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A compelling literature substantiates that our social worlds have significant and far-reaching effects onhealth and well-being throughout life. Yet, few studies of social factors and their effects on health have beenembedded within the twin design. Towards this end, we have initiated a new twin study on social factors andhealth which will investigate the genetic and environmental influences on social environments, and explorehow social environments mediate these influences on physical and mental health. Herein, we describe thestudy sample, response rates and measures. Twins born 1935-1960 were invited to complete a questionnaireand these data were supplemented with information on cardiovascular disease and cancer through linkage tonational health registries. Among the 10655 twins who were contacted, responses were received from 5446individuals (1989 pairs and 1468 single responders). The subsample of pairs where both twins responded includes1004 identical (MZ) pairs and 985 fraternal (DZ) pairs. The overall individual and pairwise responserates were 51% and 37%, respectively. The average age is 61.54 years, 56.1% of the responders are femaleand 46.1% are identical twins. MZ twins were more likely to participate than DZ twins. Sex and age effectswere statistically significant for many of the psychosocial measures and for measures of support and strainin the social network. There were no differences in the social networks between twins in pairs where bothtwins responded and twins in pairs where only one twin responded.

Social Factors and Health: Description of a new Norwegian twin study