Data Resources

Research Data Available at Harvard Pop Center upon Approved Application

Harvard Pop Center offers access to nearly a dozen restricted datasets upon approved application.

If you are interested in applying for access to any datasets not available on Dataverse, please fill out the Secondary Data Interest Form. If you have any questions, please contact Elyse Jennings (ejennings@hsph.harvard.edu).

Dataset	Description	Data Years	Harvard-owned	Access
Add Health (National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health)	Most comprehensive, nationally-representative longitudinal study of 20,000+ adolescents in the US, including a vast array of survey and contextual data (demographic, social, socioeconomic, cognitive, and health information) and physical and biological data (genetic markers, blood-based assays, anthropometric measures, and medications)	1994–present	No	Available to HCPDS affiliates upon approved application

Dataset	Description	Data Years	Harvard-owned	Access
ChinaSP (China 1990 Census Two Percent Sample)	2% sample of the 1990 Census and covering the full census returns for every hundredth person and household (linked together)	1990	Yes	Available to HCPDS affiliates upon approved application

Dataset	Description	Data Years	Harvard-owned	Access
Eurostat	High-quality microdata on EU member states covering regional demographics, economy and finance, social conditions, industry, agriculture, international trade, transportation, environment and energy, and science and technology	1994–present	No	Available to HCPDS affiliates upon approved application

Dataset	Description	Data Years	Harvard-owned	Access
HAALSI (Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study in South Africa)	Longitudinal study on roughly 5,000 South Africans over age 40, including survey and laboratory data on cognition & dementia, cardiometabolic disease, HIV & treatment, public policies & health, and multimorbidities	2014–present	Yes	Available on Dataverse

Dataset	Description	Data Years	Harvard-owned	Access
HPACC (Global Health and Population Project on Access to Care for Cardiometabolic Diseases)	Nationally representative, population-based surveys on cardiometabolic health from over 1 million adults from 71 LMICs	2008–2019	No	Available on Dataverse

Dataset	Description	Data Years	Harvard-owned	Access
HRS (Health and Retirement Study)	Longitudinal panel study of nationally representative US adults aged 50+ surveyed every two years on aging, economics, occupations and employment, health and health care, cognition, living arrangements, demographics and relationships	Early 1990s–present	No	No datasets currently available, but can support HCPDS affiliates with applying for this data

Dataset	Description	Data Years	Harvard-owned	Access
NLSY (National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth)	Longitudinal study of nationally representative sample of 12,686 young men and women born in the US during the years 1957 through 1964. Data focuses on labor market activities and other significant life events.	1979–present	No	No datasets currently available, but can support HCPDS affiliates with applying for this data

Dataset	Description	Data Years	Harvard-owned	Access
PPIUD Study (Postpartum Intrauterine Device)	Initiative aimed to address the post-partum contraceptive needs of women by institutionalizing the practice of offering immediate post-partum Intra-Uterine Device services (IUD) in hospitals	2013–2020	No	Available on Dataverse

Dataset	Description	Data Years	Harvard-owned	Access
RISK Project (Resilience in Survivors of Katrina)	Longitudinal study of 1,019 low-income parents from New Orleans with waves of data collection both before and after Hurricane Katrina	2003–present	Yes	Available on Dataverse

Research Data Available at Harvard Pop Center upon Approved Application

Add Health (National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health) expand_more

ChinaSP (China 1990 Census Two Percent Sample) expand_more

Eurostat expand_more

HAALSI (Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study in South Africa) expand_more

HPACC (Global Health and Population Project on Access to Care for Cardiometabolic Diseases) expand_more

HRS (Health and Retirement Study) expand_more

NLSY (National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth) expand_more

PPIUD Study (Postpartum Intrauterine Device) expand_more

RISK Project (Resilience in Survivors of Katrina) expand_more

WFHS (Work, Family & Health Study) expand_more

WIE (Willows Impact Evaluation: Reproductive Health Study) expand_more