MIDUS1_DailyStress
Population
MIDUS Population
Respondents were drawn from a nationally representative random-digit-dial sample of non-institutionalized, English-speaking adults, aged 25-74, selected from working telephone banks in the coterminous United States. It is comprised of individuals from four subsamples: (1) a national RDD (random digit dialing) sample (n=3,487); (2) oversamples from five metropolitan areas in the U.S. (n=757); (3) siblings of individuals from the RDD sample (n=950); and (4) a national RDD sample of twin pairs (n=1,914).
Data Collection Event
MIDUS - MIDUS 1 Daily Stress Project (NSDE)
National Study of Daily Experiences (NSDE) by computer-assisted telephone interview. The sample is comprised of 1,031 random-digit dialed (RDD) respondents and 452 twins. The twin subsample includes approximately 220 same sex twin pairs (105 MZ and 105 DZ).