DOI: 10.3886/icpsr37120.v1
title: Midlife in the United States (MIDUS 3): Milwaukee African American Sample, 2016-2017
title: Version 1

description: These data are being released in BETA version to facilitate early access to the study for research purposes. This collection has not been processed by NACDA or ICPSR at this time; the data are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection. As the study is further processed and given enhanced features by ICPSR, users will be able to access the updated versions of the study. Please report any data errors or problems to user support and we will work with you to resolve any data related issues.
In 2005, 592 African Americans from Milwaukee were added to the MIDUS sample to examine health issues in minority populations (for more details, see Midlife in the United States (MIDUS 2): Milwaukee African American Sample [ICPSR #22840]). Respondents were interviewed in their homes using a Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) survey protocol and asked to complete and return a Self-Administered Questionnaire (SAQ). Afterwards these individuals were eligible for participation in the same research protocol as the national MIDUS 2 sample, including cognitive, daily stress, biomarker, and neuroscience projects. 
With support from the National Institute on Aging, a second wave of survey data collection on the Milwaukee sample was begun in 2016. The survey consisted of a 2.5 hour CAPI interview followed by a 45-page mailed SAQ. CAPI survey data was collected for 389 individuals, realizing a 78 percent response rate, adjusted for mortality and other eligibility criteria. Data collection for this follow-up wave largely repeated baseline assessments, with additional questions in selected areas (e.g., economic recession experiences, childhood experience with race, etc.). Following successful completion of the CAPI and SAQ protocols, individuals were eligible for participation in cognitive, daily stress, biomarker, and neuroscience projects.
description: Presence of Common Scales:
					Please see the "Documentation of Psychosocial Constructs and Composite Variables" for complete information regarding the scales for the Midlife In the United States (MIDUS 3): Milwaukee African American Sample, 2016-2017 data collection.
description: Response Rates:
					Of the 592 respondents who completed the baseline 2005 computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI) survey, 389 completed the 2016-2017 CAPI for a mortality-adjusted longitudinal response rate of 78 percent. Of these individuals, 327 (84 percent) completed the Self-Administered Questionnaire (SAQ).
description: Datasets:
					
						DS0: Study-Level Files
						DS1: Aggregate Data
						DS2: Coded Text Data
description: Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) Series
description: audio computer-assisted self interview (ACASI)
description: computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI)
description: face-to-face interview
description: mail questionnaire
description: self-enumerated questionnaire
description: telephone interview
description: Adult African American residents aged 44-94 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin who completed the baseline MIDUS survey of Milwaukee African Americans in 2005 (ICPSR Study 22840).
						Smallest Geographic Unit: None
description: The sampling design was a stratified area probability sample of households in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. The sampling frame included Census tracts in which at least 40 percent of the population was African American. The Census blocks were stratified by income, with roughly half coming from tracts in which the median household income was $40,000 or greater, and the rest coming from tracts in which the median household income was below $40,000.