Through its affiliation with the Center on Demography and Economics of Aging at the University of Chicago, NORC has contributed to a variety of projects studying the topic, including:

• NSHAP - the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project is an in-home survey of 3,000 persons aged 57 to 84 that will collect biomarkers of health and physiological functioning to better characterize the health of survey participants.