Research Index
Shows all research entries in reverse order of their creation date
| Title | Description | Tags | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Report on Big Data in Survey Research | Frauke Kreuter and colleagues debate key methodological issues in Public Opinion Quarterly article | Faculty impact, Social and Economic Inequality, Kreuter, Research, Big data | external |
| Ruth Zambrana to Study Latina Entrepreneurs | 3 year study to collect data from six states in the U.S. | Zambrana, Latina/o, Faculty impact, Migration and Immigrant Processes, Research | external |
| Google searches for ‘n-word’ associated with black mortality | UMD-led study first to link an Internet query-based measure of racism to death rates | Research, Faculty impact, Social and Economic Inequality, Chae, Wilson | external |
| Dagher and Hofferth: Unplanned pregnancy is associated with quicker return to work after childbirth | Longer, paid maternity leaves are needed to support maternal and child health | Research, Hofferth, Dagher, Faculty impact | external |
| Problem Behaviors: Intergenerational Continuity or Resilience? | The Rochester Intergenerational Study examines patterns in behavior over three generations | Criminology, Children, Faculty impact, Thornberry, Research | external |
| Mind the Gap: Urban Youth Falling Through the Cracks of Public Health Policy | Dr. Craig Fryer investigates nicotine and marijuana dependence among urban youth of color | Fryer, Research, Faculty impact | external |
| Laurie DeRose: The World Family Map Project | The World Family Map Project investigates what makes families strong | DeRose, People and Place, Sociology, Social and Economic Inequality, Health in Social Context, Faculty impact, Gender, Family, and Social Change, Research | external |
| Understanding and Predicting Crime “Hot Spots” | Former felons share knowledge about how (and where) criminals plan their crimes | Faculty impact, Criminology, Porter, Research, People and Place | external |
| The Healthy Generations Program: Improving Access to Mental Health Care | New model of integrated service delivery makes mental health services more accessible to teenaged parents | Gender, Family, and Social Change, Health in Social Context, Research, Faculty impact, Social and Economic Inequality | external |
| Measuring Kinship Support for Children of Single Mothers | Sangeetha Madhavan investigates the effects of social and economic change on children's lives in Nairobi | Gender, Family, and Social Change, Faculty impact, Research | external |
| How does interview methodology affect interviewer variance? | Frauke Kreuter compares the effectiveness of commonly-used face-to-face interview methods | Faculty impact, Survey methodology, Research, Kreuter, Social and Economic Inequality | external |
| Mexico-US Migration during the Great Recession | Andrés Villarreal investigates the causal origins of the recent decline in migration from Mexico to the United States | Migration, Labor market, Faculty impact, International, People and Place, Latin America, Faculty Associate, Sociology, Villarreal, Research, Immigration | external |
| Cabrera joins the National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families | New research hub aims to improve policies and programs that serve Hispanic children and families | Gender, Family, and Social Change, Faculty impact | external |
| Parenthood Decisions and the Ticking Biological Clock | Philip Cohen and Gneisha Dinwiddie investigate whether children born later in life are at greater risk for disabilities | Research, Faculty impact | external |
| Gneisha Dinwiddie Investigates Links Between Race, Lifelong Stress, and Cardiovascular Disease | Ongoing social and economic stress leads to racial and ethnic disparities in cardiovascular disease outcomes | Health in Social Context, Research, Faculty impact, Social and Economic Inequality | external |
| Developing Nations: "Our Pollution is Your Consumption" | MPRC Faculty Associate Klaus Hubacek demonstrates how material consumption in rich countries is fueled by pollution and environmental destruction in the develop... | Faculty impact, People and Place, International, Social and Economic Inequality, Research, Geographic Sciences, Environment, World Bank, Hubacek | external |
| Race, Gender, and Educational Achievement | Odis Johnson investigates how social issues affect education | Children, Johnson, Odis, Faculty impact, Ethnicity and race, Social and Economic Inequality, Research, Education, African American Studies, Odis Johnson, Child ... | external |
| Affordable Care for All? | Faculty associate Jerome Dugan investigates the relationship between socioeconomic status, health insurance coverage, and affordable quality care | Research, Public policy, Faculty impact, Dugan, Health in Social Context, Health Disparities, Social and Economic Inequality | external |
| How Does Time Use Data Illuminate Important Social Patterns? | Liana Sayer starts a new Time Use Lab at the University of Maryland | People and Place, Faculty impact, Sociology, Sayer, Children, Transition to adulthood, Time use, Research, Gender, Family, and Social Change, Child development,... | external |
| Finding Economic Solutions for America | Faculty associate Katharine Abraham brings home experience from two years serving on the White House Council of Economic Advisors | Joint Program in Survey Methodology, Faculty impact, Economics, Research, Public policy, Employment, Abraham | external |
