DOI: 10.3886/icpsr38879.v6
title: National Wellbeing Survey, United States, 2021
title: Version 6

description: 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.
description: The purpose of this study was to develop an overall understanding of wellbeing of adults aged 18 to 64 in the United States.
description: 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.
description: 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).
description: The NWS dataset includes a final global survey weight (<strong>FINAL_WEIGHT</strong>) 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.
description: Response Rates: 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.
description: Presence of Common Scales: 
"McArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status" Adler, N. E., Epel, E. S., Castellazzo, G., & Ickovics, J. R. (2000). Relationship of subjective and objective social status with psychological and physiological functioning: Preliminary data in healthy, White women. Health Psychology, 19(6), 586-592.
"The Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale" Gallup. (2012). Understanding how Gallup uses the Cantril Scale. Retrieved from https://news.gallup.com/poll/122453/understanding-gallup-uses-cantril-scale.aspx
"The Satisfaction With Life Scale" Diener, E., Emmons, R. A., Larsen, R. J., & Griffin, S. (1985). The satisfaction with life scale. Journal of personality assessment, 49(1), 71-75.
"The Brief Resilience Scale" Smith, B. W., Dalen, J., Wiggins, K., Tooley, E., Christopher, P., & Bernard, J. (2008). The brief resilience scale: assessing the ability to bounce back. International journal of behavioral medicine, 15(3), 194-200.
"PHQ-4: The Four-Item Patient Health Questionnaire for Anxiety and Depression" Kroenke, K., Spitzer, R. L., Williams, J. B., & Löwe, B. (2009). An ultra-brief screening scale for anxiety and depression: the PHQ-4. Psychosomatics, 50(6), 613-621.
"UCLA 20-Item Loneliness Scale & UCLA 3-Item Loneliness Scale" Russell, D. W. (1996). UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3): Reliability, validity, and factor structure. Journal of personality assessment, 66(1), 20-40.
description: Non-probability, opt-in, online panel of 4,014 adults in the United States administered through Qualtrics Panels.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Public-Use Data
DS2: Restricted-Use Data
description: Noninstitutionalized adults in the United States who ranged in age from 18 to 64 years old and who were able to read English. Smallest Geographic Unit: County
description: web-based surveyThe 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.For additional information on this study, please visit the Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs website.