Country: United States

Study Design: Observational cohort with repeated measurements over time

Participant age range:​ 

• Early adulthood or midlife

• Aging adults

Number of participants at baseline: ~1,200

Year of initial enrollment: 2011

Number of data collection waves: Data collection ongoing

Measures of well-being:

• Optimism

• Life Satisfaction

• Subjective Happiness

• Perceptions of Mattering

Quantity of well-being measures (e.g., number of constructs, number of times of well-being was assessed: Unknown

Quality of well-being measures (e.g., were measures reliable and valid in the study population): Unknown

Measures of physical health: ​

• Self-rated / questionnaire-based health

• Self-report medical history or medication use

• Measured anthropometrics, e.g., weight

• Biomarkers

Access information:

This dataset is not publicly available. 

Researchers are required to submit an application to access this data. Fees may be required to access this dataset.

Notable Citation: Taylor J, McFarland M & Carr D. (2019). Age, perceptions of mattering, and allostatic load. Journal of Aging and Health, 31(10), 1830-1849.