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Survey Research Center is an international leader in research involving the collection and analysis of sample surveys, administrative and other non-survey data. https://src.isr.umich.edu/
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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...

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

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

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

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

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. 🧵 +

🎊 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

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

🧪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

🧪 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

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

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

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

🧪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

🧪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

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

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

🧪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

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

#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:

📈 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

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

📈 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

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

📈 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

📈 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

📈 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

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

📈 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

📈 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

📈 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

📈 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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📈 @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

📈 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

📈 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

📈 PATH was a respondent-driven sampling study of persons who inject drugs which introduced 2 innovations: a randomized coupon count experiment using real-time recruitment propensity and extending RDS to longitudinal data. @sungheelee.bsky.social reviews success and insights myumi.ch/XyGpQ #AAPOR2025

📈 At #AAPOR2025 @bradytwest.bsky.social will moderate the session 'Everyone Counts: Innovations For Leaving No Population Behind' myumi.ch/pVk4r

📈 Kaidar Nurumov reports on the relationship btwn respondent reports on subjective life expectancy in the Health & Retirement Study and subsequent mortality patterns across four racial/ethnic/linguistic groups myumi.ch/qZV4m #AAPOR2025

📈 @bradytwest.bsky.social reviews key conceptual issues when selecting reference data for inference from non-probability samples. The talk will cover future research avenues, current method shortcomings, and practical suggestions myumi.ch/xwq49 #AAPOR2025

📈 Henning Silber will present initial results of nonresponse follow-up interviews w/in the most recent refreshment sample of the German Family Demographic Panel Study & draw preliminary conclusions on strategies to improve future survey design myumi.ch/5ky2q #AAPOR2025