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Cumulative Housing Cost Burden and Children’s Well-being and Health: New Study by Hess, Colburn, Crowder, and Allen
CSDE Affiliates Chris Hess (Sociology, Kennesaw State University), Gregg Colburn (Real Estate, UW), and Kyle Crowder (Sociology, UW) published their work with their colleague Ryan Allen (University of Minnesota) in Social Science Research, titled “Cumulative housing cost burden exposures and disadvantages to children’s well-being and health“. Housing affordability is a growing challenge for households in the United States and other developed countries. Prolonged exposure to housing cost burden can have damaging effects on households, and, in particular, children. These burdens can exacerbate parental stress, reduce investments in children and expose households to greater neighborhood disadvantage. In this study, authors use national survey data to assess whether cumulative housing cost burden exposure is associated with disadvantages to children’s well-being and health.
Postdoctoral Scholar: Local Climate Action and Environmental Justice Research
Tier 3 Pilot Research Grants from the Population Health Initiative
*New* IPUMS Data
IPUMS released new data, related to IPUMS USA, IPUMS Health Surveys, and IPUMS CPS. Learn more about the new data in the full story!
IPUMS USAIPUMS USA versions of the 2022 1-year and 5-year ACS PUMS now include PUMAs, Migration PUMAs, and Place-of-Work PUMAs, as well as most other geographic variables that we derive from these units (counties, cities, metropolitan areas, percent metro population, metropolitan/principal city status, DENSITY, METPOP10, and HOMELAND). We have also added GIS boundary files and web maps for Migration and Place-of-Work PUMAs.
IPUMS HEALTH SURVEYSIPUMS NHIS now includes more than 150 additional variables from the 2022 NHIS sample. These variables contain information about long covid, smoking history and cessation, children’s physical activity, complementary/integrative health, voice/swallowing/speech/language disorders, and more.
IPUMS CPSIPUMS CPS Basic Monthly variables are now available for February 2024.
CSSS Seminar: Can we change “ideal worker” norms? The impact of workplace policies, composition, and post-pandemic culture
*New* CSDE Computational Demography Working Group (CDWG) Hosts İhsan Kahveci on Evaluating Online Recruitment in COVID-19 Prosocial Behavior Surveys: Comparison of Social Media Sampling with Probability Sampling
Call for Applications to Attend the Economic Mobility Fellowship Program
Tier 1 Pilot Research Grants from the Population Health Initiative (Due 4/15/24)
The Population Health Initiative is offering Tier 1 Pilot research grants, with Letters of Intent (LOI) due in April 15th. Tier 1 grants are meant to support researchers in laying the foundation for a future project to generate proof-of-concept. Awards of up to $25,000 in total expenses per project are available from the Population Health Initiative. Learn more about the grant, including past funded projects here.
Colburn Authors Oxford Bibliography and has Research Referenced in The 2024 Economic Report of the President
CSDE Affiliate Gregg Colburn’s (Real Estate) research was cited in the Council of Economic Advisors 2024 Economic Report of the President, which covers some of today’s most pressing economic issues. Colburn’s research appears in Chapter 4, entitled “Increasing the Supply of Affordable Housing”, showing that high rates of homelessness are tied to regional variation in housing costs and availability, not higher incidence of mental health issues, substance abuse, or generosity of the local safety net. Colburn also authored a new entry in Oxford Bibliographies, entitled “Homelessness in the United States”, providing a general overview of the issue.