Midlife in the United States: Core Sample Mortality Data, 1995-2020 (ICPSR 37237)

Version Date: Feb 6, 2023

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

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37237.v4

Version V4 ()

  • V4 [2023-02-06]
  • V3 [2020-04-28] unpublished
  • V2 [2019-09-12] unpublished
  • V1 [2019-03-21] unpublished
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Alternate Title

MIDUS Core Mortality

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 2005, a baseline sample of 592 African Americans from Milwaukee was added to MIDUS to examine health issues in minority populations.

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 and a second wave of the Milwaukee sample were also collected. Data collection for the daily diary, biomarkers, and neuroscience is ongoing. This dataset includes all known MIDUS decedents (N=2,124) from the Core National and Milwaukee samples as of December 2020.

Citation

Ryff, Carol D., Almeida, David, Ayanian, John Z., Binkley, Neil, Carr, Deborah S., Coe, Christopher, … Williams, David R. Midlife in the United States: Core Sample Mortality Data, 1995-2020. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-02-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37237.v4

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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)

1995 -- 2020

Date of Collection

2020

Data Collection Notes

  1. The variable M2ID is the linking variable in this collection. The data in this collection can be linked to all core MIDUS data sets using the variable M2ID, including Wave 1 (ICPSR 2760), Wave 2 (ICPSR 4652), and Wave 3 (ICPSR 36346).
  2. Additional information about the Midlife Development in the United States study can be found at the MIDUS Web site.
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Study Purpose

The primary purpose of this study was to obtain information about the underlying cause of death for Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) and Milwaukee decedents.

Sample

2124 prior participants in the MIDUS series with a confirmed decedent status.

Time Method

Longitudinal

Universe

All decedent participants of the MIDUS series.

Unit(s) of Observation

Individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Description of Variables

The data set contains 10 variables and 2,124 cases. The variables include decedent status, source of decedent information, month and year of death, and International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes.

The demographic variable, gender, is also included.

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Original Release Date

2019-03-21

Version History

2023-02-06 The study title, data, and documentation have been updated.

2020-04-28 The study title, data, and documentation have been updated.

2019-09-12 The collection title has been updated.

2019-03-21 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:

  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.