David Johnson was quoted in a column about middle-class Americans’ lack of savings.
April 27, 2016
David Johnson was quoted in a column in The Atlantic: “People studied savings and debt. But this concept that people aren't making ends meet or the idea that if there was a shock, they wouldn't have the money to pay, that's definitely a new area of research.”
SRC formalizes long-standing relationship with Statistics Netherlands
April 27, 2016
The Survey Research Center signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the Dutch agency that gathers statistical information about the Netherlands. The nearly 15-year collaboration between the SRC and CBS with regard to Blaise development was formalized with a five-year...
Brady West On Complex Sampling in Wall Street Journal
April 25, 2016
Brady West was quoted in the Wall Street Journal on designing samples that are both cost-efficient and representative.
Richard Curtin decreases his spending forcast
April 18, 2016
In an article highlighting economic data from Friday, April 15, 2016, Bloomberg reports that, according to Richard Curtin and the Survey of Consumer Attitudes, both consumer sentiment and consumer spending are falling.
STARRS in San Antonio Express-News
April 13, 2016
The Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (STARRS) was written about in an article in the San Antonio Express-News. Suicide in the military remain stubbornly high, despite this and multiple other programs.
Consumer Sentiment Remains Stable According to the Index of Consumer Sentiment
April 4, 2016
The Index of Consumer Sentiment hit 91 in March. According to Richard Curtin, “This stability reflected more positive personal finances being offset by less favorable prospects for the economy.”
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Fomby finds that children who live with step- or half- siblings are more likely to be aggressive
April 4, 2016
Paula Fomby was interviewed by Vice about her recent article in Demography which found that children who live with step- or half- siblings are more likely to be aggressive than those who don’t.
Paper by McFall, Sonnega, Willis, and Hudomiet shows some jobs lead to early retirement while others lead to work longevity
March 23, 2016
A new paper by Brooke Helppie McFall, Amanda Sonnega, Robert Willis, and Peter Hudomiet was used in an article for an article in Money Magazine, Best Jobs for Avoiding Forced Retirement.
Vicki Freedman Finds Women’s Longer Life Expectancy Means More Years With Disability
March 22, 2016
According to a new study by Vicki Freedman, Douglas Wolf and Brenda Spillman, while both men and women gained in life expectancy, women spend more years after the age of 65 with a disability than do men. The reason are unclear. They could include unequal progress in treating women’s health...