Midlife in the United States (MIDUS 3): Daily Diary Project, 2017-2019 (ICPSR 38529)

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Known within the MIDUS study as the Daily Diary Project (2), the purpose of the NSDE is to examine the day-to-day lives, particularly the daily stressful experiences, of a subsample of MIDUS respondents. The primary aims of the MIDUS 3 Daily Diary project were to: (1) describe how the links between multiple aspects of daily stressors (e.g., frequency, content, severity) and daily physical and emotional well-being change over ten years during adulthood; (2) examine how sociodemographic factors and personality characteristics influence change in both exposure to as well as changes in physical and emotional reactivity to daily stressors; (3) investigate how exposure and reactivity to daily stressors correlate with physiological indicators of physical health and predict changes in global health reports; and (4) explore the relative genetic and environmental influences mediating change in exposure and physical and emotional reactivity to daily stressors throughout adulthood.

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The NSDE 3 (2016-2020) consisted of an 8-day telephone diary study of self-reported daily stressors and well-being combined with multiple assessments of daily salivary cortisol (4 occasions x 4 days). On the final interview day, participants answered several questions about their previous week. Data Collection is spread throughout the year, allowing for the examination of seasonal variation in daily experiences. Data collection consisted of separate "flights" of interviews with each flight representing the eight day sequence of interviews from approximately 20 respondents.

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The sample consisted of individuals who had participated in the Daily Diary Project at MIDUS 2 and who also completed the MIDUS 3 Survey Project (including Milwaukee subsample).

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Non-institutionalized English-speaking adults in the United States that participated in the MIDUS 3 Survey Project (including Milwaukee subsample).

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This dataset contains the following groups of variables:

1. Section A: Time Use, Giving, and Volunteering
2. Section B: Physical Health Symptoms and Cigarette and Alcohol Usage
3. Section C: Non-Specific Psychological Distress and Positive Affect
4. Section D: Work Productivity and Cutbacks
5. Section F: Daily Inventory of Stressful Experiences (DISE)
6. Positive Events
7. Aging Awareness
8. Section X: Memory Lapses
9. Section Y: Unconstructive Repetitive Thoughts
10. Sections HT, L, S, and W: Final Day Questions
11. Section L: Money Management
12. Section S: Discrimination Questions
13. Section: Medications and Cortisol
14. Section: Constructed Variables/Scales

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75.5% of the respondents completed all eight interview days, 88.8% completed at least seven interview days, and 93.3% completed at least six interview days. In total, the data set is comprised of 9,301 days out of a possible 9,888 (N=1,236 * 8 days) yielding a completion rate of 94.0%.

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Please see the "38529-Documentation-Scales.pdf" document for complete information regarding the scales for the MIDUS 3 Daily Diary Project.

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2022-09-22

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