Version Date: Oct 9, 2025 View help for published
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Shannon M. Monnat, Syracuse University;
Danielle C. Rhubart, Pennsylvania State University;
Iliya Gutin, Syracuse University
Series:
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38879.v6
Version V6 (see more versions)
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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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.
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.
The purpose of this study was to develop an overall understanding of wellbeing of adults aged 18 to 64 in the United States.
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.
Non-probability, opt-in, online panel of 4,014 adults in the United States administered through Qualtrics Panels.
Noninstitutionalized adults in the United States who ranged in age from 18 to 64 years old and who were able to read English.
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).
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.
2023-07-25
2025-10-09 Merged new weight variables with the existing datasets, added P.I. to citation, relabeled and renamed the variable FINAL_WGT to ORIGINAL_WEIGHT per P.I. instruction, and updated the data and documentation.
2024-08-28 Methodology report was added; Changed the name of ten variables per P.I. instruction, and updated the data and documentation.
2024-06-03 Recoded the variable POL_IDEOLOGY per P.I. instruction and updated data and documentation.
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.
2023-07-25 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:
The NWS dataset includes a final global survey weight (FINAL_WEIGHT) that serves the dual purpose of helping to correct for the non-probability design of the NWS, as well as maximize national representativeness. The dataset also includes replicate weights that facilitate estimates of sampling variability. Users should review the Methodology Report to determine which weights are most appropriate for their analyses.
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