WRDS Scheduled Downtime for Saturday, August 1, 2009

Message from Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) for WRDS users:
The WRDS server will be undergoing scheduled maintenance from 11am-11pm (ET) on Saturday, August 1. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Please feel free to view the new WRDS Beta (http://wrds-web.wharton.upenn.edu), as we continue to add datasets daily. We expect to have all data on the new site by December 31, 2009. Based on feedback, we have enhanced many tools allowing WRDS Reps to have more control over user accounts and extract additional usage data.

Questions? Contact WRDS Rep Barbara Mento

Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) Series-ICPSR

The Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) Series is a data collection stemming from the work of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Development (MIDMAC). The primary objective of MIDMAC is to identify the major biomedical, psychological, and social factors that permit some people to achieve good health, psychological well-being, and social responsiblity during their adult years. There are seven studies in this series:

4652 Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS II), 2004-2006
Ryff, Carol, Almeida, David M., Ayanian, John S., Carr, Deborah S., Cleary, Paul D., Coe, Christopher, Davidson, Richard, Krueger, Robert F., , ...

22840 Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS II): Milwaukee African American Sample, 2005-2006
Almeida, David, Ayanian, John S., Carr, Deborah S., Cleary, Paul D., Coe, Christopher, Davidson, Richard, Krueger, Robert F., Lachman, Margie E., ...

3596 Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS): Boston Study of Management Processes, 1995-1997
Lachman, Margie E.

2911 Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS): Psychological Experiences Follow-Up Study, 1998
Wethington, Elaine, Kessler, Ronald C., Brim, Orville G.

2856 Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS): Survey of Minority Groups [Chicago and New York City], 1995-1996
Hughes, Diane L., Shweder, Richard A.

25281 National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS II): Cognitive Project, 2004-2006
Ryff, Carol D., Lachman, Margie E.

2760 National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS), 1995-1996
Brim, Orville G., Baltes, Paul B., Bumpass, Larry L., Cleary, Paul D., Featherman, David L., Hazzard, William R., Kessler, Ronald C., Lachman, ...

Questions? Contact ICPSR representative Barbara Mento

New ICPSR Studies as of June 29, 2009

ICPSR Study No.: 21862
The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) was designed to capture various aspects of firm creation and entrepreneurship across countries. The data have been collected over a number of years (1998-2003) and include responses from 4,685 experts in over 38 countries and three subnational regions. This study seeks to measure the national attributes considered critical for new firm births and small firm growth.

ICPSR Study No.:25701
Do Older Adults Know Their Spouses’ End-of-Life Treatment Preferences?
When terminally ill patients become mentally incapacitated, their surrogates often make treatment decisions in collaboration with health care providers. The authors examined how surrogates’ errors in reporting their spouses’ preferences are affected by their gender, status as durable power of attorney for health care (DPAHC), whether they and their spouses discussed end-of-life preferences, and their spouses’ health status.

B.C. faculty and students have access to over 6,000 studies via ICPSR

Compustat University On-Demand Training for June

The Training department has recently released seven on-demand training modules to the new On-Demand Training Center; Six of these tutorials cover aspects of Compustat Data and two provide training for Xpressfeed. Look for new classes to be released in the coming months.

To view all the news in the Compustat University Newsletter

ICPSR Summer Program - CPES Workshop 2009

The Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES): Investigating Cultural and Ethnic Influences on Mental Health workshop will be held June 22-25 as part of the 2009 ICPSR Summer Program. Interested applicants may apply through the registration portal. The registration deadline is JUNE 8, and registration requires a CV and statement of interest. There is no tuition cost to participants.

New from OECD: Society at a Glance reveals evolving social trends in OECD countries

Press release on 04/05/2009 - The French spend more time sleeping than anyone else in OECD countries. They also devote more time to eating than anyone else and nearly double that of Americans, Canadians or Mexicans. The Japanese sleep nearly an hour less every night than the French and also spend longer at work and commuting than they do indulging in leisure activities.
These are some of the insights into the differing ways in which OECD countries use that most fundamental of resources, time, in the latest edition of Society at a Glance.

See Data and indicators link for spreadsheets of latest social indicator data.

ICPSR Webinar May 19: Multi-record and Hierarchical Set-up Files for ICPSR studies in SPSS

Join ICPSR for a Webinar on May 19:
Title: Multi-record and Hierarchical Set-up Files for ICPSR studies in SPSS
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Time: 1:00 AM - 2:00 PM EDT

This webinar will discuss the similarities and differences between multi-record and hierarchical set-up files for ICPSR studies. Codebooks for ICPSR studies will be reviewed to illustrate the similarities and differences of the set-up files being discussed. We will create a multi-record set-up file and consider the obstacles in creating a hierarchical one.

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/462579450

This webinar is open to the public - please forward this invitation to all who might be interested.

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