TABLE 3—

Potential Data Sets for Examining the Role of Stigma in Population Health

Data Set	Description	Sample of Stigma Characteristics Assessed	Potential Outcomes
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, 1996–2008	Nationally representative, prospective cohort study of youths, 4 waves of data, wave 1 n = 20 745	Sexual orientation, minority racial/ethnic status, overweight/obesity, HIV/AIDS, disability	Educational attainment, economic resources, social relationships, health behaviors, early biomarkers of disease
Growing Up Today Study, 1996–2010	Prospective cohort study of US adolescents, wave 1 n = 16 882	Sexual orientation, overweight/obesity, mental illness, perceived social status	Mental health, health behaviors, global self-worth, perceived competence and self-mastery, social relationships (e.g., bullying)
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III and its Mortality File; 1988–1994	Retrospective cohort study, probability-based survey, representative of civilian, noninstitutionalized US population, n = 16 716	Sexual orientation, overweight/obesity, minority racial/ethnic status, HIV/AIDS	All-cause and cause-specific mortality, health behaviors, self-rated health
General Social Survey/National Death Index, 1972–2008	Derived from a nationally representative sample of noninstitutionalized US population, n = 33 053	Sexual orientation, minority racial/ethnic status, disability, mental illness	All-cause and cause-specific mortality, educational attainment, self-rated health
Enhancing Recovery for Coronary Heart Disease Patients, 1996–2001	Randomized controlled trial aimed at improving social support and reducing depression in patients after myocardial infarction, 8 clinical centers and 80 hospitals across the United States, n = 2481	Minority racial/ethnic status, mental illness, disability (health-related quality of life)	Reinfarction and all-cause mortality, social support, major depression, perceived stress, self-efficacy