Date: 27 May, 2025


Dataset Title: Michigan Metro Area Communities Study (MIMACS) Grand Rapids Wave 1 - Initial Data Release


Dataset Creators: E.R. Gerber, J.D. Morenoff, M.C. Ostfeld, S. L. Sand, Y. Fan


Dataset Contact: Sharon Sand, slsand@umich.edu


Funding: National Institute of Health (1‐OT2‐HL‐156812)


Methodology:
Between January - March, 2024, we conducted our first survey in Grand Rapids. The sample was drawn from an address-based probability sample of all occupied Grand Rapids households. We sent 7,500 survey invitations to a randomly selected address-based refreshment sample of Grand Rapids households. A total of 1,379 residents aged 18 and older completed the survey, yielding an overall response rate of 19.2% (using AAPOR Response Rate 1). Please see the "MIMACS Grand Rapids Wave 1 Methodology" for more details.


Date Coverage: January - March, 2024.


Instrument and/or Software specifications: NA


Files contained here:
- MIMACS Grand Rapids Wave 1 Methodology.pdf: Describe the sampling, cleaning and weighting methodology used in MIMACS Grand Rapids Wave 1 survey.
- MIMACS Grand Rapids Wave 1 Questionnaire.pdf: Survey questions asked in MIMACS Grand Rapids Wave 1 survey.
- MIMACS Grand Rapids Wave 1 Toplines.pdf: Toplines report of the weighted closed-ended question results.
- MIMACS Grand Rapids Wave 1 data_DeepBlue.dta: Lightly-curated MIMACS Grand Rapids Wave 1 dataset with open-ended responses suppressed. Full dataset will be released on ICPSR. 
- MIMACS Grand Rapids Wave 1 data_DeepBlue_codebook.xlsx: Corresponding codebook of MIMACS Grand Rapids Wave 1 dataset.
- MIMACS End of Survey Info Document_es-US.pdf: The consent form that was provided to all the respondents in both English and Spanish.


Use and Access:
This data set is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).


To Cite Data:
Gerber, E. R., Morenoff, J. D., Ostfeld, M. C., Sand, S. L., Fan, Y., Michigan Metro Area Communities Study (MIMACS) Grand Rapids Wave 1 [Data set], University of Michigan - Deep Blue Data. https://doi.org/10.7302/f0kg-pg51