Kira Birditt on Drinking and Marital Quality
May 29, 2019
GQ Australia wrote about Kira Birditt’s study in The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Series, co-authored by James A. Cranford, Jasmine A Manalel, and Toni C Antonucci, Drinking Patterns Among Older Couples: Longitudinal Associations With Negative Marital Quality. Birditt says,...
Responsive Survey Design (RSD) Research Education Program 2019 Short Course Schedule
May 28, 2019
The Responsive Survey Design (RSD) Research Education Program, part of the University of Michigan Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques, is excited to announce its 2019 short course schedule!New this year, the program has restructured the short courses and defined five tracks that will...
Inbal Nahum-Shani cited in Bustle article on digital detoxing
May 16, 2019
Bustle compiled a list of tips on how to loosen the grip of phones and social media in our lives. Inbal Nahum-Shani’s work on the role stress and stress-reduction strategies play in forming new habits was cited: “for various reasons, we fail to use the (stress-reduction) strategies as...
SRC Researchers at 2019 American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference & International Field Directors and Technologies Conference
May 15, 2019
SRC faculty, staff and student papers and posters at the 2019 AAPOR Annual Conference. The 2019 International Field Directors and Technologies Conference (IFD&TC) immediately follows, May 19-22 and the schedule of SRC presenters is further down this page.Thursday, May 168:00-11:30, James...
HRS at American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting
May 1, 2019
The Health and Retirement Study will have a booth, #217, at the American Geriatric Society’s Annual Scientific Meeting in Portland, Oregon May 2-4, 2019. A list of presentations and posters using HRS data is available to download (PDF).
It can be smart to get a tax refund, and to spend it
April 19, 2019
ANN ARBOR&Every winter, many Americans file their federal income taxes, calculate their tax refund, and imagine the many things they can spend it on. Will they go out for a nice dinner? Make some home repairs they've been putting off? Spruce up their spring wardrobe?For a long time,...
Toni Antonucci Recipient of the 2020 APS Mentor Award
April 15, 2019
The APS Mentor Award recognizes psychology researchers and educators who have shaped the future directions of science by fostering the careers of students and colleagues.A mentor can be many things: That professor or advisor who made a special effort, transforming our career paths; that...
SRC-SRO Researchers at the Federal Computer Assisted Survey Information Collection Workshops
April 15, 2019
The Federal Computer Assisted Survey Information Collection (FedCASIC) workshops will be in Washington DC April 16-17 at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Gina Cheng, Cheng Zhou, and Raphael Nishimura of Survey Research Operations will be presenting.Tuesday, April 161:00-2:15, Gina Cheung will be a...
SRC Researchers at the 2019 Population Association of America Annual Meeting
April 9, 2019
While at the 2019 Population Association of America Annual Meeting, be sure to stop by the Health and Retirement Study and Panel Study of Income Dynamics exhibits in booths 21 and 22. Schedules by date of the presentations and posters using HRS and PSID data are available to download: the...
New book by Richard Curtin: Consumer Expectations: Micro Foundations and Macro Impact
March 28, 2019
In his new book, Consumer Expectations: Micro Foundations and Macro Impact, Richard Curtin presents a new theory of expectations. Whereas conventional theories presume that consumers play a passive role in the macro economy, simply reacting to current trends in incomes, prices, and interest rates,...
