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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 1d

Research from @mtfstudy.bsky.social finds the prevalence of solitary drinking among young adults - especially young women - has increased to levels on par with 1970s. Because it’s linked to future alcohol use disorder, ongoing monitoring is crucial. myumi.ch/G285q

Historical trends in young adult solitary alcohol use by age and sex from 1977 to 2022

Solitary drinking is linked to alcohol problems, but we know little about how common it is in young adults or how it has changed over time. Using national data from 1977 to 2022, this study found tha...

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 1d

Our first issue of Serving the Public Interest: Insights & Innovations into the Human Lifetime is out! myumi.ch/NrR5M

This is our new quarterly newsletter that will share Survey Research Center research, media mentions, and publications. Sign up here: myumi.ch/G2pXR

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 7d

TODAY! Join the Program in Survey and Data Science for Curtiss Cobb (VP of Research, Meta): Balancing Theory with Practice: How to Develop Successful Industry Research Practitioners
Wednesday, October 1, 12:00-1:00 EDT
Details including abstract & zoom link: myumi.ch/R3yJX

JPSM MPSDS SEMINAR SERIES

Balancing Theory with Practice: How to Develop Successful Industry Research Practitioners

12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT

Via Zoom and on location Zoom: 940 4363 9579, Code: 2526 University of Maryland, LeFrak Hall, Room 1208 University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research, Room 1070

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Curtiss Cobb Vice President of Research, Meta

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 7d

Along with a brand new website - src.isr.umich.edu - we are launching a quarterly newsletter that will share Survey Research Center research, media mentions, and publications. Sign up here: myumi.ch/G2pXR

Serving the Public Interest: Insights & Innovations into the Human Lifespan.

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 8d

Join us TODAY at 1:00 for @bradytwest.bsky.social and @jameswagner254.bsky.social : Developing a Modern and Standardized Data Quality Profile for SRC Surveys
More information: myumi.ch/qZPQe
1430BD ISR-Thompson
umich.zoom.us/j/91336999447
Meeting ID: 913 3699 9447
Passcode: 878303

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 8d

Meet Bill Axinn & @emilytreleaven.bsky.social of SRC and @um-psc.bsky.social Society, Population, and Environment - they hosted our September Coffee & Donuts and chatted with SRC Director @umpamdk.bsky.social about SPE, their research, and what they enjoy doing outside of work youtu.be/xwU4HrUI3sk

Coffee with SPE

YouTube video by Survey Research Center, University of Michigan

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 12d

Widows in the US have more depressive symptoms than widows in India, but using HRS and LASI, Shekhar Chauhan, Dawn Carr, Miles Taylor & Amanda Sonnega find protective resources that are dependent on the country context myumi.ch/4mzEE

Differences in Protective Resources and Risks for Depressive Symptoms Among Recent Widows in the United States and India

Abstract. Widowhood is among the most consequential stressful events for mental health. Although certain resources have been identified as protective of me

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 13d

Using @mtfstudy.bsky.social data, Richard Miech & coauthors find correlations between flavored e-cigarette use and tobacco & substance use among US youth. The authors recommend closing regulatory loopholes & implementing bans on flavored e-cigarettes to reduce youth nicotine use myumi.ch/dgqp4

Correlations Between Flavored E‐Cigarette Use and Tobacco and Substance Use Among US Youth, 2021 to 2023

Policy Points Menthol-flavored e-cigarettes are disproportionately used by youth who co-use other substances; allowing menthol sales may undermine efforts to reduce poly-tobacco and poly-substanc...

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 13d

The American middle class is worried about the economy. According the @umich.edu's Surveys of Consumers, consumer sentiment has dropped from 70.1 last year to 55.4 in September. Joanne Hsu says this anxiety is "particularly strong among lower- and middle-income consumers" myumi.ch/e3pXZ

Economic anxiety runs "particularly strong among lower- and middle-income consumers.”
USA Today
September 25, 2025
Joanne Hsu, Surveys of Consumers, Survey Research Center

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 13d

Join us Tuesday, September 30 at 1:00 for @bradytwest.bsky.social and @jameswagner254.bsky.social : Developing a Modern and Standardized Data Quality Profile for SRC Surveys
More information: myumi.ch/qZPQe
1430BD ISR-Thompson
umich.zoom.us/j/91336999447
Meeting ID: 913 3699 9447
Passcode: 878303

SRC Seminar Series Presents: Developing a Modern and Standardized Data Quality Profile for SRC Surveys | Happening @ Michigan

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 14d

Join the Program in Survey and Data Science for Curtiss Cobb (VP of Research, Meta): Balancing Theory with Practice: How to Develop Successful Industry Research Practitioners
Wednesday, October 1, 12:00-1:00 EDT
Details including abstract & zoom link: myumi.ch/R3yJX
1070 ISR-Thompson

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 18d

Amanda Sonnega & coauthors evaluated the role of psychological resilience on the consequences of falling. Using the Health and Retirement Study, they find that higher resiliency had greater protection against accelerated disability, especially among those aged 70+ myumi.ch/kPJgm

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 19d

Using the Health and Retirement Study & Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging, SRC & @um-psc.bsky.social researchers reveal how work patterns & expectations shape older workers’ mental health. Findings stress supporting those nearing retirement during economic crises myumi.ch/n1qjy

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Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics @umichstonecid.bsky.social · 20d

Did you know that declining birth rates help explain U.S. women's progress toward pay #equality with men? Learn more in the new article out now from our own @sashakillewald.bsky.social in the @us.theconversation.com

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#AcademicSky #sociology #umich @um-src.bsky.social

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 29d

Read an overview of the National Dementia Workforce Study, which will provide insights into workforce dynamics, training needs, and care quality and inform strategies to improve dementia care policy, workforce capacity, and practice.
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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 29d

The National Dementia Workforce Study details its sampling and recruitment process for long-term dementia care staff, highlighting challenges and limits to population coverage. myumi.ch/Z2AXX
@jameswagner254.bsky.social @rnishimura.bsky.social @dtmaust.bsky.social @joannespetz.bsky.social

The National Dementia Workforce Study: The Plan for Organization Sample Frames and Data Collection

The National Dementia Workforce Study was designed to improve our understanding of the individuals and systems who care for people with dementia, but designing and implementing such a study is challe...

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 29d

The National Dementia Workforce Study details its sampling and recruitment process for long-term dementia care staff, highlighting challenges and limits to population coverage. myumi.ch/Z2AXX
@jameswagner254.bsky.social @rnishimura.bsky.social @dtmaust.bsky.social @joannespetz.bsky.social

The National Dementia Workforce Study: The Plan for Organization Sample Frames and Data Collection

The National Dementia Workforce Study was designed to improve our understanding of the individuals and systems who care for people with dementia, but designing and implementing such a study is challe...

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · Sep 4

Researchers, including @d3center.bsky.social affiliates @peiyaoh.bsky.social & Walter Dempsey, conducted a proof-of-concept study on WalkToJoy—a message-based intervention—to assess effects on affective and behavioral outcomes for walking. Suggestion prompts were especially effective. myumi.ch/w9QJ2

Improving Affective Associations With Physical Activity via a Message-Based mHealth Intervention (WalkToJoy): Proof-of-Concept Study

Background: Traditional mobile health interventions for physical activity (PA) primarily rely on reflective self-regulatory processes, often neglecting the role of affective associations in sustaining...

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · Aug 26

Learn more about @ninsolera.bsky.social & her work with @umpsid.bsky.social & @umichstonecid.bsky.social: “Not everyone will end up perfectly happy or healthy, but I can see through the longevity of the PSID data how families improve— it demonstrates that even small changes matter.”

Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics @umichstonecid.bsky.social · Aug 26

Get to know our faculty associate & @umpsid.bsky.social Asst. Dir. Noura Insolera @ninsolera.bsky.social‬ whose #research explores how income #inequality affects health & educational outcomes over the life course & across generations. #econsky #academicsky

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · Aug 25

🧪Jessica Faul, David Weir, Ken Langa & coauthors find promising links between blood-based neurodegenerative biomarkers & cognitive decline in nationally representative samples in India & the United States myumi.ch/4m4Gn

Association of Blood-based Neurodegenerative Biomarkers with cognitive functioning and dementia in India (LASI-DAD) and the United States (HRS)

Abstract. This study examines associations between blood-based neurodegenerative biomarkers and cognitive functioning in nationally representative samples

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The National Neighborhood Data Archive @umnanda.bsky.social · Aug 21

Need central AC data for US neighborhoods?

Using methods Carina Gronlund & Veronica Berrocal developed (📝 doi.org/10.1038/s413...), @umnanda.bsky.social predicted central AC access across census tracts.
📊 doi.org/10.3886/E237...

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · Aug 18

🧪Yajuan Si & Toan Tran developed a new computational interface that could allow for more people to apply multilevel regression and poststratification to their data, even if they don’t have a statistics background or experience with R programming language myumi.ch/E8Eqp

“Hospital test records are part of medical records, and you have to follow HIPAA privacy regulations, which prevents researchers like us from easily accessing that data. But for those who work inside the hospital, they have access to the data. We want them to use our tools and run their data analysis locally. In that sense, we don’t need to see their data, but they can run our approach.”
Yajuan Si, Research Associate Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · Aug 15

Using nationally representative survey data from the 2015–2019 and 2021–2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the researchers also found theft of opioids as a source declined with age and over time.

UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · Aug 15

Teens & young adults who got prescription opioids by buying them had the most frequent misuse & mental health issues. Those prescribed opioids by a doctor had the lowest rates of misuse & related concerns myumi.ch/z9pJy
@tschepis.bsky.social‬ @bradytwest.bsky.social‬ @umisr.bsky.social‬

US Adolescents’ and Young Adults’ Sources for Prescription Opioid Misuse: Age, Substance Use, and Mental Health Differences

Background Medication sources for prescription opioid misuse in US adolescents and young adults may have changed, particularly related to the COVID-19 pandemic. We examined how opioid sources vary a...

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · Aug 15

An annual Gallup has been tracking a downturn in drinking since 2023. This coincides with @mtfstudy.bsky.social, which has shown a significant decline in young people's drinking over the last decade www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/w...

U.S. Drinking Drops to New Low, Poll Finds

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · Aug 15

EJ Antoni, Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee, has suggested that the BLS suspend its monthly job reports, citing flawed data. Joanne Hsu & @bradytwest.bsky.social argue that while data collection is more difficult, the answer is more resources, not less data myumi.ch/g3zdd

“The data collection environment is getting more difficult, and any answer will require more resources.”
-Joanne Hsu, Surveys of Consumers, Survey Research Center

“The whole point of the [BLS] revisions is to improve the survey estimates.”
-Brady West, Program in Survey and Data Science, Survey Research Center

Financial Times | August 14, 2025

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