National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health)

Overview
Designed to study how social environments and behaviors in adolescence are linked to health outcomes. Link/Data

Components

  • Wave I – includes parents
  • Wave II- includes survey of school administration
  • Wave III – includes survey of romantic partners
  • Wave IV

Population
US, adolescents. 10-21 years old at the beginning of study.

Cost
$0

Clearance?
Yes. Restricted data: IRB- approved security plan, data use contract

Years Available
1994-2008

Linked Datasets
No

Study Type
Longitudinal

File Types
ASCII, SAS, SPSS, Stata, TSV
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