U.S. consumers feel worse now than they did during Covid lockdowns
September 7, 2022
While unemployment is at an historic low, consumer sentiment has rarely been so pessimistic. Inflation is at a four decade high and is driving much of the pessimism. Joanne Hsu, director of the Surveys of Consumers, said of the latest survey reading that consumers “signaled strong concerns...
Marijuana, hallucinogen use at all-time high among young adults
August 22, 2022
Contact: Morgan Sherburne, 734-647-1844, [email protected] ARBOR—Marijuana and hallucinogen use in the past year reported by young adults 19 to 30 years old increased significantly in 2021 compared to five and 10 years ago, reaching historic highs in this age group since 1988, according...
U-M Youth Policy Lab and TRAILS to study effectiveness of student mental health programming
August 18, 2022
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected])ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The University of Michigan’s Youth Policy Lab (YPL) and TRAILS (Transforming Research into Action to Improve the Lives of Students) have been awarded a $3.8 million grant by the U.S. Department of Education Institute of...
Trivellore Raghunathan won 2022 ASA Monroe Sirken Award
August 11, 2022
Trivellore Raghunathan has won the 2022 ASA Monroe Sirken Award. This award recognizes distinguished researchers for contributions to interdisciplinary survey research that improve the theory and methods of collecting, verifying, processing, presenting, or analyzing survey data. Dr....
NIA R24 grant to fund five-year methodological research network
August 3, 2022
Contact: Jon Meerdink, [email protected] ARBOR — The National Institute on Aging has awarded a five-year R24 grant to a team from the Institute for Social Research intended to advance the methodological techniques used in longitudinal studies of aging.The team, which includes Brady...
Why Consumer Confidence Is Key to Fighting Inflation
July 28, 2022
Joanne Hsu and the Surveys of Consumers were featured in an explainer video from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).Consumer confidence, sentiment, expectations… Whatever you call it, the measurement of how consumers are feeling about the economy is being closely watched by the Federal Reserve....
Josh Ehrlich’s research on the connection between vision impairment and dementia was cited in the New York Times
July 5, 2022
The New York Times reported on the connection between dementia and eyesight. Josh Ehrlich’s research using the Health and Retirement Study which estimated that approximately 100,000 (or about 1.8%) of current dementia cases could have been prevented through healthy vision. Dr....
Richard Curtin’s work on inflationary psychology was cited in Inc.
June 28, 2022
An Inc. article, How Great Leaders Use Emotional Intelligence to Beat the Psychology of Inflation cited Richard Curtin’s commentary for Barron’s describing the upward spiral of prices and wages.
Ken Langa discusses the falling rate of dementia in Scientific American
June 28, 2022
Scientific American highlighted new research on the connections between mental illness and dementia. Progress on some risk factors may explain decreasing rates of dementia. Ken Langa said, “We think there are two main reasons: better cardiovascular risk factor control and a big increase in...
Joelle Abramowitz discussed the impact of the Roe v. Wade decision on health insurance coverage
June 28, 2022
Even before the reversal of Roe v. Wade, health insurance coverage of the procedure was limited. In an article on CNBC, Joelle Abramowitz points out that employers with self-funded health insurance may be able to maintain abortion coverage. She has some suggestions regarding “out of...
