Sarah Patterson

Why you might not know that 2024 was America's safest year since the 1960s An overwhelming majority of Americans, 64 percent, believe that crime increased across the country in 2024, according to a Gallup survey conducted late last year.

Important analysis here on crime rates in the USA.

tl;dr: Crime rates in 2024 were at historic lows despite crime being a major talking point of politicians, while corporate media sensationalizes violent crime but doesn't cover the story when crime rates go down.

Round 11 multilevel data published | European Social Survey Contextual information from leading statistical organisations is now available for download alongside data from Round 11 (2023/24) of the European Social Survey (ESS).

Statistics on crime, democracy and politics, demography, the economy, education, health, and migration can be downloaded alongside our Round 11 (2023/24) #survey data.

The Multilevel Data resource makes it easier to analyse #data from respondents in the context they live.

#Published: "Who should have (no) children? Results of a vignette experiment in Switzerland" by Larissa Fritsch, Sandra Gilgen & Maila Mertens (doi.org/10.20377/jfr...). #JFR #JFamRes #openaccess #opensicience #sociology #demography

📢Calling all sociology scholars, including social policy and demography: applications for the 2026-27 Sociology Visitorships at Nuffield College are now open. 🗓️Deadline: 29 Sep 2025

ℹ️More info & applications: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research...

Ah August, the Sunday of months

The families in households typology: searching for families in social surveys Studying families with social surveys is not always as straightforward as it may seem. The reasons for the challenges are both conceptual and methodological, stemming from the specificity of the da...

The families in households typology

In this new paper from the @reusilience.bsky.social project, we improve standard family-type variables in EU-SILC

By @bartovalzbeta.bsky.social, @thaning.bsky.social, @wvlancker.bsky.social and @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our new paper about the Families in Households Typology (FHT) is finally out!

Codes (in Stata) are currently available for EU-SILC, ESS, EQLS and HBS and can be downloaded here: zenodo.org/records/1585...

Caring for an older adult with dementia is a family and community affair - read more about our study here:

Thank you for sharing!

New work from our member @spattersearch.bsky.social & colleagues on dementia #caregiving:

Care beyond kin: U-M study urges rethink as nontraditional caregivers step up in dementia care Friends, ex-spouses and neighbors are playing a growing role in caring for older adults with dementia—yet surveys and policies still act as if only spouses and children matter.

Care beyond kin: Study urges rethink as nontraditional caregivers step up in dementia care news.umich.edu/care-beyond-... by @umich.edu

#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving

Thanks for posting our study!

Bocconi University in Milan is hiring in sociology at any level (open rank). Ideal candidate might focus on inequality, social policy, computational, labor markets, or similar. Happy to answer questions about my time there for anyone considering applying. More details: jobmarket.unibocconi.eu

Thank you, Kara!

One of my deeply held beliefs is that if we could condition people to accept how chance affects their lives, they’d be much better equipped to recognize how systemic things impact them.

New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social affiliate @ketlynesol.bsky.social

Neighborhood disadvantage and subjective cognitive function among older Black women

myumi.ch/mRJjn

Medicare & You handbook with a wallet containing US cash and a Medicare card

60 years ago this week, Medicare was signed into law - and today, people over 65 & those with major disabilities have many choices in the program.

But as new research from @leilll2010.bsky.social et al shows, many of those navigating these choices may need more help: ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...

@drdemography.bsky.social

Soliciting paper submissions for a special issue in Spatial Demography (Springer Nature) on #climate and #health! More info here: link.springer.com/collections/....
🛟📈📉🧪 #geosky #AcademicSky #gis #spatial #population #popsky #demography #healthequity #climatechange #sustainability #weather #medsky

blogs.umb.edu/gerontologyi...

Coverage Checker: A Web-Based Tool to Navigate Diabetes Coverage and Prior Authorization Primary care clinicians report feeling “tethered to the electronic health record (EHR).”1 Trapped in a maze of unclear health insurance coverage criteria and unexpected prior authorizations (PA), shor...

Doctors across Michigan asked a @michigancqis.bsky.social led by our members for an "easy button" to determine if the diabetes med or continuous glucose monitor they wanted to order would be covered by that patient's insurance.
They delivered: www.annfammed.org/content/23/4... @loshman.bsky.social

This is great!

As Medicare turns 60, research suggests more need for annual enrollment help Pair of studies show older adults, including those with dementia, may be switching between plans without getting impartial help picking the plan that’s best for them

This week, #Medicare turns 60.

Nearly 69 million Americans over 65 or with major disabilities rely on it.

But as new work led by @leilll2010.bsky.social shows, many don't get help picking the best option for them from the many choices available under the program: ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...

Setting aside the ethical and environmental concerns of AI, I'm really offended by a bunch of elite dudes telling us our minds aren't good enough when they've had to steal everything human minds have created to create their pretend mind and it doesn't even work right!

Illustration with different communication related symbols

DYK? We have a trove of free tools and learning to help you extend the reach of your work and expertise!

Check out our Communication Toolkit for researchers -https://ihpi.umich.edu/ihpi-communications-resources

Important new review of ways researchers may be able to understand family #caregiver roles - and the need for more data on this “invisible” labor

A Perspective on Making “Invisible” Care Visible Through Time Use Data

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Americans want stronger safety net for older adults | Cornell Chronicle Social Security remains broadly popular, and as the U.S. population ages, more Americans think the government should do more to help families care for older adults, new research on aging policy finds.

news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

The aging immune system and all-cause mortality in older americans: differences across sex and race/ethnicity - Immunity & Ageing Background As individuals age, the immune system undergoes complex changes, including an increase in the number of CD8 T cells relative to CD4 T cells, a decline in naïve cell production (including T…

New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social affiliates Grace Noppert Kate Duchowny in Immunity & Ageing

The aging immune system and all-cause mortality in older americans: differences across sex and race/ethnicity

myumi.ch/G2q4b

Re-upping this thread to link to this article:
"72 of Michigan’s 83 counties, where 3.6 million (32.6%) of population live are health professional shortage areas. 57% (103/182) of MSU's medical students are disadvantaged, and 27 in training in rural Michigan."

www.crainsdetroit.com/health-care/...