ISR in the News

Getting married increases a woman's housework time by seven hours a week but decreases a man's by about an hour, according to 2005 data from the ISR Panel Study of Income Dynamics. The findings, from an analysis by PSID director Frank Stafford and student intern Noura Hamid, received widespread international media coverage in April.

For more information on the findings, including long-term trends in the amount of housework done by women and men of various ages, see the U-M news release.

News coverage included stories by Reuters, ABC News Good Morning America, MSNBC, and NPR MarketPlace.

One of the PSID's major funders, the National Science Foundation, videotaped an interview with Stafford and has posted a multimedia news feature titled "Chore Wars" at http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111458&org=NSF

Stafford

"Losing Sleep? Your Boss, Colleagues May Be To Blame," said the headline on an April 18 FOXNews story highlighting research by Sarah Burgard. Presented at the Population Association of America meeting, Burgard's study was also covered by Science Daily, United Press International, and other national and international news organizations. Read more about the study in the U-M news release.

Burgard

Consumer confidence sank to its lowest level in a quarter century, according to the April Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The findings, released on Friday, April 25, were widely reported in U.S. and international news media, including CNNMoney, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Canada's Globe and Mail. The decline was due to high fuel and food prices as well as shrinking income gains and falling home values. "The recent acceleration in the loss in confidence indicates a longer and potentially deeper recession," said Richard Curtin, the Surveys Director. "Rising uncertainty about future living standards has caused consumers to adopt more prudent spending plans and become more wary."

Curtin