Mills Longitudinal Study
The Mills Longitudinal Study is a 50-year investigation into adult development, following a cohort of 142 women who graduated from Mills College in Oakland, California. Participants were recruited from the senior classes of 1958 and 1960, and the cohort predominantly consists of white, middle-class women. Follow-ups have been conducted approximately every decade, with assessments in 1967, 1980-81, 1989-90, 1997-98, and the latest sixth follow-up occurring in 2007-08.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
123 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
1935 - 1939 (participants)
Participant sex
Female
Representative sample at baseline?
Senior classes of 1958 and 1960 at Mills College.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1958 (participants)
Primary Institutions
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
Links
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Metanexus Institute
RRF Foundation for Aging
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- Creative, arts-based and visual methods
- Interviews or focus groups
- Qualitative survey
- None
- None
Engagement
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