This dataset contains health outcome (depressive symptoms defined by CES-D 10), neighborhood greenery (percent tree cover within 500m and 2000m from residences), historical HOLC grades, and sociodemographic factors (age, race/ethnicity, marital status, education, employment status, income, use of depression medication) for 3555 Sister Study participants. This dataset is not publicly accessible because: EPA cannot release personally identifiable information regarding living individuals, according to the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This dataset contains information about human research subjects. Because there is potential to identify individual participants and disclose personal information, either alone or in combination with other datasets, individual level data are not appropriate to post for public access. Restricted access may be granted to authorized persons by contacting the party listed. It can be accessed through the following means: Please submit data request through https://sisterstudy.niehs.nih.gov/English/coll-data.htm. Format: The Sister Study data are released in SAS format.

This dataset is associated with the following publication: Tsai, W., M. Nash, D. Rosenbaum, S. Prince, A. D'Aloisio, M. Mehaffey, D. Sandler, T. Buckley, and A. Neale. Association of Redlining and Natural Environment with Depressive Symptoms in Women in the Sister Study. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, 131(10): 107009, (2022).