Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging
Initiatives
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To identify genetic as well as environmental influences that contribute to an individual's motivation and ability to create and maintain social support systems during the second half of the life course; combined twin/adoption.
- Start Year
- 1987
- End Year
- 2010
- Funding
- National Institute of Aging, The MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Aging, Swedish Research Council and the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- The questionnaires were sent again at 3 year intervals in 1987, 1990, 1993 and after a break again in 2004, 2007, and 2010.
- Supplementary Information
- https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/3843/datadocumentation
Marker Paper
Bergeman CS, Plomin R, Pedersen NL, McClearn GE, Nesselroade JR. Genetic and environmental influences on social support: the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging. J Gerontol. 1990;45(3):P101-P106. doi:10.1093/geronj/45.3.p101; Ericsson M, Lundholm C, Fors S, et al. Childhood social class and cognitive aging in the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017;114(27):7001-7006. doi:10.1073/pnas.1620603114
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Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
- Families
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 2,000
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- 2,000 twins.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Availability of access information
On the study website : https://ki.se/en/meb/satsa-the-swedish-adoption...