The Add Health Parent Study, a Duke Population Research Institute (DuPRI) and Carolina Population Center (CPC) collaborative data collection initiative, funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), has gathered social, behavioral, and health survey data in 2015-2017 on a probability sample of the parents of the Add Health parents who were originally interviewed in 1995. Data for 2,013 Wave I parents, ranging in age from 50-80 years and representing 2,247 Add Health sample members, are available. Additionally, 988 current spouse/partner interviews are available.
The survey interview is a comprehensive survey of Add Health parents’ family relations, education, religious beliefs, physical and mental health, social support, and community involvement experiences. In addition, survey data contains cognitive assessments, a medications log linked to a medications database lookup table, and household financial information collection. The survey also includes permission for GPS data linkage, Medicare/Medicaid data linkages and housing data linkages and includes data from a Family Health History Leave-Behind questionnaire. Interviews were conducted with parents’ spouse/partner when available.
The Add Health Parent Study restricted-use data is now available through the Add Health Restricted-Use Data Contract. You can apply for these data through the CPC Data Portal.