DOI: 10.3886/icpsr36722.v6
title: Midlife in the United States (MIDUS Refresher 1): Milwaukee African American Sample, 2012-2013
title: Version 6

description: In 2012-2013, the MIDUS Milwaukee Refresher study recruited a sample of 508 Milwaukee African American adults, aged 25 to 64, designed to replenish the Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS 2): Milwaukee African American Sample, 2005-2006 (ICPSR 22840). This sample was also designed to increase the number of racial minorities included in the broader MIDUS study. The MIDUS Milwaukee Refresher survey employed the same assessments (demographic, psycho-social, and physical and mental health) as those assembled on the existing MIDUS sample, but with additional questions about the effect of the economic recession of 2008-09. A sample of African Americans from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, was stratified by age, gender, and income.


Area probability sampling methods were used to identify potential respondents. Field interviewers screened households to determine if they contained any African American adults. There was additional screening to achieve an appropriate age/gender distribution in a manner similar to what was done for the original MIDUS sample (Midlife in the United States (MIDUS 1), 1995-1996 [ICPSR 2760]). Milwaukee respondents were interviewed in their homes using a 2.5-hour Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) protocol and afterwards asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire (SAQ). All measures paralleled those used in the larger MIDUS samples. In addition to successful completion of the survey, participants were asked to complete a cognitive assessment by phone. Some respondents were eligible to participate in additional MIDUS projects: daily diary assessments, biomarker assessments, and neuroscience assessments.
description: Response Rates: The overall response rate for the in-person interview was 47.7 percent. The overall self-administered questionnaire (SAQ) response rate was 67.2 percent. Additional information is available in Appendix A of the Field Report for MIDUS Milwaukee Refresher Oversample.
description: Presence of Common Scales: Please see the "Documentation of Psychosocial Constructs and Composite Variables" for complete information regarding the scales for the MIDUS Refresher Milwaukee African American Sample data collection.
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.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Aggregate Data
DS2: Coded Text Data
description: Adult African American residents aged 25-64 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Smallest Geographic Unit: None
description: computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI); face-to-face interview; mail questionnaireThe variable <strong>MRID</strong> is the linking variable for the Aggregate Dataset and the Coded Text Dataset in this collection.For more information on the MIDUS Refresher Project, please see the MIDUS web site.The title of this study was changed from National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS Refresher): Milwaukee African American Sample, 2012-2013, to Midlife in the United States (MIDUS Refresher): Milwaukee African American Sample, 2012-2013, on May 9, 2017.The title of this study was changed in September 2021 to reflect that it represents the first wave of the MIDUS Refresher project (MIDUS Refresher 1).