The PRI Library has received announcement of a tenure-track faculty position in social demography at the University of California, Davis.

US housing officials credit a “housing first” policy for a decline in the nation’s homeless population from 2005-2007 (New York Times).

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development report to Congress (PDF) is available online.

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

Compassionate Love in a Relational Context - Fetzer Institute

Drug Abuse Prevention Intervention Research (R01) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Drug Abuse Prevention Intervention Research (R03) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Drug Abuse Prevention Intervention Research (R21) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program - U.S. Department of Education (ED)

Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R01) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) - National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) - National Institute on Aging (NIA) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) - Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral And Social Sciences (R03) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) - National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) - National Institute on Aging (NIA) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) - Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral And Social Sciences (R21) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) - National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) - National Institute on Aging (NIA) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) - Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Neural and Behavioral Profiles of Cognitive Aging (R01) - National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) - National Science Foundation (NSF)

A new study shows that girls today do just as well as boys on math tests, defying lingering stereotypes (CNN.com).

Citation: Hyde, J. S., Lindberg, S. M., Linn, M. C., Ellis, A. B., & Williams, C. C. (2008). Diversity: Gender Similarities Characterize Math Performance. Science, 321(5888), 494-495.

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

Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Implementation Planning Grants for Educational, Behavioral, or Social Studies for Translation of Genetic Factors in Common Diseases (U34) - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Research on Causal Factors and Interventions that Promote and Support the Careers of Women in Biomedical and Behavioral Science and Engineering (R01) - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Research on Interventions that Promote Research Careers (R01) - National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Translation of Common Disease Genetics into Clinical Applications (R21) - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NHIS has released the 2006 Paradata file and 2008 Questionnaire.

PRI researchers may request the above data from the Data Archivist.

MEPS has released the 2006 Full Year Population Characteristics data file.

PRI researchers may request the above data from the Data Archivist.

HRS has released the 2007 Disability Vignette Study.

PRI researchers may request the above data from the Data Archivist.

The NCHS just released the 1965-1968 NHIS. This data is available for download at NCHS.

SIPP has released Core Waves 7 and 8 and Topical Module Waves 1-8. PRI Researchers using this data are encouraged to look at SodaPop, PRI’s Data Archive for updated holdings.