Institute for Social Research
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October 28, 2016
Long-term fright reactions extend beyond scary movies, TV shows
A new U-M study shows different media platforms, such as social media, the internet and nonfictional media are creating frightened reactions that can have long-term effects.
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October 26, 2016
Poor young women at greater risk of unintended pregnancies
Poor women have fewer but longer relationships, use contraceptives less frequently and use less effective methods than women from more advantaged backgrounds, a new U-M study shows.
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April 27, 2016
Margaret Levenstein appointed next director of ICPSR
Margaret Levenstein has been appointed director of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research at the Institute for Social Research.
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January 27, 2016
Aggressive behavior more common among half- and stepsiblings
About one in six U.S. children live with half- or stepsiblings just before starting kindergarten, and these children behave aggressively more often, on average, than do other children.
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December 16, 2015
Cigarillo use increases estimates of teen smoking rates by half
The percentage of teens who smoked tobacco in the past 30 days increased by more than half when cigarillos — small cigars or little cigars — are included with regular cigarettes as a form of tobacco use. The finding supports concerns in the public health community that cigarillos are attracting new youth to tobacco use.… -
December 16, 2015
Most youth use e-cigarettes for novelty, flavors — not to quit smoking
In 2015, more than half of all students in eighth, 10th and 12th grades who used vaporizers such as e-cigarettes report that a primary reason for use was curiosity to see what they were like. About 40 percent said that they used them because they tasted good. Far fewer — about 10 percent — said… -
December 16, 2015
Teen use of ecstasy, heroin, synthetic marijuana, alcohol declines
The results from the latest national survey in the Monitoring the Future series on use of licit and illicit drugs by American teenagers show that some important improvements are taking place.
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December 16, 2015
Teen cigarette smoking drops to historic low in 2015
Cigarette smoking among teens in grades eight, 10 and 12 continued a decades-long decline in 2015 and reached the lowest levels recorded since annual tracking began 41 years ago. The percentage of students saying that they smoked at all in the prior 30 days fell for the three grades combined from 8 percent to 7… -
December 7, 2015
New federal support enhances ISR Health and Retirement Study
The U-M Health and Retirement Study has received significant support from the National Institutes of Health to carry out new enhancements to the resource for aging research.
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October 28, 2015
Economics professor gets $2.1M from NSF for big data project
An economics faculty member has received a National Science Foundation grant to help determine how individuals and families have changed across the 20th century.
