DOI: 10.3886/icpsr27030.v2
title: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), 1994-2008: Education Data [Restricted Use]
title: Version 2

description: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) is a longitudinal study of a nationally representative sample of adolescents in grades 7-12 in the United States during the 1994-1995 school year. The Add Health cohort has been followed into young adulthood with four in-home interviews, the most recent 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, providing unique opportunities to study how social environments and behaviors in adolescence are linked to health and achievement outcomes in young adulthood. The fourth wave of interviews expanded the collection of biological data in Add Health to understand the social, behavioral, and biological linkages in health trajectories as the Add Health cohort ages through adulthood. The files contained in this component of the Add Health project are from the Adolescent Health and Academic Achievement (AHAA) study and provide an opportunity to examine the effects of education on adolescent behavior, academic achievement, and cognitive and psychosocial development in the 1990s. The AHAA study contributes to the Add Health by providing the high school transcripts of Add Health Wave III sample members. The AHAA data provides indicators of (1) educational achievement, (2) course taking patterns, (3) curricular exposure, and (4) educational contexts within and between schools, all of which can be linked to the Add Health survey data. For more information, please see the study website.
description: The Adolescent Health and Academic Achievement (AHAA) study provides an opportunity to examine the effects of education on adolescent behavior, academic achievement, and cognitive and psychosocial development in the 1990s.
description: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: Performed consistency checks.; Standardized missing values.; Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes..
description: Datasets: 
 
 DS0: Study-Level Files 
 DS1: Wave III Education Data 
 DS2: Wave III Education Data, Academic Courses Component, English 
 DS3: Wave III Education Data, Academic Courses Component, Foreign Language 
 DS4: Wave III Education Data, Academic Courses Component, History and Social Sciences 
 DS5: Wave III Education Data, Academic Courses Component, Math, Science, and Overall 
 DS6: Wave III Education Data, Academic Courses Component, Physical Education 
 DS7: Wave III Education Data, Academic Networks, Course Overlap 94 
 DS8: Wave III Education Data, Academic Networks, Course Overlap 95 
 DS9: Wave III Education Data, Academic Networks, Local Positions 
 DS10: Wave III Education Data, Contextual Component, Common Core Data 
 DS11: Wave III Education Data, Contextual Component, United States Census Data 
 DS12: Wave III Education Data, Contextual Component, 1990 Census Data 
 DS13: Wave III Education Data, Contextual Component, Office of Civil Rights Data 
 DS14: Wave III Education Data, Postsecondary Contextual Component Data 
 DS15: Wave III Education Data, Contextual Component, Private School Survey 
 DS16: Wave III Education Data, Course-Level File, Edubasic 
 DS17: Wave III Education Data, Math Curriculum Component, Auxiliary 
 DS18: Wave III Education Data, Math Course-Level Curriculum Component 
 DS19: Wave III Education Data, Math Course-Level Curriculum Imputed Component 
 DS20: Wave III Education Data, Math Curriculum Component, Summary 
 DS21: Wave III Education Data, Science Curriculum Component, Auxiliary 
 DS22: Wave III Education Data, Science Course-Level Curriculum Component 
 DS23: Wave III Education Data, Science Course-Level Curriculum Imputed Component 
 DS24: Wave III Education Data, Science Curriculum Component, Summary 
 DS25: Wave III Education Data, Linking Component 
 DS26: Wave III Education Data, School Graduation Credit Requirements 
 DS27: Wave III Graduation Data 
 DS28: Wave III Education Data, Primary Component, School-Level Disposition Indicators 
 DS29: Wave III Education Data, Primary Component, School Characteristics 
 DS30: Wave III Education Data, Primary 
 DS31: Wave III Education Data, Transition 
 DS32: Wave III Education Data Weights 
 DS33: Add Health School Weights
description: audio computer-assisted self interview (ACASI), record abstracts, computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI), computer-assisted self interview (CASI), computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI), coded on-site observation, cognitive assessment test, face-to-face interview, paper and pencil interview (PAPI), self-enumerated questionnaire, on-site questionnaire, telephone interview 
2014-06-30 This study has been deaccessioned and is no longer distributed by ICPSR or DSDR.
 Author acknowledgement for each dataset in this study: DS1 Wave 3 Education Data Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Chandra Muller, Kenneth Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller; DS2 Wave 3 Education Data, Academic Courses Component, English Chandra Muller, Jennifer Pearson, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Kenneth A. Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller, R. Kelly Raley, Amy G. Langenkamp, Sarah Crissey, Anna Strassmann Mueller, Rebecca Callahan, Lindsey Wilkinson, Samuel Field; DS3 Wave 3 Education Data, Academic Courses Component, Foreign Language Chandra Muller, Jennifer Pearson, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Kenneth A. Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller, R. Kelly Raley, Amy G. Langenkamp, Sarah Crissey, Anna Strassmann Mueller, Rebecca Callahan, Lindsey Wilkinson, Samuel Field; DS4 Wave 3 Education Data, Academic Courses Component, History and Social Sciences Chandra Muller, Jennifer Pearson, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Kenneth A. Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller, R. Kelly Raley, Amy G. Langenkamp, Sarah Crissey, Anna Strassmann Mueller, Rebecca Callahan, Lindsey Wilkinson, Samuel Field; DS5 Wave 3 Education Data, Academic Courses Component, Math, Science, and Overall Chandra Muller, Jennifer Pearson, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Kenneth A. Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller, R. Kelly Raley, Amy G. Langenkamp, Sarah Crissey, Anna Strassmann Mueller, Rebecca Callahan, Lindsey Wilkinson, Samuel Field; DS6 Wave 3 Education Data, Academic Courses Component, Physical Education Chandra Muller, Jennifer Pearson, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Kenneth A. Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller, R. Kelly Raley, Amy G. Langenkamp, Sarah Crissey, Anna Strassmann Mueller, Rebecca Callahan, Lindsey Wilkinson, Samuel Field; DS7 Wave 3 Education Data, Academic Networks, Course Overlap 94 Chandra Muller, Jennifer Pearson, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Kenneth A. Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller, R. Kelly Raley, Amy G. Langenkamp, Sarah Crissey, Anna Strassmann Mueller, Rebecca Callahan, Lindsey Wilkinson, Samuel Field; DS8 Wave 3 Education Data, Academic Networks, Course Overlap 95 Chandra Muller, Jennifer Pearson, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Kenneth A. Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller, R. Kelly Raley, Amy G. Langenkamp, Sarah Crissey, Anna Strassmann Mueller, Rebecca Callahan, Lindsey Wilkinson, Samuel Field; DS9 Wave 3 Education Data, Academic Networks, Local Positions Chandra Muller, Jennifer Pearson, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Kenneth A. Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller, R. Kelly Raley, Amy G. Langenkamp, Sarah Crissey, Anna Strassmann Mueller, Rebecca Callahan, Lindsey Wilkinson, Samuel Field; DS10 Wave 3 Education Data, Contextual Component, Common Core Data Chandra Muller, Jennifer Pearson, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Kenneth A. Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller, R. Kelly Raley, Amy G. Langenkamp, Sarah Crissey, Anna Strassmann Mueller, Rebecca Callahan, Lindsey Wilkinson, Samuel Field; DS11 Wave 3 Education Data, Contextual Component, U.S. Census Data Chandra Muller, Jennifer Pearson, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Kenneth A. Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller, R. Kelly Raley, Amy G. Langenkamp, Sarah Crissey, Anna Strassmann Mueller, Rebecca Callahan, Lindsey Wilkinson, Samuel Field;  
 DS12 Wave 3 Education Data, Contextual Component, 1990 Census Data Chandra Muller, Jennifer Pearson, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Kenneth A. Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller, R. Kelly Raley, Amy G. Langenkamp, Sarah Crissey, Anna Strassmann Mueller, Rebecca Callahan, Lindsey Wilkinson, Samuel Field; DS13 Wave 3 Education Data, Contextual Component, Office of Civil Rights Data Chandra Muller, Jennifer Pearson, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Kenneth A. Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller, R. Kelly Raley, Amy G. Langenkamp, Sarah Crissey, Anna Strassmann Mueller, Rebecca Callahan, Lindsey Wilkinson, Samuel Field; DS14 Wave 3 Education Data, Postsecondary Contextual Component Data Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Chandra Muller, Eric Grodsky, Amy G. Langenkamp, Jennifer Pearson; DS15 Wave 3 Education Data, Contextual Component, Private School Survey Chandra Muller, Jennifer Pearson, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Kenneth A. Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller, R. Kelly Raley, Amy G. Langenkamp, Sarah Crissey, Anna Strassmann Mueller, Rebecca Callahan, Lindsey Wilkinson, Samuel Field; DS16 Wave 3 Education Data, Course-Level File, Edubasic Kathryn S. Schiller, Chandra Muller, William H. Schmidt, Richard Houang, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Pearson, Kenneth A. Frank; DS17 Wave 3 Education Data, Math Curriculum Component, Auxiliary Kathryn S. Schiller, Chandra Muller, William H. Schmidt, Richard Houang, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Pearson, Kenneth A. Frank; DS18 Wave 3 Education Data, Math Course-Level Curriculum Component Kathryn S. Schiller, Chandra Muller, William H. Schmidt, Richard Houang, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Pearson, Kenneth A. Frank; DS19 Wave 3 Education Data, Math Course-Level Curriculum Imputed Component Kathryn S. Schiller, Chandra Muller, William H. Schmidt, Richard Houang, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Pearson, Kenneth A. Frank; DS20 Wave 3 Education Data, Math Curriculum Component, Summary Kathryn S. Schiller, Chandra Muller, William H. Schmidt, Richard Houang, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Pearson, Kenneth A. Frank; DS21 Wave 3 Education Data, Science Curriculum Component, Auxiliary Kathryn S. Schiller, Chandra Muller, William H. Schmidt, Richard Houang, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Pearson, Kenneth A. Frank; DS22 Wave 3 Education Data, Science Course-Level Curriculum Component Kathryn S. Schiller, Chandra Muller, William H. Schmidt, Richard Houang, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Pearson, Kenneth A. Frank;  
 DS23 Wave 3 Education Data, Science Course-Level Curriculum Imputed Component Kathryn S. Schiller, Chandra Muller, William H. Schmidt, Richard Houang, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Pearson, Kenneth A. Frank; DS24 Wave 3 Education Data, Science Curriculum Component, Summary Kathryn S. Schiller, Chandra Muller, William H. Schmidt, Richard Houang, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Pearson, Kenneth A. Frank; DS25 Wave 3 Education Data, Linking Component Chandra Muller, Jennifer Pearson, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Kenneth A. Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller, R. Kelly Raley, Amy G. Langenkamp, Sarah Crissey, Anna Strassmann Mueller, Rebecca Callahan, Lindsey Wilkinson, Samuel Field; DS26 Wave 3 Education Data, School Graduation Credit Requirements Chandra Muller, Jennifer Pearson, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Kenneth A. Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller, R. Kelly Raley, Amy G. Langenkamp, Sarah Crissey, Anna Strassmann Mueller, Rebecca Callahan, Lindsey Wilkinson, Samuel Field; DS27 Wave 3 Graduation Data Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Chandra Muller, Kenneth Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller; DS28 Wave 3 Education Data, Primary Component, School-Level Disposition Indicators Chandra Muller, Jennifer Pearson, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Kenneth A. Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller, R. Kelly Raley, Amy G. Langenkamp, Sarah Crissey, Anna Strassmann Mueller, Rebecca Callahan, Lindsey Wilkinson, Samuel Field; DS29 Wave 3 Education Data, Primary Component, School Characteristics Chandra Muller, Jennifer Pearson, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Kenneth A. Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller, R. Kelly Raley, Amy G. Langenkamp, Sarah Crissey, Anna Strassmann Mueller, Rebecca Callahan, Lindsey Wilkinson, Samuel Field; DS30 Wave 3 Education Data, Primary Chandra Muller, Jennifer Pearson, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Kenneth A. Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller, R. Kelly Raley, Amy G. Langenkamp, Sarah Crissey, Anna Strassmann Mueller, Rebecca Callahan, Lindsey Wilkinson, Samuel Field; DS31 Wave 3 Education Data, Transition Chandra Muller, Jennifer Pearson, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Kenneth A. Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller, R. Kelly Raley, Amy G. Langenkamp, Sarah Crissey, Anna Strassmann Mueller, Rebecca Callahan, Lindsey Wilkinson, Samuel Field; DS32 Wave 3 Education Data Weights Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Chandra Muller, Kenneth Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller; DS33 Add Health School Weights Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Chandra Muller, Kenneth Frank, Kathryn S. Schiller;  
 Wave I and Wave II field work was conducted by the National Opinion Research Center of the University of Chicago. Wave III field work was conducted by the Research Triangle Institute.
description: Adolescents in grades 7-12 and their families.
description: Wave I, Stage 1 School sample: stratified, random sample of all high schools in the United States. A school was eligible for the sample if it included an 11th grade and had a minimum enrollment of 30 students. A feeder school, a school that sent graduates to the high school and that included a 7th grade, was also recruited from the community. Wave I, Stage 2: An in-home sample of 27,000 adolescents was drawn consisting of a core sample from each community plus selected special over samples. Eligibility for over samples was determined by an adolescent's responses on the In-School Questionnaire. Adolescents could qualify for more than one sample. In addition, parents were asked to complete a questionnaire about family and relationships. The Wave II in-home interview sample is the same as the Wave I in-home interview sample, with a few exceptions. Information about neighborhoods/communities was gathered from a variety of previously published databases. Wave III: The in-home Wave III sample consists of Wave I respondents who could be located and re-interviewed six years later. Wave III also collected High School Transcript Release Forms as well as samples of urine and saliva.