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🚨 New research just dropped! "Long-term exposure to extreme heat and cold and cognitive decline in older adults" in Environmental Research. 📖 Read it today doi.org/10.1016/j.en... @ketlynesol.bsky.social @icpsr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social

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NaNDA Call for Proposals: Seeking collaborators to develop new neighborhood measures. Apply now! 🔗 nanda.isr.umich.edu/2025/06/12/2025pilot/ #NaNDA #Research #DataScience #OpenData @icpsr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social

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How wealthy are you? Join our own #umich #sociologist @robertmanduca.bsky.social as he explores an aspect of personal wealth many of us overlook: the benefits Americans will get from Social Security and other similar government benefit programs (via @us.theconversation.com). myumi.ch/4mxgq

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A study using @nhats-nsoc.bsky.social and @umpsid.bsky.social‬ shows African American and Latino seniors with ADRD face higher economic burdens, mainly from unpaid caregiving. Better understanding of prevalence and policies could ease these burdens for all US residents myumi.ch/w9w2b

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🧪Using @ffcws.bsky.social‬, @colterm.bsky.social‬ & coauthors find that educational effort is consistently protective for depressive symptoms in adolescents, but is linked to accelerated epigenic aging among disadvantaged Hispanic youth myumi.ch/79Jzr #epigenetics #education

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Patterns of alcohol use over time among older different-sex couples: Implications for health (just accepted in @jsadjournal.bsky.social) @umisr.bsky.social @umichsph.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @micda-umisr.bsky.social www.jsad.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Using @mtfstudy.bsky.social‬, Yvonne Terry-McElrath, Yuk Pang & @meganepatrick.bsky.social found that while young adults can't legally buy cannabis products, they report easy access. Among non-users, state policy & college attendance are linked to easier perceived access myumi.ch/R3QAW

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Using national survey data in the US, Ireland & Northern Ireland, Jessica Faul, Colter Mitchell & coauthors found notable consistency when evaluating well studied health behaviors, suggesting epigenetic clocks are useful for monitoring health across contexts myumi.ch/Z28nQ

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U.S. Census Bureau's decades long with falling public participation in surveys and trust in government is now compounded by DOGE's handling of data. Distrust in how government uses data is higher among people of color, which can lead to selection bias and skewed data. myumi.ch/jJVMG

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Congratulations to Grace Noppert!! She has been awarded with a Research Faculty Recognition Award from the UM Office of the Vice President for Research.

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The issue of evaluating pollsters based on their, so-called, accuracy in pre-election polls is that this is turning much more in a matter of election modelling than survey methods. If you have very good models, you can get pretty decent estimates even with a crappy methodology. 🧵 +

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🎊 U-M's Survey Research Center @um-src.bsky.social and PSC @um-psc.bsky.social are thrilled to launch the International Research Hub, a new resource that will support and expand social research worldwide. If you want to work with ISR on international research, learn more! ➡️ myumi.ch/VVD2e

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Inbal Nahum-Shani (@d3center.bsky.social‬) et al piloted a text-based intervention for parents of teens at high suicide risk seeking emergency department (ED) services. Findings suggest this intervention shows promise as a post-ED continuity of care strategy for high-risk youth myumi.ch/z9NNn

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🧪Farah Ammous, Jennifer A. Smith, Wei Zhao & collaborators used molecular tools to provide insights into biological processes underlying cardiovascular disease risk and treatment. The researchers identified several novel IL-6-CpG sites and downstream pathways affected by methylation myumi.ch/2rjjb

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🧪 Josh Ehrlich & coauthors examine the trends in income-related inequalities in vision difficulty and identify what factors explain the widening visual health gap between higher and lower income adults myumi.ch/MkpkQ

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Angela Turkelson, Kira Birditt & collaborators examine the impact of drinking amount and similarity of drinking patterns on health among older couples

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Adriana Reyes & @spattersearch.bsky.social find nuanced views among the Latinx population on who should bear the responsibility of long-term care of older adults, with significant gender differences in these views

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Researchers @reeddeangelis.bsky.social‬, @rigbydavid.bsky.social‬, @mhicken.bsky.social‬ et al examined links btwn residential segregation & epigenetic aging among older Black & White Americans. Segregation only partially explains faster aging in Black residents myumi.ch/E879x

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🧪SRC researchers compared a MARCH produced probability sample of Michigan births w/all births, finding close accord w/birth outcomes & mothers' demographics showing a way forward for representative pre- & post-natal studies of births myumi.ch/xww8x

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🧪Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, Yuelin He, Jessica Faul, @kduchowny.bsky.social‬, Chihua Li, Rebecca Stebbins & Grace Noppert find evidence for the potential population health impact of treating cytomegalovirus, an infection which can cause age-related diseases myumi.ch/Nrrwp

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Joanne Hsu, director of Surveys of Consumers, tells @marketplace.org‬ that consumers are worried about their personal finances, "Two-thirds of consumers expecting unemployment rates to go up" myumi.ch/Mkkjp

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Research Highlight: Public Polling. @bradytwest.bsky.social & ‪@randridge.bsky.social‬ demonstrate how new statistical measures of "non-ignorable" selection bias can be used to effectively adjust estimates & correct bias myumi.ch/w99n1 @um-psc.bsky.social

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🧪Negative interactions btwn caregivers & recipients are linked to elevated heart rate among caregivers. Yee To Ng, Anna Kratz, Angela Turkelson & Kira Birditt find socializing with friends can buffer negative cardiovascular effects myumi.ch/D88M6

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Consumer sentiment fell to its second lowest level-the lowest was June 2022 when inflation peaked at 9%-this decline is among all income levels. Joanne Hsu says, "Consumers are specifically concerned about instability, unpredictability, uncertainty around trade policy." myumi.ch/NrrGW

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#AAPOR 80th Annual Conference is over - we hope you had a great conference, made connections, got some fun swag, and had a good, informative time. SRC was very well represented. Here's how we stacked up:

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📈 SRC's Htay-Wah Saw will present the results of a randomized control trial, which was used to evaluate the effect of survey burden on an online probability-based panel. Their findings will be presented at #AAPOR25 myumi.ch/R3mA8

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📈 SRC's @rnishimura.bsky.social will moderate 'Methods to Combine or Adjust Data to Improve Survey Estimates' at #AAPOR25 myumi.ch/D8rM9

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📈 The 2024 presidential election highlighted challenges in polling, especially among young voters. Felix Baez-Santiago & Josh Pasek compare the effectiveness of probability-based & non-probability polling in representing youth sentiment myumi.ch/G24Ng #AAPOR2025

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📈 Andrew Hupp will moderate 'Advances in Video and AI-Driven Survey Interviewing' at #AAPOR25 myumi.ch/P3kR4

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📈 Citizens who are dissatisfied with the political system may introduce bias into a survey by opting for 'acceptable' rather than true answers. Alexandros Christos Gkotinakos & @cwengstr.bsky.social examine the impact of this behavior & report on their findings myumi.ch/y1p44 #AAPOR2025

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📈 SRC's Sergio Martinez, Heather M. Schroeder, Chendi Zhao & @bradytwest.bsky.social examine the influence measure of response rates in panel surveys. They will present their findings at #AAPOR25 myumi.ch/JPwJ2

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📈 SRC's Chendi Zhao and Trivellore Raghunathan examine how data perturbation impacts the accuracy of estimates in area-level Small Area Estimation. They will present their findings at #AAPOR25 myumi.ch/e3g2x

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📈 Michael Elliott and Jonathan Mendelson offer an approach to a Bayseian sampling problem, which they will present at #AAPOR25 myumi.ch/3RQyP

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📈 SRC affiliates Mick Couper and Htay-Wah Saw used four studies to evaluate the selectivity across studies that involve wearables. Arie Kapteyn (@usc.edu) will present their findings at #AAPOR25 myumi.ch/Nr6GZ

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📈 SRC affiliates Mao Li and Xinyi Chen examine social media platforms in the "post-Twitter" era to find interaction patterns. They will present their findings at #AAPOR25 myumi.ch/n1yWg

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📈 SRC's Marco Angrisani, Ritika Chaturvedi & Kira Birditt examined data from the UAS-CLEAR participation process and will present their findings at #AAPOR25 myumi.ch/Qw683

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📈 SRC's @jameswagner254.bsky.social will moderate the 'Data Quality: A Smorgasbord of Survey Challenges' session at #AAPOR25 myumi.ch/Mk625

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Apply now to be part of this important and impactful research!

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📈 @rnishimura & Paul Burton, w/Matthew DeBell, used data from the @electionstudies.bsky.social to discuss the principles of sample stratification design and its role in objectives often seen in national United States election surveys. They will discuss their findings at #AAPOR25 myumi.ch/bVEx6

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📈 We're nearing the home stretch at #AAPOR2025, but we have a full afternoon of sessions ahead of us. Gather your strength and follow along! To see a full schedule of SRC researchers' presentations, visit: myumi.ch/8qqye

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📈 SRC affiliate Yongchao Ma conducted a study aimed at improving response rates in survey data collection through Large Language Models. Her findings will be presented at #APPOR25 myumi.ch/E8rQ2

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