Description: This workshop aims to introduce basic tools and functions of R for reading, management and examining datasets. Attendees are assumed to have little to no experience with R.
The Latino/a/x/e community faces unique challenges, and there remains a shortage of wellness programs that reflect the language, values, and lived experiences of Latino/a/x/e young adults. In an op-ed published in WA Latino News, CSDE Affiliate Griselda Martinez describes a tool called Conéctate Contigo Mismo that launched in May 2025. This is a free, anonymous, online tool available 24/7 to anyone seeking support. This project is led by Dr. Christine Lee at the Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors. Read the op-ed here.
Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) have significant health consequences for individuals, families, employers, and governments. African American and Latino adults likely face disproportionate economic burdens from ADRD because of differences in biological and non-biological processes including high prevalence rates and associated comorbidities, less access and lower quality education, and low access to quality health care, including lack of specialists and minoritized health care practitioners in general. In a recent study, CSDE Affiliate Stipica Mudrazija (Health Systems and Population Health) and co-authors assess ADRD’s economic burden on non-Latino African American, Latino, and non-Latino White adults and their caregivers, employers, and the government from 2020 and 2060 using a nationally representative dataset combining data from multiple agencies and surveys. The study shows that African American and Latino older adults with ADRD and their families are likely to face disproportionately high burdens, primarily associated with unpaid caregiving. Read the full study here.
On June 12th, CSDE External Affiliate David Swanson (UC Riverside) presented “A new approach to probabilistic population forecasting with an application to Estonia” at the Nordic Demographic Symposium. Based on work with Jeff Tayman, this presentation applies measures of uncertainty to existing population forecasts using Estonia as a case study. The measures of forecast uncertainty are relatively easy to calculate and meet several important criteria used by demographers who routinely generate population forecasts. This paper applies the uncertainty measures to a population forecast based on the Cohort-Component Method, which links the probabilistic world forecast uncertainty to demographic theory, an important consideration in developing accurate forecasts. Read the full abstract here.
Swanson extends his thanks to his colleagues at the Estonian Institute for Population Research who kindly provided comments and suggestions when he presented an earlier version of the paper to them the week preceding the Nordic Demographic Symposium.
The Center for Aging, Climate, and Health (CACHE) recently announced seed funding for projects integrating social and environmental data to examine the intersections of aging, climate, and health. CACHE anticipates making 2-3 awards of $20,000 and several smaller awards at $7,500. The deadline to apply is June 20, 2025. Learn more and apply here.
The Population Division and Statistics Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) would like your help to assess the potential impact of termination of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). If you use, or have used, DHS data, please complete this brief survey. The survey collects information about the aspects of the DHS that you have used and examples of research using DHS data. Your response will help inform the direction and key elements of future demographic and health data collection and dissemination, supporting alignment with user needs and priorities. All responses will be treated confidentially and presented only in aggregate form.