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James S. House
Funded Research:
Network on Life Course Health Dynamics and Disparities in 21st Century America (NIA)
Research Affiliate, Population Studies Center.
Angus Campbell Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Survey Research.
Research Scientist Emeritus, Epidemiology, School of Public Health.
Professor Emeritus, Sociology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
Professor Emeritus, Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
Research Professor Emeritus, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research.
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Dr House's research interests include Social Psychology, Political Sociology, Social Structure and Personality, Psychosocial and Socioeconomic Factors in Health, Survey Research Methods, American Society
Select Publications
Books
House, James S. 2015. Beyond Obamacare: Life, Death, and Social Policy. Russell Sage. Abstract. Public Access.
Schoeni, Robert F., James S. House, George A. Kaplan, and Harold Pollack. 2008. Making Americans Healthier: Social and Economic Policy as Health Policy. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Abstract.
Journal Articles
House, James S. 2016. "Social Determinants and Disparities in Health: Their Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ultimate Triumph(?) in Health Policy." Journal of health politics, policy and law, 41(4): 599-626. DOI. Abstract.
House, James S. 2015. "Toward a new nationally representative household panel survey (NRHPS)." Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 40(1-4): 423-431. DOI. Abstract.
Mehta, Neil, James S. House, and Michael R. Elliott. 2015. "Dynamics of health behaviours and socioeconomic differences in mortality in the USA." Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 69(5): 416-422. PMCID: PMC4451600. DOI. Abstract.
Carr, Deborah S., John Sonnega, Randolph M. Nesse, and James S. House. 2014. "Do Special Occasions Trigger Psychological Distress Among Older Bereaved Spouses? An Empirical Assessment of Clinical Wisdom." Journals of Gerontology B: Psychological and Social Sciences, 69(1): 113-122. PMCID: PMC3894124. DOI. Abstract.
Tapia Granados, Jose A., James S. House, Edward L. Ionides, Sarah Burgard, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2014. "Individual Joblessness, Contextual Unemployment, and Mortality Risk." American Journal of Epidemiology, 180(3): 280-287. PMCID: PMC4108041. DOI. Abstract.