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SIPP small grants competition

Tara Murray — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:03:18 +0000

The National Poverty Center has issued a call for proposals for research projects using data from the 2004 and/or 2008 SIPP panels. Proposals are due Dec. 4, 2009.

New data archivist: Sarah Wygant

Tara Murray — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:56:04 +0000

Please welcome PRI’s new data archivist, Sarah Wygant. Sarah’s first day was Oct. 26 and she’s been busy getting herself acquainted with our data archive and data users.

Stop by 706 Oswald Tower to meet Sarah, and feel free to contact her with your data questions.

Nature special issue on data sharing

Tara Murray — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:17:49 +0000

Nature published a special issue on data sharing in September, examining the “cultural and technical hurdles that can get in the way of good intentions.”

New DHS report shows Kenya’s fertility rate has declined

Tara Murray — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:05:14 +0000

A preliminary 2008-2009 Demographic and Health Surveys report shows that Kenya’s fertility rate has decline slightly, from 4.9 births per woman in 2003 to 4.6, according to an article from the Daily Nation (Kenya).

Data from the 2008-2009 survey is not yet available.

Half of US kids on food stamps during childhood

Tara Murray — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:50:42 +0000

A study using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) found that nearly half of American children and 90% of black kids will be on food stamps at some point. See the Associated Press story.

Source: Rank, M.R., & Hirschl, T.A. (2009). Estimating the Risk of Food Stamp Use and Impoverishment During Childhood. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 163(11):994-999.

ARF 2007 now available in SodaPop

Sarah Wygant — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:14:55 +0000

Area Resource File 2007 is now available for download from the SodaPop website. PRI Affiliates can also access the file directly on the network.

MIDUS II released

Tara Murray — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:44:15 +0000

Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS II) follow-up data (2004-2006) is available from ICPSR.

PRI has MIDUS 1995-1996 data in our archive, but we do not have the most recent corrected version and we do not have MIDUS II. PRI affiliates can access these data files directly from ICPSR or request that they be added to the archive by contacting the data archivist.

2010 Add Health Data Users Conference

Ruth Kozar — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:47:01 +0000

The PRI Library has received announcement of the ninth Add Health Data User Conference, to be held July 22-23, 2010 in Bethesda, MD.

Restricted Add Health data contracts moving to ICPSR

Tara Murray — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:37:17 +0000

Restricted National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) data will soon be managed by the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).

Existing data contracts will not experience any interruption, but any requests for contract renewals or changes will be handled by ICPSR after Dec. 15, 2009. A moratorium on new contracts is in place from Oct. 30, 2009 to January 2010 when the new online restricted data request system is scheduled to be in place.

For more information, see the Add Health announcement. PRI researchers: please contact the data archivist if you have any questions.

Does marriage lead to weight gain?

Tara Murray — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:30:44 +0000

TIME Magazine features research by nutritionists using Add Health Romantic Pairs data showing that married people are much more likely than those who are dating to gain weight.

See also: The, N. S., & Gordon-Larsen, P. (2009). Entry into romantic partnership is associated with obesity. Obesity.