Research project REWHARD

REWHARD aims to advance research on how activities (especially paid and unpaid work) and social relations (in both work and family life) are linked to living conditions, lifestyle and health development across the life course. These processes extend over decades and across generations, which calls for data with an exceptionally stable scientific, administrative and financial basis. REWHARD thus endeavours to create a national infrastructure to ensure the long-term survival, development and use of eight complementary, high- quality prospective databases with multiple repeat measurements (self-reported and register-based) of exposures and outcomes from childhood to old age for, to date, up to 12 million individuals: SLOSH, LNU, SWEOLD, IMAS, STODS, NOSCO, SPHC, and UCLS-ES.

The consortium is led by a board and coordinated by an executive group of database PIs supported by an administrative office. The main activities in each database are collection and curation of data. REWHARD will coordinate meta-data documentation and harmonisation, provide a single web portal for users, offer support, and build a platform for academic cross-fertilisation. REWHARD will also support methodological development, e.g. in relation to non-response, and provide expertise on legal and ethical matters. In accordance with all applicable legislation and research ethics, we will ensure the widest possible accessibility of the data for the research community without compromising participant privacy.