Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN): Visit 04 Dataset, [United States], 2000-2002 (ICPSR 30142)

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Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, University of Pittsburgh; Faith Selzer, University of Pittsburgh; MaryFran, R. (Mary Frances Roy) Sowers, University of Michigan; Robert Neer, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Lynda Powell, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center; Ellen B. Gold, University of California, Davis; Gail Greendale, University of California, Los Angeles; Gerson Weiss, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; Karen A. Matthews, University of Pittsburgh; Sonja McKinlay, New England Research Institutes

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR30142.v4

Version V4 ()

  • V4 [2019-05-15]
  • V3 [2018-09-24] unpublished
  • V1 [2014-02-13] unpublished
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The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) is a multi-site longitudinal, epidemiologic study designed to examine the health of women during their middle years. The study examines the physical, biological, psychological, and social changes during this transitional period. The goal of SWAN's research is to help scientists, health care providers and women learn how mid-life experiences affect health and quality of life during aging. The data include questions about doctor visits, medical conditions, medications, treatments, medical procedures, relationships, smoking, and menopause related information such as age at pre-, peri- and post-menopause, self-attitudes, feelings, and common physical problems associated with menopause.

The study is co-sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health. The study began in 1994. Between 2000 and 2002, 2,679 of the 3,302 women that joined SWAN were seen for their second follow-up visit. The research centers are located in the following communities: Boston, Massachusetts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Oakland and Los Angeles, California, Detroit, Michigan, Newark, New Jersey and Chicago, Illinois. SWAN participants represent five racial/ethnic groups and a variety of backgrounds and cultures.

Sutton-Tyrrell, Kim, Selzer, Faith, Sowers, MaryFran, R. (Mary Frances Roy), Neer, Robert, Powell, Lynda, Gold, Ellen B., … McKinlay, Sonja. Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN): Visit 04 Dataset, [United States], 2000-2002. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-05-15. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR30142.v4

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United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health (NR004061), United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Aging (AG012495, AG012505, AG012539, AG012546, AG012553, AG012554), United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Nursing Research (AG012535), United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. Office of Research on Women's Health (AG012531)

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2000-03-01 -- 2002-01-31
2000-03-01 -- 2002-01-31
  1. Using the variable SWANID, this dataset can be linked with the SWAN Cross-Sectional Screener Data (ICPSR 04368), Baseline Data (ICPSR 28762), Visit 1 Data (ICPSR 29221), Visit 2 Data (ICPSR 29401), Visit 3 Data (ICPSR 29701), Visit 5 Data (ICPSR 30501), Visit 6 Data (ICPSR 31181), Visit 7 Data (ICPSR 31901), Visit 8 Data (ICPSR 32122), Visit 9 Data (ICPSR 32721), and Visit 10 Data (ICPSR 32961).

  2. For more information, visit the SWAN study website.
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Site-specific sampling frames were used and encompassed a range of types, including lists of households, telephone numbers, and individual names of women.

Longitudinal: Panel

Middle-aged women in the United States.

Individual, household

16,065 completed the screening interview. 3,302 were enrolled in the longitudinal study. 2,881 completed the first follow-up visit. 2,748 completed the second follow-up visit. 2,710 completed the third follow-up visit. 2,679 completed the fourth follow-up visit.

Raw data can be used to create CES-D and SF-36 scores. The East Boston Memory Test, Symbol Digits Modalities Test, and the Digits Backward Test are also available.

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2011-02-01

2019-05-15 This data collection has been enhanced in the following ways. The title of the study was updated to match current ICPSR standards. Variable labels have been revised to spell out abbreviations and acronyms, and to correct prior misspellings. The variables in the dataset have also been reordered to match the documentation provided by the Principal Investigator. A fuller version of the question text pertaining to individual variables was completed, and now available in the ICPSR codebook. An additional document was included in this release that lists all the publications based off of the SWAN data series. Lastly, the study is now available for online analysis.

2018-09-24 The data collection was updated with revised missing values provided by the P.I.

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:

  • Sutton-Tyrrell, Kim, Faith Selzer, MaryFran, R. (Mary Frances Roy) Sowers, Robert Neer, Lynda Powell, Ellen B. Gold, Gail Greendale, Gerson Weiss, Karen A. Matthews, and Sonja McKinlay. Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN): Visit 04 Dataset, [United States], 2000-2002. ICPSR30142-v4. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-05-15. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR30142.v4

2014-02-13 This data collection is now publicly available.

2011-02-01 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Created variable labels and/or value labels.
  • Created online analysis version with question text.
  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

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  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

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This study is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA), the aging program within ICPSR. NACDA is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Heath (NIH).