Jennifer Glick, Dirgha Ghimire Migration is an increasing global phenomenon impacting individuals and families from most regions of the world. Although migration figures prominently in the family life course of many throughout the world, there is limited understanding of how these dynamics influence the lives of children and adolescents beyond the impact on household economies… Continue reading Family Migration Context And Early Life Outcomes
Research Theme: PSC
Impact of relationship factors on physical and psychological health and wellbeing
Dirgha Ghimire This project studies the associations between courtship processes, marital quality, and marital dissolution in a society just beginning a dramatic transition in marital relationship and behavior. This study will focus on two aspects of marital quality: (1) love and affection (2) disagreement and criticism within marriage, and marital dissolution (separation and divorce). The… Continue reading Impact of relationship factors on physical and psychological health and wellbeing
Scientific and Technical Core
Brady T. West A sub-project of Michigan Research Infrastructure for Population Sciences– The objective of the Scientific and Technical Core (STC) is to advance the overarching objective of this P2C proposal – to design, create, and use new data to advance population science – by enhancing methods used for all three activities, and by providing… Continue reading Scientific and Technical Core
Effects of Financial Sanctions in the Criminal Justice System
Michael Mueller-Smith The use of legal financial obligations, colloquially referred to as financial sanctions, imposed on individuals who come into contact with the criminal justice system is widespread and growing in the U.S. criminal justice system. These fees and fines could generate serious social and economic consequences, particularly among low-income populations who are unable to pay… Continue reading Effects of Financial Sanctions in the Criminal Justice System
Intergenerational Influences on Marriage, Contraception and Childbearing
William G. Axinn, Brady T. West, Erin Bakshis Ware, Dirgha J. Ghimire Family formation processes, including marriage, divorce, contraception and childbearing, are among the most important factors shaping the health and wellbeing of families and children. The substantial, long-term consequences of the parental family for children’s family formation outcomes are among the most well-documented forces of change… Continue reading Intergenerational Influences on Marriage, Contraception and Childbearing
A New Population-Scale Approach for the Study of Psychological Stress in the Transition to Adulthood
This project pioneers a new protocol for self-collection of hair samples for large, population representative samples of individuals. Hair will be used to assess cortisol levels (a biomarker for psychological stress) among a large cohort of those experiencing the transition to adulthood. Panel data will be used to establish selection bias in the success of… Continue reading A New Population-Scale Approach for the Study of Psychological Stress in the Transition to Adulthood
Health Decision-Making in the Aftermath of a Disaster: Evidence from Cyclone Idai in Mozambique
Dean Yang, Tanya Rosenblat, James Riddell IV How do disasters affect individual decision-making about important health behaviors? Can public health interventions reduce disaster-induced deterioration of such decision-making? We explore these questions in the context of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique. We have a research team in the area struck by the cyclone, that was about to… Continue reading Health Decision-Making in the Aftermath of a Disaster: Evidence from Cyclone Idai in Mozambique
CNH-L: Energy Transition and Environmental Change in East and Southern Africa’s Coupled Human, Terrestrial, and Atmospheric Systems
Pamela Jagger We leverage dynamism in East and Southern Africa’s coupled human, terrestrial and atmospheric systems and its implications for environmental change to predict past, present and future impacts on regional climate, land use, and air quality. We highlight energy transitions as we hypothesize that biomass use and associated dynamics of coupled human, terrestrial, and… Continue reading CNH-L: Energy Transition and Environmental Change in East and Southern Africa’s Coupled Human, Terrestrial, and Atmospheric Systems
Poverty and Resilience in the Aftermath of Disaster
Dean Yang, Tanya Rosenblat, James Riddell IV How do disasters affect poverty and food security? Do disaster impacts operate, at least in part, through changes in economic preferences and psychological factors? Can community health and development programs improve resilience in the aftermath of disasters? If so, via what mechanisms? We study a major disaster that… Continue reading Poverty and Resilience in the Aftermath of Disaster