Midlife in the United States (MIDUS 3), 2013-2014 [electronic resource] Carol Ryff, 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, David Williams

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Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 2015

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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. The study was innovative for its broad scientific scope, its diverse samples (which included siblings of the main sample respondents and a national sample of twin pairs), and its creative use of in-depth assessments in key areas (e.g. daily diary of stressful experiences [ICPSR 3725] and cognitive functioning [ICPSR 3596]) on a subset of participants. A detailed description of the study and findings generated by it are available at: <a href="http://www.midus.wisc.edu">http://www.midus.wisc.edu</a> With support from the National Institute on Aging, a follow-up of the original Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) sample was conducted in 2004 (MIDUS 2 [ICPSR 4652]). The daily stress and cognitive functioning projects were repeated and expanded 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 such as economic recession experiences. Cognitive functioning data were also collected at the same time, while data collection for the daily diary, biomarker, and neuroscience projects commenced in 2017. MIDUS also maintains a <a href="http://midus.colectica.org/">Colectica portal</a>, which allows users to interact with variables across waves and create customized subsets. Registration is required. Cf: http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36346.v7

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