Survey Research Center

The Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research is a community of faculty, staff and students that serves the public interest by conducting research integrated with state-of-the-art data collection and analysis, developing social and behavioral research methods, and training leaders in survey and data science.

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Beyond the park boundary: When green space has polluted neighbors

Rear view shot of an LGBTQI+ lesbian couples a bike ride together in a public park in Hexham, North East England. They are cycling side by side along a rivers edge.
ANN ARBOR—More than half of U.S. public parks are within two miles of an active industrial facility that handles toxic chemicals, according to a new University of Michigan study.About 80,000 such parks are listed on the federal Toxics Release Inventory. In addition, nearly 27,000 parks are close to a toxic waste site requiring emergency federal cleanup, known as a Superfund site. Of those parks, more than 2,400 contain land that directly… Learn more about Beyond the park boundary: When green space has polluted neighbors >

August 19, 2026

Richard Curtin inducted into RV/MH Hall of Fame

Richard Curtin, professor emeritus and former director of Surveys of Consumers, was inducted into the RV/MH Hall of… >>

August 11, 2026

Shifting incomes lead to new map of racial inequality in America

ANN ARBOR — The map of racial inequality in America is changing. While the income gap between Black… >>

July 28, 2026

What Americans are telling economists about AI, inflation and the economy

ANN ARBOR—The stock market may be soaring, but many Americans aren’t celebrating. As the country heads toward another… >>
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SRC Programs

Demography of Aging, Disability, and Care (DADC)

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The Demography of Aging, Disability and Care program focuses on population aging, disability, and long-term care and related measurement and survey issues. The program provides leadership for several national studies of late-life disability and care. The program also supports the Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging (MiCDA), one of 15 centers funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to advance research on the demography of aging. 

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Education and Well-Being (EWB)

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The Education and Well-Being (EWB) program was established in 2008 to advance research focused on improving the teaching of reading and mathematics, particularly in schools serving high percentages of students in poverty. Contributions of EWB include the development of innovative methods for studying the “inner workings” of schools and strengthening the role of survey research in education.

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