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YouTube video by Survey Research Center, University of Michigan We Are SRC

Celebrating 80 years of social science in the public interest.

SRC’s founders believed social behavior could be understood in terms of attitudes and motivational behaviors, and links could be formed between an academic culture & the applied research of business and government. youtu.be/giSsP7o4PZg

"The questionnaire averaged two and a half hours, so just getting respondents to agree to do that in person was difficult. We learned lots of really valuable lessons on implementing this large, complex study of a special population and we are better for it: protocol, design, interview and respondent engagement." Michigan Daily, January 19, 2026 Stephanie Chardoul, Survey Research Center, Survey Research Operations

The @umisr.bsky.social celebration of #MLK Day highlighted the 25-year follow-up of the National Survey of American Life. Stephanie Chardoul said, "We learned lots of really valuable lessons on implementing this large, complex study of a special population and we are better for it" myumi.ch/w9Gwe

YouTube video by Survey Research Center, University of Michigan Coffee with LCD

January's Coffee and Donuts with the SRC Director was hosted by the #LifeCourseDevelopment program. Noah Webster chatted with SRC director @umpamdk.bsky.social chatted about the work LCD does and how important all social ties are to healthy aging youtu.be/1GX_M-dQY-s?...

SRC Seminar Series Presents: The Way We News Now: How information abundance, news negativity, and media distrust are changing the way Americans engage with journalism | Happening @ Michigan Presented By: Survey Research Center Ask a Question About This Event

Join us, Tuesday, February 3 at 1:00 for @arielhasell.bsky.social: The Way We News Now: How information abundance, news negativity, and media distrust are changing the way Americans engage with journalism
More information & zoom link: myumi.ch/JPVze
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SRC Seminar Series Presents: Parents, Neighborhoods, and the Developing Brain | Happening @ Michigan Presented By: Survey Research Center Ask a Question About This Event

Join us, TODAY at 1:00 for Luke Hyde: Parents, Neighborhoods, and the Developing Brain
More information: myumi.ch/4mPDn
1430 ISR-Thompson
Zoom: myumi.ch/Z2EqZ
Meeting ID: 993 5134 5515
Passcode: 265270

SRC director, @umpamdk.bsky.social, says, "This generous support allows us to continue to address some of the most pressing research questions of our time."

SRC Seminar Series Presents: Parents, Neighborhoods, and the Developing Brain | Happening @ Michigan Presented By: Survey Research Center Ask a Question About This Event

Join us, Tuesday, January 27 at 1:00 for Luke Hyde: Parents, Neighborhoods, and the Developing Brain
More information: myumi.ch/4mPDn
1430 ISR-Thompson
Zoom: myumi.ch/Z2EqZ
Meeting ID: 993 5134 5515
Passcode: 265270

University of Michigan Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics announces the CID Speaker Series featuring Joe LaBriola on “The Tax Treatment of Housing as a Source of Racial Inequality.” Event scheduled for Wednesday, January 14, noon to 1:30 p.m. at ISR 6050, with a link for more information.

Today at 12 EST at #umich @umisr.bsky.social! We’re thrilled to host our own @joelabriola.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social faculty as he presents, “The Tax Treatment of Housing as a Source of Racial Inequality.” Join us in person or Zoom – 📧 DM us for the link.🥳

inequality.umich.edu/speaker-seri...

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TOMORROW: Join the @umichstonecid.bsky.social for @johnvoorheis.bsky.social (US Census Bureau): Housing Capital and Intergenerational Mobility in the United States
Tuesday, January 13, 10:30am-12:00pm EDT
RSVP to save your seat: myumi.ch/15erV
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Chulalongkorn University noted the joint meeting "paved the way for collaboration in demographic research and the development of innovations in population data collection, with the aim of enhancing research quality and strengthening the capacity of the college’s faculty members and researchers.”

Chula Welcomes University of Michigan for Collaboration – Chulalongkorn University The visit aimed to discuss potential collaboration in demographic research and innovations in population data survey methods.

Bill Axinn and Stephanie Chardoul visited Chulalongkorn University’s College of Population Studies in Bangkok to discuss future collaborations in demographic research and innovations in population data survey methods myumi.ch/E8Qm7

Promotional graphic for a CID speaker series event with details about the speaker and event.

Join the @umichstonecid.bsky.social for @johnvoorheis.bsky.social (US Census Bureau): Housing Capital and Intergenerational Mobility in the United States
Tuesday, January 13, 10:30am-12:00pm EDT
RSVP to save your seat: myumi.ch/15erV
1430 ISR-Thompson

Hand holding a megaphone with a speech bubble: "We are hiring!"

We invite applications for a Research Assistant Professor in the Survey Methodology Program. We are seeking candidates who are developing methods for acquiring & integrating non-traditional sources & applying AI & emerging technologies to survey methodology myumi.ch/R3AWy @umisr.bsky.social

Reported use of most drugs remains low among US teens For the fifth year in a row, use of most substances among teenagers in the United States continues to hover around the low-water mark reached in 2021.

"For the fifth year in a row, use of most substances among teenagers in the United States continues to hover around the low-water mark reached in 2021."

More results from the #MonitoringtheFuture study released today: myumi.ch/MkGNE

Poor vision plus unsafe homes drive higher fall risk in seniors Older adults with severe vision loss are three to four times more likely to fall when they live in homes with hazards such as missing grab bars, tripping risks or broken flooring.

"The home is not just background; it's a key shaper of risk." PSC & SRC postdoc Shu Xu et al share 5 concrete tips to prevent falls for older adults with vision loss: myumi.ch/D8Q5M @nhats-nsoc.bsky.social @micda-umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social @umichnews.bsky.social

December's Coffee and Donuts with the SRC Director was hosted by the Survey Research Center. Pamela Davis-Kean, SRC director, and Mary Mangum, SRC assistant director, discuss the wide breadth of the… Coffee with SRC DO

December's Coffee and Donuts with the SRC Director was hosted by the Survey Research Center. Pamela Davis-Kean, SRC director, and Mary Mangum, SRC assistant director, discuss the wide breadth of the research SRC does and the work SRC staff do to support that research

Surveys in Psychiatric Epidemiological Research This Special Communication examines the biases and operational problems of surveys used in psychiatric epidemiological research to develop a standard for using nonprobability and probability-based onl...

🧪With global mental health challenges rising, rigorous data tools matter more than ever. @yajuansi.bsky.social, James Wagner & Ronald Kessler urge combining online panel surveys with high-quality probability samples for valid, practical studies. Details: myumi.ch/dgDP1

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Survey Research Center: Join Our Team!

SRC and @umisr.bsky.social are seeking an Associate Research Scientist to serve as a survey methodologist for the @nhats-nsoc.bsky.social and collaborate on externally funded projects related to aging, disability, dementia, and care myumi.ch/8qDxR

Epigenome-wide association study of nuclear DNA methylation in relation to mitochondrial heteroplasmy - Nature Communications Mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy associates with context-specific nuclear CpG methylation, supported by a cell model. Heteroplasmy–CpG scores relate to mortality and cardiovascular risk, though directio...

🧪Research by Wei Zhao, Jessica Faul, Jennifer A. Smith et al. suggest a connection between mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy and nuclear DNA methylation in aging and disease. The direction & mechanisms of the connection are in need of further study. myumi.ch/pVWmD

A comprehensive parent training program for parents of neurodivergent children with pathological demand avoidance: The Paradigm Shift Program® Pilot Study The Paradigm Shift Program, a comprehensive training program for parents of neurodivergent children with pathological demand avoidance (PDA), was feasible and acceptable, and there were significant i...

Noelle Carlozzi et al. find the Paradigm Shift Program, a comprehensive parent training program for parents of neurodivergent children with pathological demand avoidance shows promise. The program improved children's behavior & boosted parents' health-related quality of life myumi.ch/9pAdd

Chitwan Valley Family Study team

The Chitwan Valley Family Study (or CVFS) was launched in 1995 and celebrated its 30th anniversary this year with a series of events in Nepal. Read more about this important study and the November celebration: myumi.ch/n13z2

Estimating under-five mortality using household survey data: Challenges and opportunities Emily Treleaven University of Michigan Dec. 8, 2025 PSC Brown Bag Series 2025 Join us live or on Zoom ISR (Thompson St.) Room 1430 | Mondays at noon

At the next PSC Brown Bag, we'll get to hear from our own @emilytreleaven.bsky.social presenting insights from her recent household survey work that could reduce error in mortality estimates. #Demography @um-src.bsky.social Join us live or on Zoom: psc.isr.umich.edu/events/trele...

SRC Seminar Series Presents: Insights into cognitive aging around the world: evidence from the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol | Happening @ Michigan

Join us TODAY at 1:00 for Lindsay Kobayashi: Insights into cognitive aging around the world: evidence from the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol
More information: myumi.ch/dgJy6
1430BD ISR-Thompson
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Meeting ID: 926 9887 1329
Passcode: 588465

How to manage missing covariates in randomized controlled trials: a comparison of strategies - BMC Medical Research Methodology Background When analyzing randomized controlled trials (RCTs) data, covariate adjustment is often employed to increase the precision of estimated treatment effects. Missing data in covariates, if not ...

Shiyu Zhang, @yajuansi.bsky.social & John Dziak clarify the assumptions and mechanisms by which different missing data strategies accommodate missingness in covariates and reconcile recommendations that sometimes appear contradictory in the literature myumi.ch/5kGMD

Climate-related disasters threaten the health & wellbeing of human populations. Elizabeth Fussell, Kate Burrows & @narayansastry.bsky.social review key survey design elements from 4 demographic surveys disrupted by large-scale disasters to pinpoint what’s critical in disaster research myumi.ch/8q8Nq

Independents’ confidence tends to land somewhere between that of Democrats and Republicans, “and that is something that hasn’t changed. We’ve seen that now through across three presidential administrations.” Marketplace November 21, 2025 Joanne Hsu, Surveys of Consumers, Survey Research Center

Political partisanship has become so persistent in sentiment surveys that some economists say it’s getting harder to accurately measure moods of consumers. Surveys of Consumers director, Joanne Hsu, says looking at how independents feel is a better gauge of sentiment myumi.ch/Mk87V

The Science of Social Relationships RCGD fall 2025 SEMINAR SERIES ISR Thompson 1430 | Mondays 3:30 to 5 Jess Francis-Levin | 11.24.25 Aging and Connecting in a Virtual World: Considerations for Social VR Design, Adoption, and Engagement among Older Adults

Jess Francis-Levin is using RCGD's new VR Lab for a project on aging and connection among older adults. Join us TODAY at the @rcgd-isr.bsky.social seminar series on the science of social relationships! @um-src.bsky.social @micda-umisr.bsky.social buff.ly/eSVuAL4

Hanyu Sun & Fred Conrad examine the differences in interviewer and respondent paralinguistic behaviors (such as “uh” and “um” or laughter) between video and in-person interviews and whether these difference influence respondents' answers myumi.ch/rAPZ7

Coffee with d3c Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

November's Coffee and Donuts with the SRC Director was hosted by the @d3center.bsky.social. Billie Nahum-Shani and Shiyu Zhang chatted with SRC director @umpamdk.bsky.social about adaptive interventions and the integration of human and mobile delivered approaches myumi.ch/qZxd4