Preliminary data is now available for the Republic of Moldova 2005 DHS and Honduras 2005 DHS surveys. click here to request/download the data set(s) from DHS.

The NCHS has released the following 2003-2004 NHANES Questionnaire data which are available on SodaPop and PopNet:

Alcohol Use
Drug Use
Immunization

The NCHS has released the following updates for the NHANES dataset.

2003-2004 Lab 06 Ferritin and Transferrin Receptor (L06TFR) codebook (PDF)
1999-2000 Lab 04 Volatile Organic Compounds in Blood and Water (L04) codebook (PDF)

If you are a PRI Associate and would like to use this data, please contact us, at library@pop.psu.edu, for acquisition.

The following grant announcements are new this week on the Population Research Institute Funding Announcements web page.

Funding for Faculty Investigators

Drug Abuse Aspects of HIV/AIDS (R01) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Drug Abuse Aspects of HIV/AIDS (R03) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Drug Abuse Aspects of HIV/AIDS (R21) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Human Genes and the Environment Research Training Program (T32) - National Human Genome Research Institute - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

International Research Collaboration on Drug Addiction (R03) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Mental Health Consequences of Violence and Trauma (R01) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Mental Health Consequences of Violence and Trauma (R03) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Mental Health Consequences Of Violence And Trauma (R21) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Mental Health Consequences Of Violence And Trauma (R34) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Research on the Economics of Diet, Activity, and Energy Balance (R01) [NICHD added as sponsor 1/16/07] - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) - National Institute on Aging (NIA) - Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)

The American Cancer Society says cancer deaths have decreased for the second year in a row, and this could be the beginning of a downward trend, according to the New York Times. The decrease is primarily due to smoking cessation and better detection of some cancers. More detail is available in the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Facts and Figures 2007 and in an article scheduled to appear in the January/February issue of CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

Michael Spittel of NICHD will give a talk on Trends, Priorities, and Opportunities for Federal Funding in the Area of Population Health as part of PRI’s Brown Bag Series. The talk will be on Tuesday, January 23 from noon to 1:00 p.m. in 302 Pond Lab. Everyone is invited to attend.

The Census Bureau should test counting prison inmates at their permanent addresses instead of in prisons, according to an editorial in today’s New York Times. Prison populations can affect the political redistricting process by inflating population counts.

More women are now living without a spouse than with one, according to a New York Times analysis of census data. This figure reflects a growing trend away from marriage as the main organizing force in adults’ lives.

This HRS Sub-sample (Early Release: Version 1.0) has several different topical areas including Internet/computers, health problem, disability and work limitations, numeracy items, psychosocial items, expectations, and questions about housing/checking accounts, and stocks.

PRI Affiliates may request these data from the Data Archivist.

This HRS Supplement (Version 1.0) is the first of a two wave mail survey designed to track changes in prescription drug utilization as Medicare Part D, the prescription drug benefit, is phased in.

PRI Affiliates may request these data from the Data Archivist.