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			Archived Press Releases These links to news releases featuring ISR research, programs, and people appear in reverse chronological order. View 2009 Press Releases 2008 The Economy: The consumer outlook for 2009 12/17/08 Good news on teen cigarette smoking 12/11/08 Various stimulant drugs show continuing gradual declines among teens in 2008, most illicit drugs hold steady 12/11/08 Old as you want to be: Study finds most seniors feel much younger 12/2/08 Consumer confidence falls again as the holiday shopping season gets underway 12/1/08 In sickness and health: Caring for ailing spouse may prolong your life 11/25/08 Jackson named to new MacArthur Network 11/21/08 Study shows that whites are not colorblind in deciding where to live 11/20/08 Mortgage mess may affect college enrollments 11/18/08 October brings largest drop in consumer confidence in more than half a century 10/31/08 Values and voting 10/08 Political attack mode 10/08 Michigan strongly favors Obama 10/23/08 Public supports stem cell research 10/20/08 At age 8, belief synchs with behavior 10/20/08 National Children's Study moves ahead in Michigan 10/3/08 ISR partners with Qatar University on new research institute 9/26/08 Step back to move forward emotionally 9/23/08 Consumer confidence falls in September 9/08 Big Ten Poll Results: Obama and McCain in a tight race 9/18/08 Step on a crack: Cracked sidewalks and potholes create disability 9/9/08 College Roommates 8/25/08 Teen Literacy Energy and Behavior 9/8/08 Survey of Consumers: Finances Dismal Despite Lower Gas Prices 9/08 Economist Helen Levy discusses the national health insurance crisis 8/21/08 Women and War: The toll of deployment on physical health 8/14/08 The U.S. presidential election 8/4/08 "Dead cat" bounce in consumer confidence in July 7/25/08 Senior bankruptcies soar 7/23/08 Consumer confidence tumbles in June 7/08 ISR World Values Survey identifies happiest nations in the world 6/30/08 watch video New project probes values behind political decisions 6/27/08 Late-life remarriage: Stepfamilies complicate care-giving 6/24/08 If it's hard to read, is it hard to do? 6/19/08 Urban transportation: an emerging market 6/9/08 Consumer confidence sinks in May 6/08 Powerful emotions affect how voters seek information 5/27/08 Panel on Sustainable Urban Transportation 5/14/08 Divine intervention: Blacks use prayer to cope with stress 4/23/08 No place like home: Katrina's lasting impact 4/18/08 Alcohol abuse after Katrina 4/18/08 Work hassles hamper sleep 4/17/08 America's changing families 4/08 watch video "Time, Money, and Who Does the Laundry" How common "senior moments" really are 4/3/08 How the physical environment affects whether kids hike and bike to school 4/2/08 Rising prison population an undeclared national crisis 4/1/08 Consumer confidence falls again in March 4/08 Why don't kids walk to school anymore? 3/25/08 Why disability rates are dropping among older Americans 3/10/08 Identifying achievement gaps within racial groups 3/4/08 Unusual brand names and logos work well 3/4/08 Do co-workers engage or estrange after hours? 2/11/08 Seeing our spouses more negatively might be a positive 2/4/08 Voters respond favorably to touch screen voting equipment 1/14/08 Public opinion is not always so popular 1/10/08 Consumer confidence stabilizes in December 1/08 2007 Job loss and health 12/20/07 Video featuring U-M professor Arthur Lupia discussing voter competence 12/18/07 Teen smoking and drug use continue to decline 12/11/07 The impact of violent tv and video games 11/27/07 Older workers stress less 11/19/07 Consumer confidence at two-year low in November 12/07 Consumer confidence wavers in October 11/07 1 in 7 Americans over age 70 has dementia 10/30/07 Just ten minutes of chatting has a mental payoff 10/29/07 Conflict at Work: Who ignores it and why 10/29/07 Early school success protects against teen and young adult drug use 10/4/07 National Children's Study: U-M joins the Michigan study team 10/4/07 How rising energy prices are affecting the Great Plains 10/1/07 Consumer confidence holds steady in September 10/07 Black Caribbeans do better in U.S. than in England 9/26/07 Co-author of "Successful Aging" to speak Sept. 19 at U-M 9-6-07 Secular, nationalist surge in Iraq continues, new survey shows 9-6-07 Consumer confidence falls in August 9/07 How Air Force women are handling the stress 8-19-07 Most seniors now have prescription drug coverage, study shows 8-9-07 U.S. wealth gap is increasing 8-7-07 Half of seniors have health conditions that affect daily living 8-7-07 Iraqi attitudes continue to shift toward secular values 8-2-07 Consumer confidence rose in July 7/07 High gas prices strain June consumer confidence 6/07 Ghetto culture doesn't lead teens astray 6/27/07 How dads influence their daughters' interest in math 6/12/07 Easing out of work: Boomer now heads ISR Health & Retirement Study 6/12/07 Born to lose: How birth weight affects adult health and success 6/5/07 Consumer confidence edged upward in May 5/07 'Cowboy' culture can be seen in some Japanese 5/25/07 The psychology of self-regulation 5/22/07 Mothers and others 5/1/07 Consumer confidence stabilizes in April 4/07 The stress of war harms civilian men more than women 4/4/07 Demographic changes drive U.S. voting patterns 4/2/07 How television fosters Arab-Israeli stereotypes 3/30/07 How deployment is affecting US troops 3/19/07 Consumer confidence slips in March 3/07 When God sanctions violence, believers act more aggressively 3/5/07 What we learned from Barbie about women and math 2/13/07 Consumer confidence slides in February 2/07 Time, money, and who does the laundry (pdf) 1/29/07 New access to data on minorities 1/22/07 Medicine: Moving beyond One treatment fits all 1/11/07 2006 Michigan's First Ph.D. in Survey Methods: Andrey Peytchev 2006 trends in teen drug use and smoking 12/21/06 Does he love you so? Maybe it really is in his face 12/13/06 Snap judgments best way to predict election winners 11/06/06 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Black suicide attempts higher than thought 10/310/06 November Surveys of Consumers 11/27/06 Consumer confidence surges in October 10/27/06 Take childhood behavior seriously, study shows 10/26/06 Jacobson Lecture Oct. 19 10/11/06 Why can't a woman bid more like a man? 10/4/06 Consumer confidence strengthens in September 9/29/06 Improving student academic outcomes 9/21/06 Informal 'quotas' are common, study suggests 9/12/06 Consumer confidence weakens in August 9/5/06 Energy use: Pilot survey of campus behavior and attitudes 9/5/06 When your gain is my loss 8/31/06 Early Retirement: Is it better to spend it at work or at play? 8/14/06 Reuters to distribute University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers on an exclusive basis 7/26/06 Inflation concerns consumers 6/30/06 ISR Health and Retirement Study renewal 6/19/06 Iraqi Attitudes: Survey Shows Major Changes 6/14/06 Disaster Victims and PTSD 6/8/06 Hurricanes and the happiness index 6/1/06 Consumer confidence sinks in May 5/26/06 Survey: Ban cell phone use in cars 5/25/06 Consumer confidence remains steady despite surge in gas prices 4/28/06 ISR Event April 26: The Value of Values 4/20/06 Elite college students don't earn higher pay or job status 4/6/06 Job insecurity takes a toll on worker health 4/1/06 Consumer confidence rises in March 3/31/06 How demographics drive the politics of immigration reform 3/28/06 For many widows, grief is short-lived 3/14/06 Lovers and Liars 2/13/06 Consumer confidence rides gas price waves 2/3/06 Number of U.S. entrepreneurs reaches 8-year high 1/19/06 Islam and Democracy: Survey shows what Iraqis want 1/15/06 Couples who pray together stay together 1/13/06 2005 Surge in December consumer confidence 12/23/05 Stress and health among U.S. troops in Iraq 12/20/05 Teen smoking rates continue to decline 12/19/05 Teen drug use down but progress halts among the youngest 12/19/05 Violent video games desensitize players to real-world violence 12/5/05 Consumer confidence improves in November 11/23/05 Study confirms physical toll of stressful events 11/22/05 Lonely in an aging crowd: ISR study counts the ways 11/21/05 Consumer confidence falls again in October 10/28/05 Disabilities decline unequally for older Americans 10/27/05 NSF awards $7.6 million for ISR National Election Studies 10/17/05 ICPSR Symposium Oct. 21 on underrepresented groups 10/12/05 Does smoking cloud the brain? Study suggests yes 10/11/05 Leader of hunt for Iraqi WMD speaks Oct. 20 10/10/05 Columbus is still widely admired, ISR study shows 10/4/05 Record plunge in consumer confidence in September 9/30/05 Sept. 29 Event on Voting Rights Act 9/16/05 Democracy must rise from security, ISR study shows 9/15/05 Heritage, hate and support for the Confederate flag 9/6/05 Political knowledge, time and money 9/1/05 Impact of updated voting equipment on residual votes 9/1/05 Consumer confidence sinks in August as gas prices rise 8/26/05 The origins of family myths 8/25/05 Face-ism afflicts female politicians 8/17/05 Living near your adult children, not with them 8/16/05 Consumer confidence edges upward in July 7/29/05 The rich die differently from you and me 7/5/05 Consumer confidence in May 5/27/05 Islam and terrorism? 5/19/05 Older people are better at picking their battles 5/12/05 Consumer confidence sank in April 4/29/05 Disabled at work: Hidden cost of jobs for older workers 4/19/05 Why women shy away from science and math 4/7/05 World Values Survey measures changing Catholic attitudes 4/7/05 Consumer confidence declined slightly in March 4/4/05 Cell phone survey shows love-hate relationship 3/14/05 Parents who watch teens too closely may create problems 3/8/05 Consumers fear fewer jobs created by slower pace of economic growth 3/3/05 Creating better citizens means winning at least three battles 2/16/05 Nancy Burns to direct U-M Center for Political Studies at ISR 2/10/05 Consumer confidence declined in January 2/3/05 James Jackson to direct ISR 2/3/05 A good marriage protects widowed from depression 1/27/05 Study dissects the racial gap in violence 1/25/05 ISR experts on Social Security reform, retirement issues 1/12/05 2004 Consumer confidence edges upward in December 12/23/04 Study: Why men prefer subordinate women 12/8/04 Measuring the emotional quality of daily experience 12/2/04 How U.S. children and teens spend their time 11/17/04 Americans are not bitterly divided 11/17/04 Life under economic pressure 11/16/04 Diabetes in older Americans cost $133 billion in 1990s 11/15/04 High oil prices and lagging job prospects diminish consumer confidence 10/29/04 For love or money, marriage is here to stay 10/12/04 Consumers cite concerns about rising oil prices and slowing growth 10/1/04 ICPSR leads project to preserve poll and survey data 9/30/04 ISR study: Why religion endures 9/24/04 "Leaky" marriages are becoming more common 9/14/04 Resilient consumers remain engine of expansion 8/27/04 U-M Surveys of Consumers: Robust Job Growth Expected to Continue 7/30/04 Detroit Arab American Study portrays a complex population 7/29/04 Boomers: ISR study suggests they will work until they drop 7/15/04 Job growth continues as fears of inflation fade 6/25/04 Imagery helps older people remember medical advice 6/4/03 CARSS launches its first two projects 6/2/04 Consumer confidence drops in May 5/28/04 Born to Die: ISR study examines the risks of being male 5/25/04 ISR Surveys of Consumers shows consumer confidence remained largely unchanged in April 4/30/04 Can you hear me now? "Belly talk" is popular in the U.S. 4/29/04 ISR study shows why it's never too late to lose weight 4/27/04 Study examines "Grammars of Death" to learn why we died 04/22/04 ISR study shows discrimination against Arabs 03/16/04 ISR Roots of Terrorism Initiative sponsors talks 03/08/04 Study shows striking health differences among Black Americans 01/22/04 Substance use is still common at age 35, ISR study shows 01/05/04

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