National Wellbeing Survey, United States, 2021 (ICPSR 38879)
Version Date: Dec 4, 2023 View help for published
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Shannon M. Monnat, Syracuse University;
Danielle C. Rhubart, Pennsylvania State University
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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38879.v3
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2023-12-04 Question text was added to the Public-Use Data (DS1) variables and ICPSR Codebook.
2023-08-14 Added P.I. to citation and updated documentation.
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The National Wellbeing Survey (NWS) is a population-based survey on the wellbeing of adults aged 18 to 64 in the United States. Specific survey domains include psychological well-being, social relationships and support, physical health, mental health, health behaviors, COVID-19 experiences and impacts, socioeconomic measures, political orientation, and demographic measures.
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County
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Access to these data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement, specify the reason for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research.
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The restricted-use version of the data include geographic identifiers and variables for states (N = 51) and counties (N = 1,430). The public-use data have these variables masked.
- For additional information on this study, please visit the Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs website.
Study Purpose View help for Study Purpose
The purpose of this study was to develop an overall understanding of wellbeing of adults aged 18 to 64 in the United States.
Study Design View help for Study Design
Sample participants were recruited online through Qualtrics Panels. The sample design included an oversample of rural residents; 28.3 percent of respondents (N = 1,136) reside in a non-metropolitan county.
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Non-probability, opt-in, online panel of 4,014 adults in the United States administered through Qualtrics Panels.
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Noninstitutionalized adults in the United States who ranged in age from 18 to 64 years old and who were able to read English.
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Description of Variables View help for Description of Variables
The variables in this study pertain to psychosocial wellbeing, social relationships and support, participation in social activities, physical health, mental health, health behaviors, health care use, employment quality and experiences, COVID-19 experiences, socioeconomic measures, political orientation, and demographic measures (race/ethnicity, sex/gender, and age).
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Of the 11,580 Qualtrics Panel members who accessed the landing page and reviewed the informed consent, 4,014 met the age eligibility criteria and data quality threshold, resulting in a completion rate of 40.4 percent.
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- Diemer Satisfaction with Life Scale
- Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4)
- Brief Resilience Scale (BRS)
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2023-07-25
Version History View help for Version History
2023-12-04 Question text was added to the Public-Use Data (DS1) variables and ICPSR Codebook.
2023-08-14 Added P.I. to citation and updated documentation.
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A post-stratification final person weight (FINAL_WGT) is included to make the analyses nationally representative of the United States working-age population by age, sex, race, Hispanic ethnicity, educational attainment, and rural-urban continuum. Educational attainment was not incorporated into the weight for respondents ages 18-24. Because of the rural oversample built into the sampling design, users should apply the weight to all analyses.
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