Vaping held steady among teens, but CDC study may have missed a growing e-cigarette brand
June 8, 2018
A new CDC study found a general decline in tobacco use among U.S. teens. The study focuses on “current users” (defined as having used tobacco in the last 30 days) and finds that vaping has held steady among high school students and declined among middle school students. However, the...
Responsive Survey Design (RSD) Research Education Program announces its 2018 short course lineup
June 7, 2018
The Responsive Survey Design (RSD) Research Education Program is excited to announce its 2018 short course lineup!Following up on the success of last year's inaugural RSD Program short courses, as part of the University of Michigan Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques, the program has...
Growing Number of Teens Would Try Marijuana If It Were Legal
June 7, 2018
According to data from Monitoring the Future, 1 in 4 high school students would try marijuana or use it more often. This is the highest rate in the 43 years that the survey’s history. Richard Miech says, “It is likely that the growing number of states that have legalized recreational...
David Weir says those who retire early have lower rates of satisfaction
June 4, 2018
Yahoo Finance reports on 4 reasons to work longer. For many people, work gives them meaning and a satisfying career can contribute to older people’s happiness. David Weir’s research with the Health and Retirement Study confirms this, finding that people who retire early report lower...
Davis-Kean Accepts Appointment as Senior Fellow in Michigan Society of Fellows
May 30, 2018
Pamela Davis-Kean accepted an appointment to serve as a Senior Fellow in the Michigan Society of Fellows beginning in the fall of 2018. The Society of Fellows provides a unique interdisciplinary community which allows for junior and senior fellows to share and discuss each other’s research,...
Dan Keating Awarded 2019 Eleanor Maccoby Book Award
May 29, 2018
Dan Keating was awarded the 2019 Eleanor Maccoby Book Award in Developmental Psychology for Born Anxious: The Lifelong Impact of Early Life Adversity — and How to Break the Cycle.
From the publisher website: “Why are we the way we are? Why do some of us find it impossible to calm a...
Langa’s research featured in Washington Post
May 24, 2018
Ken Langa’s research on the downward trend of dementia prevalence was featured in the Washington Post article, Now More Of Us Can Count On More Time Dodging The Dementia Bullet. Langa also comments on research, which uses data from the Health and Retirement Study, finding that cognitive...
Johnson finds a redistribution of wealth from to 20% to bottom 80% could increase consumption rate
May 24, 2018
David Johnson and collaborators used the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to study the ways consumption, income inequality, and wealth inequality work together. 'In economics, there's this theory that people tend to smooth their consumption,' said U-M researcher and study author David Johnson. 'Even...
Charles Brown comments on minimum wage debate
May 22, 2018
On Monday, the Michigan One Fair Wage group submitted over 370,000 signatures in support of increasing Michigan’s minimum wage from $9.25 to $12.00 by 2022. The effect minimum wage increases has on employment is a long standing one. Charles Brown says, “Most studies point to negative,...
SRC Researchers at American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference
May 16, 2018
SRC faculty, staff and student papers and posters at the 2018 AAPOR Annual Conference:Wednesday, May 168-11:30 am, Richard Valliant, Short Course, Non-probability Sampling and Analysis for Population Inference, Governor’s Square 11Thursday, May 178:00-9:30 am, Brady West, Michael Elliott,...
