The Population Council recently announced the March 2026 issue of Studies in Family Planning, a leading peer-reviewed journal publishing public health, social science, and biomedical research from around the world. This issue includes a wide range of articles covering diverse topics from male and female contraception, pregnancy acceptance and ambivalence, and more. Read the new issue here.

NIH has been undergoing a review of its existing study section since 2019. All social and behavioral study sections were reviewed last year and has resulted in the retirement of Social Science and Population Studies (A & B) and several others. A new Population Dynamics and Health (PDH) study section and a Social Determinants of Behavioral, Cognitive, and Psychological Health study section have been formed from the former SSPS-A and SSPS-B.

The Center for Social Science Computation and Research (CSSCR) offers drop-in office hours for computational and statistical issues in research and coursework. This service is offered M-F 8am-6pm in Savery 119. We have graduate student staff from the departments of Anthropology, Economics, Education, Geography, Political Science, Social Work, and Sociology. The center supports R, Stata, Python, ArcGIS, QGIS, Matlab (limited), and Atlas.ti. The Center’s consultants can assist with data management, data wrangling, exploratory data analysis,

IPUMS released multiple data updates, including ACS and PRCS data, NHGIS data, and CPS data.

IPUMS USA

The 2023 5-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data for the ACS and PRCS are now available on IPUMS USA. See the IPUMS USA revision history for more details

IPUMS NHGIS

IPUMS NHGIS has released its second version of GIS boundary data for 1970 census blocks.

The Washington State Department of Housing invites survey responses to inform recommendations for how to structure a new Department of Housing that will serve as the state’s coordinating and problem solving hub for ensuring adequate housing supply and housing stability for all Washingtonians. Your feedback will help inform the Task Force’s final report, due November 15, 2026, which will include recommendations on the mission, structure, programs, and goals of a new Department of Housing.

CACHE Webinar on Housing Data for Aging Research on April 2, at 11 a.m. PT/12 p.m MT/2 p.m. ET

Speaker: Alex Mikulas, University of Colorado Boulder and CACHE Postdoctoral Associate

Dr. Alex Mikulas will provide a framework for considering how housing shapes environment and weather risk, exposure severity, and resiliency for older adults. He will review several housing-related data sources, how they may supplement research on the health impacts of the environment,

The Population Studies Group at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine published a self-study course Introduction to Demographic Methods and Population Analysis for students and professionals. This course contains 28 interactive lectures, grouped into 3 modules. Topics include the very basics of the measurement and analysis of fertility, mortality and migration, but also cover population projections, life table applications, and population models. No prior training in demography or mathematics is required,