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2010 Add Health Data Users Conference

Ruth Kozar — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:47:01 +0000

The PRI Library has received announcement of the ninth Add Health Data User Conference, to be held July 22-23, 2010 in Bethesda, MD.

Restricted Add Health data contracts moving to ICPSR

Tara Murray — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:37:17 +0000

Restricted National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) data will soon be managed by the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).

Existing data contracts will not experience any interruption, but any requests for contract renewals or changes will be handled by ICPSR after Dec. 15, 2009. A moratorium on new contracts is in place from Oct. 30, 2009 to January 2010 when the new online restricted data request system is scheduled to be in place.

For more information, see the Add Health announcement. PRI researchers: please contact the data archivist if you have any questions.

Does marriage lead to weight gain?

Tara Murray — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:30:44 +0000

TIME Magazine features research by nutritionists using Add Health Romantic Pairs data showing that married people are much more likely than those who are dating to gain weight.

See also: The, N. S., & Gordon-Larsen, P. (2009). Entry into romantic partnership is associated with obesity. Obesity.

ICPSR Summer Program Workshop: Using Data for Analysis of Marriage and Family

Ruth Kozar — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:05:08 +0000

The PRI Library has received announcement of a summer program workshop to be held July 24-25, 2008.

Add Health Users Conference Call for Papers

Tara Murray — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:09:31 +0000

Users of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) are invited to submit abstracts for the eighth Add Health Users Conference, to be held July 24-25, 2008, in Bethesda, Maryland.

Add Health 2008 Users Conference

Tara Murray — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:58:55 +0000

The PRI Library has received an announcement from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) for the Add Health 2008 Users Conference.

Black young adults more likely to have HIV

Tara Murray — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 18:57:30 +0000

Analyses of Add Health data by Martina Morris and colleagues (published in the June 2006 issue of American Journal of Public Health) show that HIV infection is much more prevalent among blacks aged 19 to 24 than among their peers of other races (Reuters Health, June 8, 2006).

Older sibling can be bad influence

Tara Murray — Mon, 01 May 2006 18:04:31 +0000

Merely having an older sibling encourages risky behaviors, according to recent studies led by economist Susan Averett (USA Today, April 24, 2006). Averett analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health, and the National Educational Longitudinal Survey.

Ugly Criminals

Lisa Broniszewski — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 10:28:24 +0000

From NBER, a working paper using data from three waves of Add Health, find that being very attractive reduces a young adult’s (ages 18-26) propensity for criminal activity and being unattractive increases it for a number of crimes, ranging from burglary to selling drugs.

Healthy Behaviors Start in Youth

Lisa Broniszewski — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:47:59 +0000

National Institutes of Health News Releases: “Most Behaviors Preceding Major Causes of Preventable Death Have Begun By Young Adulthood.” This news release is based on the Add Health Data.