THREE INNOVATIVE DATA RESOURCES: EDSHARE, THE MULTIGENERATIONAL LONGITUDINAL PANEL, AND THE 1940 CENSUS
2024
New Data Resources for Aging Research
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Author Information
Author(s): Warren John
Primary Institution: University of Minnesota
Conclusion
Three innovative data resources have been developed to enhance the study of early life factors on later life health and cognition.
Supporting Evidence
- The EdSHARe project repurposes historical studies to focus on health and aging.
- The MLP includes extensive U.S. census records from 1850 to 2020.
- Records from various aging surveys are linked to the 1940 Census.
Takeaway
Researchers now have new tools to study how things from our childhood, like education, affect our health when we get older.
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