This section tracks the psychological aspects and mental health of our study respondents.
| Data modules | Collection freq. | Variables fielded | Download here | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Subjective well-being | Core (Monthly) | 16 | Download data |
| 2 | Meaning & affective well-being | Core (Monthly) | 15 | Download data |
| 3 | Depression | Quarterly | 4 | Download data |
| 4 | Optimism | Annually | 8 | Download data |
| 5 | Cognitive | Intermittent/ one-off | 13 | Download data |
| 6 | Personality | Intermittent/ one-off | 44 | Download data |
| 7 | Intelligence | Intermittent/ one-off | 20 | Download data |
| 8 | Language | Intermittent/ one-off | 10 | Download data |
Information
- Data modules categorized according to domain sections.
- Collection freq. indicates when the data collection was operationalized
- Baseline: data collected at baseline (w00).
- Core (Monthly): data collected every monthly wave (w01 to w60) after baseline.
- Quarterly: data collected every quarter after baseline.
- Annually: data collected every annual year after baseline.
- Intermittent / one-off: data collected either once or intermittently for ad-hoc research.
- Variables fielded indicates number of data items field per data module.
After downloading
| Attribute | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | varname | original variable names for the data items |
| 2 | vardesc | original phrasings in our questionnaires to describe the data items |
| 3 | type | broadly indicate the type of data response in the questionnaire:
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| 4 | multiple choice responses (mcq) | if type is "mcq", the response categories are displayed in its number value with its data label. For instance, "1 Yes" and "0 No" in binary items and "1 Very often", "2 Occasionally", and "3 Once or twice" categorical items with two or more responses. However, these data items are formatted its number value in the dataframe. |
| 5 | multiple indicator responses (miq) | if type is "miq", the response categories are also displayed in its data number value with its data label. To facilitate multiple answers in both data dictionary and dataframe, we will field and format as dummy binary indicators (1:yes/0:no) in the dataframe for each response category. In the sample data dictionary, these binary indicators are named with suffixes (s1, s2, s3, and s4) and detailed in separate rows. |
| 6 | field_no | indicates the number of times for each data items were operationalize across waves starting from baseline (w00). |
| 7 | w00 to w60 | "x" indicates that wave was operationalized by the data items. |