Users Conference is fast approaching. While any papers using Add Health data including both substantive and...
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February 22, 2024
Dr. Kathleen Mullan Harris Awarded Infrastructure Prize for Sociology 2023 by the Kohli Foundation
The Kohli Foundation for Sociology awarded Dr. Kathleen Mullan Harris the prestigious Infrastructure Prize for Sociology 2023 for her work on Add Health. The Kohli...
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November 17, 2023
Submit Your Abstract for the 2024 Add Health Users Conference
Add Health is now accepting abstracts for the 2024 Users Conference. Any papers using Add Health data are welcome, include both substantive & methodological topics....
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