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Harlem Longitudinal Study of Urban Black Youth, 1968-1994

Harvard Dataverse (Africa Rice Center, Bioversity International, CCAFS, CIAT, IFPRI, IRRI and WorldFish)

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Title Harlem Longitudinal Study of Urban Black Youth, 1968-1994
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/5WJKZL
 
Creator Ann F. Brunswick
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description This 26-year longitudinal study, begun in 1968, involved the collection of a broad array of data concerning physical, psychological, and social aspects of health among a representative community sample of urban African-American adolescents. More specifically, the study aimed to determine the extent and direction of change in health status among African-American adolescents and youth; to identify the health problems most subject to change; to examine the initiation process and prevalence of drug use among African-American adolescents; to assess the impact of possible mediating variables such as family background characteristics, role attainment, social influences and psychosocial attitudes on drug use; and to examine the ways in which drug use affects the expected sequence of health, growth, and development.



The community representative sample consisted of 668 African-American male (351) and female (317) participants ranging from 12 to 18 years of age, and residing in Central Harlem, New York City. The sample was gathered based on an area probability sampling of housing units in the designated area.


Data were collected in 1968-1970, 1975-1976, 1983-1984, 1989-1990, and 1993-1994. During the 1983-1984 follow-up data collection emphasized patterns of nonmedical drug use and the effects of those patterns on subsequent health. Data collection during the 1989-1990 follow-up shifted focus to HIV-related issues including knowledge of its existence, attitudes toward HIV-infected people, and risk behaviors. Blood specimens was included in the final two waves of data collection. Variables assessed included health (physical, psycho-physical, and emotional, self-attitudes, aspirations, expectations, and actual educational achievement); patterns of non-medical drug-use; and HIV-related issues.



The Murray Research Archive has numeric file data for five waves of data collection. The contributor will not allow the sample to be followed up by researchers affiliated with the Murray Archive.
 
Subject Social Sciences
 
Type longitudinal, survey