PSC Researchers in the News and Media

2009

Weir testifies on findings from study of retired NFL players
10/27/2009.
Lantz discusses proposed federal health care reforms - video
10/14/2009.
Burgard says persistent job insecurity worse on health than layoff
10/11/2009.
Farley addresses poverty, potential for rebound, in Michigan - podcast
10/09/2009.
Eccles notes teens model parents in volunteerism
10/07/2009.
Research by Weir, Jackson, and Sonnega on retired NFL players reported in NYT
09/29/2009.
Burgard and Nicklett tie depression to downward social mobility among immigrants
09/23/2009.
Weir looks at work expectations among older Americans
09/17/2009.
Burgard, House, and Brand find job insecurity harder on health than losing job
08/31/2009.
Bound and Hershbein's work on college admissions competition cited in CHE
08/24/2009.
Smock says living together before marriage may not raise divorce risk
08/20/2009.
Galea discusses goals for new Center for Global Health (video)
08/11/2009.
Kimball, Mitchell, Thornton and Young-Demarco find college major impacts religious faith
07/28/2009.
Wildeman finds extreme disadvantages for children of incarcerated mothers
07/21/2009.
Burgard describes health toll of chronic job insecurity
07/21/2009.
Heeringa to help lead study of military mental health
07/16/2009.
Groves confirmed as Census Bureau Director
07/13/2009.
Smock says family rituals sustaining in dire times
07/09/2009.
Farley sees job diversification sustaining Detroit's black middle class
07/08/2009.
Smock looks at economic uncertainty and families (video)
07/03/2009.
Barber comments on implications of unplanned parenthood
06/30/2009.
Danziger discusses poverty trends, anti-poverty policy (podcast)
06/25/2009.
Neidert remarks on connection between power outages, surge in births 9 months later
06/22/2009.
Geronimus' work on health and racism is Miller-McCune cover story
06/15/2009.
Farley tells NPR that Michigan Central Station still inspires
06/07/2009.
Clarke comments on recent jump in U.S. obesity rates
06/01/2009.
Frey sees dilution of racial identity politics with growth in multi-racial U.S. voters
05/28/2009.
Johnston says U.S. demand for illegal drugs 'insatiable'
05/26/2009.
Frey discusses trends in U.S. minority populations in C-Span interview
05/26/2009.
Smock's work cited in WSJ story on growing problem of nonmarital childbearing
05/22/2009.
Groves rules out statistical sampling in 2010 census
05/15/2009.
Johnston sees perceived risk as key in young people's use of high-THC marijuana
05/14/2009.
Hsin finds kids suffer when mothers have high-stress jobs
05/04/2009.
Burgard's work on fear of job loss cited by AARP
05/01/2009.
Galea discusses how to handle public health emergency on NPR
04/30/2009.
Groves is Obama's pick to run Census Bureau
04/07/2009.
Smock comments on trends in unmarried childbearing
04/03/2009.
Frey interviewed on C-Span about U.S. migration slowdown (video clip)
03/23/2009.
Frey comments on end of migration bubble in WSJ piece
03/19/2009.
Krause cited in Time story on biology of belief
02/22/2009.
Burgard featured in USNWR piece on how jobs affect longevity
02/20/2009.
Smock sees uncertain times as contributing to uptick in marriage
02/11/2009.
Levy says low-income people want to save, but cannot
02/04/2009.
Smock comments on evolving prevalence, nature of U.S. cohabitation
02/02/2009.
Shapiro compares tax cuts to rebates as economic stimuli
02/01/2009.
Burgard discusses effect of job uncertainty on health
01/31/2009.
Smock cited in NYT story on unmarried mothers
01/29/2009.
Moaddel taps Lebanese attitudes on politics, religion, egalitarianism
01/14/2009.
Burgard reports on health toll of job insecurity
01/02/2009.

2008

Burgard highlights importance of social networks to jobless
12/17/2008.
Inglehart finds choice, gender equality, tolerance drive rise in world happiness
12/11/2008.
Johnston says decline in teen smoking 'particularly encouraging'
12/10/2008.
Farley, Krysan, & Couper study role of race in neighborhood preferences
12/06/2008.
Stafford looks at how housing market collapse affects college enrollment
11/28/2008.
Smock says economic woes may deter unhappy couples from divorcing
11/23/2008.
Kristin Seefeldt's work on low-income women highlighted in NYT story
11/08/2008.
Frey attributes decreasing illegal immigration to job scarcity, not enforcement
10/03/2008.
Schoeni cited in story on 'new normal' for 20-something men
09/08/2008.
Burgard and Brand's work finds social toll for job layoffs
09/01/2008.
Futurist story taps Inglehart's values research
09/01/2008.
Lam discusses economic challenges posed by population aging in Brazil (Portuguese)
08/10/2008.
Frey comments on changing composition of young population in U.S.
08/06/2008.
Smock comments on shifting nature of cohabitation
07/29/2008.
Inglehart finds global happiness on the rise
06/30/2008.
Smock's work cited in quandary over romantic partner terminology
06/23/2008.
Galea's work suggests post-disaster responsiveness key in reducing public health problems
04/21/2008.
One year after Katrina, Sastry and VanLandingham find lasting mental health effects
04/20/2008.
Burgard and Ailshire find common job stresses affect sleep patterns
04/17/2008.
Smock quoted on study finding divorce, unwed childbearing cost taxpayers billions
04/15/2008.
Stafford finds husbands add 7 hours to wives' weekly housework time
04/04/2008.
Morenoff calls for national debate on rising prison population
04/02/2008.
Weir, Ofstedal, Willis et al. find one in three over 70 has memory loss
04/01/2008.
Schoeni finds disability rates declining among older Americans
03/10/2008.
Smock comments on gender gap in housework
03/06/2008.
Langa finds aging Boomers less likely than prior generations to develop severe memory loss
02/26/2008.
Yang comments on impact of weak dollar on immmigrant workers
02/11/2008.
02/10/2008.
Sastry questions dramatic impact of sanitation findings
02/08/2008.
Burgard and House find link between job loss due to health and depression
01/09/2008.

2007

Smock's research on importance of money to marriage cited in WSJ story
12/14/2007.
Galea finds high levels of trauma among New Orleans residents
12/06/2007.
Liu reports on inefficiency of divorced households
12/05/2007.
Burgard and House find health-related job loss significant threat to well-being
12/05/2007.
Geronimus tapped for Post story on new research challenging social assumptions
11/11/2007.
Padilla finds sex tourism may be fueling Caribbean HIV
10/12/2007.
Gutmann cited in Nature on privacy threats in data sharing
10/11/2007.
How To Make More Babies. What can governments do to make fertility rates go up?
09/13/2007.
Smock comments on census data showing spike in never-married young adults
09/12/2007.
Frey speculates on future migration scenarios for post-Katrina New Orleans
08/28/2007.
Poverty rate falls?
08/28/2007.
Income data and poverty: Examining the Census Bureau Report
08/22/2007.
Bachman comments on gendered importance of money in AP-MTV survey findings
08/21/2007.
Who are young Americans' heroes? Mom, Dad
08/20/2007.
Moaddel finds Iraqi attitudes more secular & nationalistic
08/09/2007.
Harding looks at neighborhood effects on sex and romance among teens
The vast majority of teens from disadvantaged neighborhoods have ideals as high as their more privileged peers about sexual behavior and romantic relationships, a University of Michigan study shows. 06/27/2007.
Schoeni finds low birth weight linked to later life difficulties
A low birth weight increases the risk for a host of seemingly unrelated adult problems, including dropping out of high school, earning less and aging at a more rapid rate during midlife. 06/19/2007.
Frey says boomers face delayed retirement
06/12/2007.
William Frey, visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institute, discusses the government's bi-partisan agreement on immigration.
05/19/2007.
Fewer Americans call themselves multiracial
The share of Americans who identify themselves as multiracial has shrunk this decade, a trend that defies expectations in an increasingly diverse nation. Less than 2 percent of the U.S. population checked off more than one race in the Census Bureau's 2005 American Community Survey (ACS). In two Census surveys in 2000, more than 2 percent did. "There's no overall explanation" for the drop, says Reynolds Farley, research scientist at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research who analyzed the trend. 05/03/2007.
When to have a child, if ever: The impact in later life
05/01/2007.

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