Survey of Midlife Development in Japan (MIDJA 2), May-October 2012 [electronic resource] / Carol D. Ryff, Shinobu Kitayama, Mayumi Karasawa, Hazel Markus, Norito Kawakami, Christopher Coe.

Format:

Other

Contributor:

Ryff, Carol D. University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kitayama, Shinobu University of Michigan

Karasawa, Mayumi Tokyo Christian Woman's University

Markus, Hazel Rose Stanford University

Kawakami, Norito University of Tokyo

Coe, Christopher University of Wisconsin-Madison

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) 36427

ICPSR 36427

Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) Series

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

2016-05-17

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2016.

Summary:

In 2008, with funding from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), baseline survey data for the Survey of Midlife Development in Japan (MIDJA), April-September 2008 were collected from a probability sample of Japanese adults (N=1,027) aged 30 to 79 from the Tokyo metropolitan area (ICPSR 30822). In 2009-2010 biomarker data was obtained from a subset of these cases (ICPSR 34969).</p> The survey and biomarker measures obtained parallel those in a national longitudinal sample of Americans known as Midlife in the United States or MIDUS (ICPSR 2760: MIDUS 1 and ICPSR 4652: MIDUS 2). The central objective was to compare the Japanese sample (MIDJA) with the United States sample (MIDUS) to test hypotheses about the role of psychosocial factors in the health (broadly defined) of mid- and later-life adults in Japan and the United States.</p> In 2012, with additional support from NIA, a longitudinal follow-up of the MIDJA sample was completed. The data collection for this second wave (N=657) largely repeated the baseline assessments. The goal of the follow-up wave was to conduct comparisons of longitudinal data available from the Japanese sample (MIDJA) and the United States sample (MIDUS) to test the hypothesis about the role of psychosocial factors in predicting health changes (including biomarkers) in both cultural contexts. Cultural influences on age differences in health and well-being were also of interest.</p> Demographic and background information included gender, age, education, marital status, household composition, and income.</p>Cf: http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36427.v2

Contents:

Survey of Midlife Development in Japan (MIDJA 2), May-October 2012.

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2016-07-25.

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