MIDUS 2: Milwaukee African American Health Survey, 2005-2006

592 survey responses from African American adults in Milwaukee, collected in 2005-2006 as part of the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study. The data was gathered by Carol D. Ryff at the University of Wisconsin–Madison using Computer Assisted Personal Interviews (CAPI) and Self-Administered Questionnaires (SAQ). It parallels measures from the larger MIDUS 1 and 2 samples to examine health issues in minority populations.

Use Cases

• Analyzing health disparities based on survey measures of physical and mental health mentioned in the description.
• Studying the impact of neighborhood concentration on health outcomes based on area probability sampling methods.
• Modeling demographic and behavioral factors in midlife development based on the age/gender distribution screening.
• Comparing minority population health metrics with the broader MIDUS national samples.

Strengths

• Survey data from 592 individuals provides a substantive sample for analysis.
• Data collection used a structured CAPI protocol and SAQ, which likely supports consistency.
• Sampling was stratified by neighborhood African American concentration using 2000 Census data, targeting a specific population.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is known, but the number of features/variables and file structure are unknown.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Carol D. Ryff, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Collection Method

Area probability sampling of Milwaukee households, screened for African American adults, followed by Computer Assisted Personal Interviews (CAPI) and Self-Administered Questionnaires (SAQ).

Time Range

2005-2006

Geography

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States