Midlife in the United States (MIDUS 3), 2013-2014 (ICPSR 36346)

Version Date: Nov 21, 2017

Principal Investigator(s):
Carol Ryff, University of Wisconsin-Madison; David Almeida, Pennsylvania State University; John Ayanian, University of Michigan; Neil Binkley, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Deborah S. Carr, Rutgers University; Christopher Coe, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Richard Davidson, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Joseph Grzywacz, Florida State University; Arun Karlamangla, University of California-Los Angeles; Robert Krueger, University of Minnesota; Margie Lachman, Brandeis University; Gayle Love, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Marsha Mailick, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Daniel Mroczek, Northwestern University; Barry Radler, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Teresa Seeman, University of California-Los Angeles; Richard Sloan, Columbia University; Duncan Thomas, Duke University; Maxine Weinstein, Georgetown University; David Williams, Harvard University

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36346.v6

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2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:

  • Ryff, Carol, David Almeida, John Ayanian, Neil Binkley, Deborah S. Carr, Christopher Coe, Richard Davidson, Joseph Grzywacz, Arun Karlamangla, Robert Krueger, Margie Lachman, Gayle Love, Marsha Mailick, Daniel Mroczek, Barry Radler, Teresa Seeman, Richard Sloan, Duncan Thomas, Maxine Weinstein, and David Williams. Midlife in the United States (MIDUS 3), 2013-2014 . ICPSR36346-v6. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2017-11-21. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36346.v6

2017-11-21 This collection is being updated, per request from the PI, to reflect a title change; the corresponding downloadable files are only being updated to reflect the title change, where applicable.

2017-03-09 The coded text data set has been added. Additionally, the MIDUS 3 Readme documentation has been updated.

2016-03-10 The MIDUS 3 Readme documentation has been updated.

2016-03-07 The documents that were previously combined to create the User Guide have been filtered into the Pyschsocial Constructs and Composite Variables and the Naming and Coding Conventions documents. The documents combined to create the questionnaire documentation have been separated into the MIDUS 3 Telephone Interview and the MIDUS 3 Self-Administered Questionnaire (SAQ).

2016-02-29 The fully-processed collection is being released.

2015-12-18 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Created online analysis version with question text.
  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

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Alternate Title

MIDUS 3

Summary

In 1995-1996, the MacArthur Midlife Research Network carried out a national survey of over 7,000 Americans aged 25 to 74 [ICPSR 2760]. The purpose of the study was to investigate the role of behavioral, psychological, and social factors in understanding age-related differences in physical and mental health.

With support from the National Institute on Aging, an initial follow-up of the original Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) samples was conducted in 2004 (MIDUS 2). The daily stress and cognitive functioning projects were repeated at MIDUS 2; in addition the protocol was expanded to include biomarkers and neuroscience.

In 2013 a third wave (MIDUS 3) of survey data was collected on longitudinal participants. Data collection for this follow-up wave largely repeated baseline assessments (e.g., phone interview and extensive self-administered questionnaire), with additional questions in selected areas (e.g., economic recession experiences, optimism and coping, stressful life events, and caregiving). A third wave of cognitive functioning data were also collected. Demographic and background information includes gender, age, education, marital status, income and household composition.

Citation

Ryff, Carol, Almeida, David, Ayanian, John, Binkley, Neil, Carr, Deborah S., Coe, Christopher, … Williams, David. Midlife in the United States (MIDUS 3), 2013-2014 . Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2017-11-21. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36346.v6

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Funding

United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Aging (PO1AG020166)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

none

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2013-05 -- 2014-11

Date of Collection

2013-05 -- 2014-11

Data Collection Notes

  1. The variable M2ID is the linking variable for the four datasets in this collection. The data in this collection can also be linked to all MIDUS data sets using the variable M2ID, including wave 1 (ICPSR 2760) and wave 2 (ICPSR 4652).

  2. The P.I. Documentation found in this collection refers to the MIDUS Refresher data set. Please note that the data and corresponding documentation for this data set have not been deposited to ICPSR at this time.

  3. Additional information about the Midlife Development in the United States study can be found at the MIDUS Web site.

  4. The title of this study was changed from National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS 3), 2013-2014, to Midlife in the United States (MIDUS 3), 2013-2014, on May 9, 2017.

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Sample

All respondents who completed the M2 phone interview were eligible to participate in the M3 survey.

Time Method

Longitudinal

Universe

The noninstitutionalized, English-speaking population of the United States.

Unit(s) of Observation

individual, household

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Description of Variables

The Aggregate Data set contains 2575 variables and 3294 cases. This data set includes information about the following types of variables: recession experience, health, education, occupation, marital status, household roster, children, caregiving, living arrangements, race and ethnicity and life satisfaction.

The Mortality Data set contains 9 variables and 1299 cases. This data set includes the updated decedent status of MIDUS and Milwaukee participants as of October 2015.

The Disposition Codes data set contains 6 variables and 7108 cases. This data set contains final disposition codes for all 7,108 individuals who participated in the M1 baseline survey.

Response Rates

77 percent of living longitudinal participants completed the M3 phone survey. Details of fielding and final disposition codes can be found in the Field Report.

Presence of Common Scales

For information regarding scales, please refer to the Psychosocial Constructs and Composite Variables.

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Original Release Date

2015-12-18

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Ryff, Carol, David Almeida, John Ayanian, Neil Binkley, Deborah S. Carr, Christopher Coe, Richard Davidson, Joseph Grzywacz, Arun Karlamangla, Robert Krueger, Margie Lachman, Gayle Love, Marsha Mailick, Daniel Mroczek, Barry Radler, Teresa Seeman, Richard Sloan, Duncan Thomas, Maxine Weinstein, and David Williams. Midlife in the United States (MIDUS 3), 2013-2014 . ICPSR36346-v6. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2017-11-21. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36346.v6

2017-11-21 This collection is being updated, per request from the PI, to reflect a title change; the corresponding downloadable files are only being updated to reflect the title change, where applicable.

2017-03-09 The coded text data set has been added. Additionally, the MIDUS 3 Readme documentation has been updated.

2016-03-10 The MIDUS 3 Readme documentation has been updated.

2016-03-07 The documents that were previously combined to create the User Guide have been filtered into the Pyschsocial Constructs and Composite Variables and the Naming and Coding Conventions documents. The documents combined to create the questionnaire documentation have been separated into the MIDUS 3 Telephone Interview and the MIDUS 3 Self-Administered Questionnaire (SAQ).

2016-02-29 The fully-processed collection is being released.

2015-12-18 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Created online analysis version with question text.
  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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Weight

The data are not weighted. Since M3 was the third wave of a longitudinal survey, there was no sampling and so no sampling weights were created. Post-stratification weights for M3 (adjusted to population parameters) will be forthcoming.

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