Name Steward Organization Suggested Domain Suggested Domain Description Cde Group Classification
OS-The reason participant did not live with their biological parents up until 16 years old #1 MIDUS Social determinants of health
Social determinants of health (e.g., financial, education, and living arrangements), but not environmental data (e.g., weather data, pollutant data)
Studies in LINKAGE
  • MIDUS
    • Study name- Midlife in the United States (MIDUS Refresher 1), 2011-2014 (ICPSR 36532)/#/0002_Coded_Text_Data
      • Variable name- RA1PB43GA

# Datatype Datatype value list datatype
Value List Number

# Permissible value Value meaning name
1 Parents never married
2 Parents' misbehavior/crime/imprisoned
3 Parents divorced/remarried
4 Parents left
5 Parents couldn't handle me
6 Other
7 Lived with only one parent
8 Parents' work
9 Never knew/saw father
10 Lived at school
11 Parents moved away
12 Lived with one biological parent and new spouse
13 Respondent left home/didn't live together
14 Lived in foster care
15 Didn't have a good relationship with parents
16 Lived with grandparents
97 DON'T KNOW
98 REFUSED/MISSING
99 INAPP

# Identifier Origin Version
Midlife in the United States (MIDUS Refresher 1), 2011-2014 (ICPSR 36532)/#/0002_Coded_Text_Data_RA1PB43GA MIDUS-study_name+variable_name ICPSR 36532