Women's Health Datasets on the Web
If you are looking for research data on Women's Health, this is the place to start. We have combed through the web and have tried to incorporate all the known links to publicly available data concerning women's health. Currently, the data is primarily for the United States, although some of the data sets listed contain international data as well. There are still many data sets available, but we feel we have listed the most interesting. If you have any comments about this page or feel that we have missed an important site, please contact us.
Datasets located within PRI (the links below are for external users)
- Tremin Research Program on Women's Health - will be publicly available soon. This data set is a rich sorce of menstruation cycles since the 1930's. But this is only the tip of the iceberg, please click on the link and check it out yourself.
- CPS - numerous years and supplements available at DataFerrett TOPICS: Employment, Unemployment, Earnings, Educational Attainment, Income, Poverty, Health Insurance coverage, Job Experience and Tenure, School Enrollment, Voting and Registration, Computer Usage, Internet Usage, Veterans
- NLS Mature Women and Young Women
- National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) 1973-2002 -- available at NCHS TOPICS: pregnancy, prenatal care, breastfeeding, contraception, infertility, education, work history, child care, religion, income, and demographics.
- National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - 1997-2004 data available at DataFerrett and NCHS TOPICS: chronic conditions, income, etc.. (see NCHS for more detail).
- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) - available at NCHS TOPICS: bone mineral density, food security, health insurance, housing characteristics, income, pesticide use, smoking, demographics, medical conditions (diabetes, diet, blood pressure, etc...), reproductive health, physical exercise, menstruation events, and much more. In future releases of NHANES, the survey will be integrated with the Continuing Survey of Food Intake by Individuals (CSFII) to form the National Food and Nutrition Survey (NFNS).
- Health and Nutrition Examination Survey II, 1976-1980: Health History Supplement Ages 12-74 Years - available at ICPSR and NCHS -- besides the health and nutrition of the participants, this dataset includes information on menstruation and general demographics
- Age at Menarche of Poor Viennese Women, 1907 - available at ICPSR - Abstract
- Second Malaysian Family Life Survey: 1988 Interviews - available at ICPSR - Abstract
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard - Murray Research Center
The Radcliffe site focuses on qualitative data and mental health. You must register to use the data.
- Longitudinal Study of the Occupational Stress and Health of Women Licensed Practical Nurses and Licensed Social Workers - Abstract
- Women in the Middle Years - Abstract
- McBeath Institute Aging Women Project - Abstract
- Stress and Families Project - Abstract
- Longitudinal Study of Dual-Earner Couples - Abstract
- Friendships of Older Women: Changes Over Time - Abstract
- Unemployed Blue Collar Women - Abstract
- Women in Nontraditional and Traditional Blue Collar Occupations - Abstract
- Women and Unemployment - Abstract
- Two Generations of College-Educated Women: The Postparental Phase of the Life Cycle - Abstract
- Life Histories of Women in Prison - Abstract
- Health and Personal Styles - Abstract
- Americans View Their Mental Health - Abstract
- Women in the Trades - Abstract
- Women in Clerical Work: The Impacts of Job Conditions - Abstract
- National Lesbian Health Care Survey - Abstract
- Longitudinal Study of the Life Patterns of College-Educated Women - Abstract
- Effect of the Welfare Woman's Working on Her Family - Abstract
- Woman's Day Survey - Abstract
- Stress and Illness Among Managers: Sex Differences and Other Moderators - Abstract
- National Survey of Black Americans - Abstract
Datasets available on the web - information only, no free data (as of May 2001)
- National Survey of Women, 1991 -- distributed by Sociometrics
- Commonwealth Fund's Survey of Women's Health - Telephone interview survey conducted in 1995 and 1998. Download the questionnaire in PDF format.
- Heart Disease Mortality Among Women (CDC): Area Resource File, STF3a, National Vital Statistics System (NCHS), American Medical Association Physician Master File, County Hospital File, Population estimates from the Census Bureau, and the 1990 Special Tabulation on Aging
- WOMEN'S HEALTH INITIATIVE - very similar to Tremin Research Program on Women's Health - "...address the most common causes of death, disability and impaired quality of life in postmenopausal women". It's a 15 year study starting in 1993. Participants are over the age of 50.
components:
1. a randomized controlled clinical trial of promising but unproven approaches to prevention;
2. an observational study to identify predictors of disease;
3. a study of community approaches to developing healthful behaviors.
emailed the WHI to see if they have any plans to release the data.
- WHO MONICA Project - "Quality Assessment of Data on Menopausal Status and Hormones" This is an international dataset
- Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) - study of the menopausal transition, "...impact of hormonal changes, particularly estrogen changes, on health outcomes such as cognitive and physical functioning."
- Massachusetts Women's Health Study - researcher, Sonya McKinley; Co-investigator, Dr. Avis (Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine)
Other Web Sites (as of January 2002)
- Women's Health Data Book by the Kaiser Family Foundation
Composed by: Lisa Broniszewski
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