National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), 1994-2008 [Public Use]

A Data Guide for this study is available as a web page and for download. The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), 1994-2008 [Public Use] is a longitudinal study of a nationally representative sample of U.S. adolescents in grades 7 through 12 during the 1994-1995 school year. The Add Health cohort was followed into young adulthood with four in-home interviews, the most recent conducted in 2008 when the sample was aged 24-32. Add Health combines longitudinal survey data on respondents' social, economic, psychological, and physical well-being with contextual data on the family, neighborhood, community, school, friendships, peer groups, and romantic relationships. Add Health Wave I data collection took place between September 1994 and December 1995, and included both an in-school questionnaire and in-home interview. The in-school questionnaire was administered to more than 90,000 students in grades 7 through 12, and gathered information on social and demographic characteristics of adolescent respondents, education and occupation of parents, household structure, expectations for the future, self-esteem, health status, risk behaviors, friendships, and school-year extracurricular activities. All students listed on a sample school's roster were eligible for selection into the core in-home interview sample. In-home interviews included topics such as health status, health-facility utilization, nutrition, peer networks, decision-making processes, family composition and dynamics, educational aspirations and expectations, employment experience, romantic and sexual partnerships, substance use, and criminal activities. A parent, preferably the resident mother, of each adolescent respondent interviewed in Wave I was also asked to complete an interviewer-assisted questionnaire covering topics such as inheritable health conditions, marriages and marriage-like relationships, neighborhood characteristics, involvement in volunteer, civic, and school activities, health-affecting behaviors, education and employment, household income and economic assistance, parent-adolescent communication and interaction, parent's familiarity with the adolescent's friends and friends' parents. Add Health data collection recommenced for Wave II from April to August 1996, and included almost 15,000 follow-up in-home interviews with adolescents from Wave I. Interview questions were generally similar to Wave I, but also included questions about sun exposure and more detailed nutrition questions. Respondents were asked to report their height and weight during the course of the interview, and were also weighed and measured by the interviewer. From August 2001 to April 2002, Wave III data were collected through in-home interviews with 15,170 Wave I respondents (now 18 to 26 years old), as well as interviews with their partners. Respondents were administered survey questions designed to obtain information about family, relationships, sexual experiences, childbearing, and educational histories, labor force involvement, civic participation, religion and spirituality, mental health, health insurance, illness, delinquency and violence, gambling, substance abuse, and involvement with the criminal justice system. High School Transcript Release Forms were also collected at Wave III, and these data comprise the Education Data component of the Add Health study. Wave IV in-home interviews were conducted in 2008 and 2009 when the original Wave I respondents were 24 to 32 years old. Longitudinal survey data were collected on the social, economic, psychological, and health circumstances of respondents, as well as longitudinal geographic data. Survey questions were expanded on educational transitions, economic status and financial resources and strains, sleep patterns and sleep quality, eating habits and nutrition, illnesses and medications, physical activities, emotional content and quality of current or most recent romantic/cohabiting/marriage relationships, and maltreatment during childhood by caregivers. Dates and circumstances of key life events occurring in young adulthood were also recorded, including a complete marriage and cohabitation history, full pregnancy and fertility histories from both men and women, an educational history of dates of degrees and school attendance, contact with the criminal justice system, military service, and v

本研究的《数据指南》以网页形式提供，并可下载。国家青少年至成人健康纵向研究（Add Health），1994-2008[公共使用版]是一项针对1994-1995学年美国7至12年级全国代表性样本青少年的纵向研究。Add Health队列在青年期进行了四次家庭访谈，最近一次访谈于2008年进行，当时样本年龄在24至32岁之间。Add Health将受访者社会、经济、心理和身体健康方面的纵向调查数据与家庭、邻里、社区、学校、友谊、同伴群体和恋爱关系等背景数据相结合。Add Health Wave I数据收集于1994年9月至1995年12月之间进行，包括校内问卷和家庭访谈。校内问卷针对超过9万名7至12年级学生进行，收集了青少年受访者的社会和人口统计特征、父母的教育和职业、家庭结构、对未来期望、自尊、健康状况、风险行为、友谊和学年课外活动等信息。名单上的所有学生均有资格被选入核心家庭访谈样本。家庭访谈涵盖了诸如健康状况、医疗机构利用、营养、同伴网络、决策过程、家庭构成与动态、教育抱负和期望、就业经验、恋爱和性伙伴关系、物质使用和犯罪活动等主题。在Wave I中，每位受访的青少年父母，最好是居住的母亲，还被要求完成由访谈员协助的问卷，内容涉及遗传性健康条件、婚姻和类似婚姻的关系、邻里特征、参与志愿者、公民和学校活动、影响健康的行为、教育和工作、家庭收入和经济援助、父母与青少年之间的沟通和互动、父母对青少年朋友及其朋友父母的了解等。Add Health Wave II数据收集从1996年4月至8月重新开始，包括约1.5万名Wave I青少年的后续家庭访谈。访谈问题通常与Wave I相似，但也包括了关于日照和更详细的营养问题。受访者被要求在访谈过程中报告自己的身高和体重，同时访谈员也会进行体重和测量。从2001年8月至2002年4月，Wave III数据通过家庭访谈收集了15,170名Wave I受访者（当时18至26岁）及其伴侣的信息。受访者接受了旨在获取有关家庭、关系、性经历、生育和教育历史、劳动力参与、公民参与、宗教和精神、心理健康、医疗保险、疾病、违法行为和暴力、赌博、物质滥用以及与刑事司法系统接触的调查问题。在Wave III中，还收集了高中成绩单发布表格，这些数据构成了Add Health研究的教育数据组件。Wave IV家庭访谈于2008年和2009年进行，当时原始Wave I受访者年龄在24至32岁之间。收集了关于受访者社会、经济、心理和健康状况的纵向调查数据以及纵向地理数据。调查问题扩展到了教育过渡、经济状况和财务资源及压力、睡眠模式和睡眠质量、饮食习惯和营养、疾病和药物、身体活动、当前或最近恋爱/同居/婚姻关系的情感内容和质量，以及童年时期照顾者的虐待情况。还记录了青年期发生的关键生活事件的日期和情况，包括完整的婚姻和同居历史、男女双方的完整怀孕和生育历史、学位和学校出勤的教育历史、与刑事司法系统的接触、军事服务，以及……