The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) is a longitudinal survey of a nationally representative sample of U.S. families that began in 1968. As of 2020, it has collected data on the same families and their descendants for 41 waves over 52 years. In the 1990s, PSID began collecting rich and detailed data on children… Continue reading The Transition from Childhood into Adulthood among PSID Children, 2021 and 2023
Research Theme: SRC
Covid-19 Effects on Children & Families: 2021 Follow-Up of the PSID Child Development Supplement
The Child Development Supplement (CDS) is an integral and on-going component of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), a longitudinal survey of a nationally representative sample of U.S. families that began in 1968. With data collected on the same families and their descendants for 41 waves over 52 years (as of 2020), PSID is… Continue reading Covid-19 Effects on Children & Families: 2021 Follow-Up of the PSID Child Development Supplement
High-intensity drinking and related consequences: Daily data from a national sample aged 19 to 22
High-intensity drinking (consuming 10+ drinks in a row) among young adults has recently been acknowledged as a serious health problem that requires urgent research attention. We have previously documented prevalence, predictors, and developmental change in recollection of any past 2-week high-intensity drinking from ages 18 to 30 through secondary data analysis of the national Monitoring… Continue reading High-intensity drinking and related consequences: Daily data from a national sample aged 19 to 22
Exploring the Use of Deep Learning Neural Networks to Improve Dementia Detection: Automating Coding of the Clock-Drawing Test
Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD), a leading cause of disability among older adults, has become a critical public health concern. The clock-drawing test, which measures multiple aspects of cognitive function including comprehension, visual spatial abilities, executive function and memory, has been widely used as a screening tool to detect dementia in clinical research, epidemiologic… Continue reading Exploring the Use of Deep Learning Neural Networks to Improve Dementia Detection: Automating Coding of the Clock-Drawing Test
Re-Engineering Statistics using Economic Transactions (RESET)
This project aims to provide the architecture for re-engineering official economic statistics — literally to build key measurements such as GDP and consumer inflation from the ground up. The new measurement architecture offers internally consistent real output and inflation measures that adjust for product turnover and product quality change at scale. It builds up measures… Continue reading Re-Engineering Statistics using Economic Transactions (RESET)
Racial inequalities in sleep deficiencies: The role of stress in the workplace
A growing literature documents Black-White inequalities in sleep deficiencies with Black adults experiencing less sleep and lower sleep quality compared to White adults. Because sleep hygiene is tightly linked to health, racial inequalities in sleep deficiencies may be a key determinant of racial inequalities in health. Racial inequalities in work-related stress may be a crucial,… Continue reading Racial inequalities in sleep deficiencies: The role of stress in the workplace
Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP)
The aim of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) Harmonized Cognitive Assessment (HCAP) project is to create a new HRS data resource to better assess the current and future trends in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia in the United States. The first HRS sub study on dementia, the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study (ADAMS)… Continue reading Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP)
Examining the role of the neighborhood environment on muscle function in older adults
Poor muscle function is a pressing public health problem: half of all U.S. older adults meet criteria for muscle weakness. Poor muscle function, defined by low muscle strength and power, is a major risk factor for a host of negative health outcomes, including functional limitations, disability, and multimorbidity. Neighborhood characteristics predict functional limitations, disability, and… Continue reading Examining the role of the neighborhood environment on muscle function in older adults
Social Circumstances and Epigenomics Promoting Health in Three Countries
This project supports the analysis of existing social and epigenetic data for three countries and the development of longitudinal epigenetic data for three countries: the United States, Ireland, and the United Kingdome (Northern Ireland, specifically). The project will answer basic questions about how life circumstances in both childhood and adulthood affect epigenetic change and how… Continue reading Social Circumstances and Epigenomics Promoting Health in Three Countries
Immunosenescence, socioeconomic disadvantage and dementia in the US aging population
While risk factors for cognitive decline and Alzheimer ’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) have been widely studied, there is still much unknown about the biological pathways that lead to ADRD. This project seeks to improve our understanding of the pathophysiology of cognitive decline and ADRD by examining the role of peripheral immunosenescence in these… Continue reading Immunosenescence, socioeconomic disadvantage and dementia in the US aging population