Questions about Add Health
- How do I subscribe to the Add Health list server?
- How do I determine whether other Add Health researchers are working on the same research that I am interested in doing?
- How do I briefly describe the Add Health sample design?
- How do I cite the Add Health research design information found on the Web site?
- What acknowledgment should be included in each written report or other publication based on analysis of data from Add Health?
- Regarding the new NIH Public Access Policy, should we include the Add Health grant when our papers are entered into the NIHMS system?
- How do I cite the Add Health contractual data?
- How do I obtain a copy of the monograph "Reducing the Risk: Connections That Make a Difference in the Lives of Youth"?
How do I subscribe to the Add Health list server?
Information about Add Health will be distributed through the Add Health list server. To subscribe to the list, email Add Health and request that you be added to the list.
How do I determine whether other Add Health researchers are working on the same research that I am interested in doing?
First, search the up-to-date Add Health publication list for other work on the same topic. To contact an author working in the same research area, use the Author Contact Information. Then, send the question to the Add Health interactive list server. In order to post to the list, you must be a member. To subscribe to the list, send e-mail to:
and in the body of the message put:
subscribe addhealth2 <firstname lastname>
How do I briefly describe the Add Health sample design?
A sample of 80 high schools and 52 middle schools from the US was selected with unequal probability of selection. Incorporating systematic sampling methods and implicit stratification into the Add Health study design ensured this sample is representative of US schools with respect to region of country, urbanicity, school size, school type, and ethnicity.
How do I cite the Add Health research design information found on the Web site?
To reference the research design of Add Health data, please use the following citation:
Harris, K.M., C.T. Halpern, E. Whitsel, J. Hussey, J. Tabor, P. Entzel, and J.R. Udry. 2009. The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health: Research Design [WWW document]. URL: http://www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/addhealth/design.
What acknowledgment should be included in each written report or other publication based on analysis of data from Add Health?
The Add Health contract and data use agreement require that the following be included:
This research uses data from Add Health, a program project designed by J. Richard Udry, Peter S. Bearman, and Kathleen Mullan Harris, and funded by a grant P01-HD31921 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, with cooperative funding from 17 other agencies. Special acknowledgment is due Ronald R. Rindfuss and Barbara Entwisle for assistance in the original design. Persons interested in obtaining data files from Add Health should contact Add Health, Carolina Population Center, 123 W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-2524 (addhealth@unc.edu). No direct support was received from grant P01-HD31921 for this analysis.
Note: Use of this acknowledgment requires no further permission from the persons named.
Regarding the new NIH Public Access Policy, should we include the Add Health grant when our papers are entered into the NIHMS system?
If you have not received direct support from the Add Health Program Project, please use the following acknowledgment statement to satisfy the requirements of the new NIH Public Access Policy:
This research uses data from Add Health, a program project designed by J. Richard Udry, Peter S. Bearman, and Kathleen Mullan Harris, and funded by a grant P01-HD31921 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, with cooperative funding from 17 other agencies. Special acknowledgment is due Ronald R. Rindfuss and Barbara Entwisle for assistance in the original design. Persons interested in obtaining data files from Add Health should contact Add Health, Carolina Population Center, 123 W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-2524 (addhealth@unc.edu). No direct support was received from grant P01-HD31921 for this analysis.
How do I cite the Add Health contractual data?
The recommended citation for the Add Health contractual data set is:
Harris, Kathleen Mullan. 2009. The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), Waves I & II, 1994–1996; Wave III, 2001–2002; Wave IV, 2007-2009 [machine-readable data file and documentation]. Chapel Hill, NC: Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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How do I obtain a copy of the monograph "Reducing the Risk: Connections That Make a Difference in the Lives of Youth"?
You may view the monograph online or obtain a printed copy by sending an email
or letter to:
Reducing the Risk
Adolescent Health Program
University of Minnesota
Box 721, UMHC
420 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55445
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