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Official account for the Center for Demography and Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
🗞️CDE and @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Michael Massoglia’s research cited in Davis Vanguard
“Immigrants in the US have lower incarceration risk, study finds”
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“Immigrants in the US have lower incarceration risk, study finds”
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Immigrants in the US Have Lower Incarceration Risk, Study Finds - Davis Vanguard
A new study from the Cato Institute finds that immigrants in the United States are far less likely to be incarcerated than native-born Americans, debunking the claim that immigration drives crime.
davisvanguard.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🗞️CDE and @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Michael Massoglia’s research cited in Davis Vanguard
“Immigrants in the US have lower incarceration risk, study finds”
➡️Read more here: davisvanguard.org/2025/09/immi...
“Immigrants in the US have lower incarceration risk, study finds”
➡️Read more here: davisvanguard.org/2025/09/immi...
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🚨DEMSEM🚨
Please join us to learn from Sigal Alon this upcoming Tuesday, November 11th!
Please join us to learn from Sigal Alon this upcoming Tuesday, November 11th!
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
🚨DEMSEM🚨
Please join us to learn from Sigal Alon this upcoming Tuesday, November 11th!
Please join us to learn from Sigal Alon this upcoming Tuesday, November 11th!
👥New #publication in International Journal of Epidemiology from @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Lauren Bishop
➡️“Childhood household dysfunction and psychiatric, criminal, and social outcomes in emerging adulthood. A cousin comparison study”
doi.org/10.1093/ije/...
➡️“Childhood household dysfunction and psychiatric, criminal, and social outcomes in emerging adulthood. A cousin comparison study”
doi.org/10.1093/ije/...
Childhood household dysfunction and psychiatric, criminal, and social outcomes in emerging adulthood. A cousin comparison study
AbstractBackground. Childhood household dysfunction is a well-known risk factor for adverse medical and social outcomes. However, less is known about the e
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
👥New #publication in International Journal of Epidemiology from @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Lauren Bishop
➡️“Childhood household dysfunction and psychiatric, criminal, and social outcomes in emerging adulthood. A cousin comparison study”
doi.org/10.1093/ije/...
➡️“Childhood household dysfunction and psychiatric, criminal, and social outcomes in emerging adulthood. A cousin comparison study”
doi.org/10.1093/ije/...
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DemSem This Thursday 🔔
Join us as we welcome Dr. Diana Hernandez (Columbia University) for her talk:
“Energy Insecurity: The People’s Struggle for Power at Home”
🗓 Thursday, November 6
🕓 4:15–5:15 PM
📍 1163 Mechanical Engineering Building
We hope to see you there!
Join us as we welcome Dr. Diana Hernandez (Columbia University) for her talk:
“Energy Insecurity: The People’s Struggle for Power at Home”
🗓 Thursday, November 6
🕓 4:15–5:15 PM
📍 1163 Mechanical Engineering Building
We hope to see you there!
November 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
DemSem This Thursday 🔔
Join us as we welcome Dr. Diana Hernandez (Columbia University) for her talk:
“Energy Insecurity: The People’s Struggle for Power at Home”
🗓 Thursday, November 6
🕓 4:15–5:15 PM
📍 1163 Mechanical Engineering Building
We hope to see you there!
Join us as we welcome Dr. Diana Hernandez (Columbia University) for her talk:
“Energy Insecurity: The People’s Struggle for Power at Home”
🗓 Thursday, November 6
🕓 4:15–5:15 PM
📍 1163 Mechanical Engineering Building
We hope to see you there!
💰CDE & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Dan Sacks quoted in @fox6now.bsky.social “Ascension, UnitedHealthcare battle puts Wisconsin patients at higher bill risk”
➡️Read more here: www.fox6now.com/news/ascensi...
➡️Read more here: www.fox6now.com/news/ascensi...
Ascension, UnitedHealthcare battle puts Wisconsin patients at higher bill risk
Patients may face higher bills if no deal is reached, though continuity-of-care protections may apply for those mid-treatment.
www.fox6now.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
💰CDE & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Dan Sacks quoted in @fox6now.bsky.social “Ascension, UnitedHealthcare battle puts Wisconsin patients at higher bill risk”
➡️Read more here: www.fox6now.com/news/ascensi...
➡️Read more here: www.fox6now.com/news/ascensi...
🚨 Call for Proposals: 2025 CDE Rapid Research Seed Grants!
➡️Visit our website to learn more about this opportunity: cde.wisc.edu/2024-cde-see...
➡️Visit our website to learn more about this opportunity: cde.wisc.edu/2024-cde-see...
October 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🚨 Call for Proposals: 2025 CDE Rapid Research Seed Grants!
➡️Visit our website to learn more about this opportunity: cde.wisc.edu/2024-cde-see...
➡️Visit our website to learn more about this opportunity: cde.wisc.edu/2024-cde-see...
📶Read @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Alvin Thomas’s article in @theconversation.com “Helping teens navigate online racism - study shows which parenting strategy works best”
➡️Learn more here: theconversation.com/helping-teen...
➡️Learn more here: theconversation.com/helping-teen...
Helping teens navigate online racism − study shows which parenting strategy works best
Parents can help their Black and Hispanic teens handle online racism by talking it through, but monitoring internet use can backfire.
theconversation.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
📶Read @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Alvin Thomas’s article in @theconversation.com “Helping teens navigate online racism - study shows which parenting strategy works best”
➡️Learn more here: theconversation.com/helping-teen...
➡️Learn more here: theconversation.com/helping-teen...
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🚨Be sure to submit your application for the NIH/NIA T32 Postdoctoral Scholar position!
📌Advanced training in the demography of aging & the life course will be offered, allowing independent research to thrive, collab with mentors, & engagement with leading longitudinal studies.
📌Advanced training in the demography of aging & the life course will be offered, allowing independent research to thrive, collab with mentors, & engagement with leading longitudinal studies.
October 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🚨Be sure to submit your application for the NIH/NIA T32 Postdoctoral Scholar position!
📌Advanced training in the demography of aging & the life course will be offered, allowing independent research to thrive, collab with mentors, & engagement with leading longitudinal studies.
📌Advanced training in the demography of aging & the life course will be offered, allowing independent research to thrive, collab with mentors, & engagement with leading longitudinal studies.
👏New #publication in American Journal of Public Health from CDE affiliates Jenny Higgins and @lsenderowicz.bsky.social
➡️“A Measure Aligned With Reproductive Justice, Human Rights, and Sexual Well-Being…? Yes Please, and Here’s Why”
doi.org/10.2105/AJPH...
➡️“A Measure Aligned With Reproductive Justice, Human Rights, and Sexual Well-Being…? Yes Please, and Here’s Why”
doi.org/10.2105/AJPH...
A Measure Aligned With Reproductive Justice, Human Rights, and Sexual Well-Being…? Yes Please, and Here’s Why | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 9
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
doi.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
👏New #publication in American Journal of Public Health from CDE affiliates Jenny Higgins and @lsenderowicz.bsky.social
➡️“A Measure Aligned With Reproductive Justice, Human Rights, and Sexual Well-Being…? Yes Please, and Here’s Why”
doi.org/10.2105/AJPH...
➡️“A Measure Aligned With Reproductive Justice, Human Rights, and Sexual Well-Being…? Yes Please, and Here’s Why”
doi.org/10.2105/AJPH...
❤️🩹CDE & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Jonathon Patz quoted in Insurance Journal “Studies Tie Unrecognized Deaths, Health Problems to Hawaii and LA Wildfires”
➡️Read more here: www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/20...
➡️Read more here: www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/20...
Studies Tie Unrecognized Deaths, Health Problems to Hawaii And LA Wildfires
The toll of wildfires is usually counted in acres burnt, property destroyed and lives lost to smoke and flames. But three new studies suggest the cost to
www.insurancejournal.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
❤️🩹CDE & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Jonathon Patz quoted in Insurance Journal “Studies Tie Unrecognized Deaths, Health Problems to Hawaii and LA Wildfires”
➡️Read more here: www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/20...
➡️Read more here: www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/20...
📈New #publication in Human Reproduction from CDE affiliate Jenna Nobles
➡️“Validating the current duration approach for measuring infertility prevalence using novel app data from the USA”
doi.org/10.1093/humr...
➡️“Validating the current duration approach for measuring infertility prevalence using novel app data from the USA”
doi.org/10.1093/humr...
Validating the current duration approach for measuring infertility prevalence using novel app data from the USA
AbstractSTUDY QUESTION. Are the assumptions required by the current duration (CD) approach to estimating population infertility met, and does the CD approa
doi.org
October 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
📈New #publication in Human Reproduction from CDE affiliate Jenna Nobles
➡️“Validating the current duration approach for measuring infertility prevalence using novel app data from the USA”
doi.org/10.1093/humr...
➡️“Validating the current duration approach for measuring infertility prevalence using novel app data from the USA”
doi.org/10.1093/humr...
💘CDE & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Christine Schwartz quoted in @theweek.com “How the gender education gap is impacting dating”
➡️Read more here: theweek.com/culture-life...
➡️Read more here: theweek.com/culture-life...
How the gender education gap is impacting dating
Lack of college-educated suitors is forcing women to 'marry down'
theweek.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
💘CDE & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Christine Schwartz quoted in @theweek.com “How the gender education gap is impacting dating”
➡️Read more here: theweek.com/culture-life...
➡️Read more here: theweek.com/culture-life...
🫄New #publication in Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs from CDE & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Leonelo Bautista
➡️“Typologies of Maternal Substance Use in Pregnancy: Latent Classes and Sociodemographic Correlates in a U.S. Sample”
doi.org/10.15288/jsa...
➡️“Typologies of Maternal Substance Use in Pregnancy: Latent Classes and Sociodemographic Correlates in a U.S. Sample”
doi.org/10.15288/jsa...
Typologies of Maternal Substance Use in Pregnancy: Latent Classes and Sociodemographic Correlates in a U.S. Sample: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs: Vol 86, No 5
Objective: Substance use patterns vary considerably in the general population, yet little is known about patterns before and during pregnancy. The purpose of this study was to describe single substanc...
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🫄New #publication in Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs from CDE & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Leonelo Bautista
➡️“Typologies of Maternal Substance Use in Pregnancy: Latent Classes and Sociodemographic Correlates in a U.S. Sample”
doi.org/10.15288/jsa...
➡️“Typologies of Maternal Substance Use in Pregnancy: Latent Classes and Sociodemographic Correlates in a U.S. Sample”
doi.org/10.15288/jsa...
⚕️CDE affiliate Federico Rey quoted in @elpais.com “Revolution in medicine: A molecule produced by gut bacteria causes atherosclerosis, responsible for millions of deaths”
➡️Read more here: english.elpais.com/health/2025-...
➡️Read more here: english.elpais.com/health/2025-...
Revolution in medicine: A molecule produced by gut bacteria causes atherosclerosis, responsible for millions of deaths
The discovery, made thanks to an experiment involving hundreds of bank employees in Spain, opens the door to new treatments beyond reducing cholesterol
english.elpais.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
⚕️CDE affiliate Federico Rey quoted in @elpais.com “Revolution in medicine: A molecule produced by gut bacteria causes atherosclerosis, responsible for millions of deaths”
➡️Read more here: english.elpais.com/health/2025-...
➡️Read more here: english.elpais.com/health/2025-...
🚸New #publication in Nature Communications from CDE affiliates Katherine Magnuson & Sarah Halpern-Meekin
➡️“Effects of unconditional cash transfers on family processes and wellbeing among mothers with low incomes”
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
➡️“Effects of unconditional cash transfers on family processes and wellbeing among mothers with low incomes”
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Effects of unconditional cash transfers on family processes and wellbeing among mothers with low incomes - Nature Communications
The authors examine the impact of monthly unconditional cash transfers starting at childbirth on families with low incomes. Transfers had minimal effects on family processes and maternal wellbeing, but improved family incomes and time mothers spent doing enriching activities with their child.
doi.org
October 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚸New #publication in Nature Communications from CDE affiliates Katherine Magnuson & Sarah Halpern-Meekin
➡️“Effects of unconditional cash transfers on family processes and wellbeing among mothers with low incomes”
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
➡️“Effects of unconditional cash transfers on family processes and wellbeing among mothers with low incomes”
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
📝New #publication from CDE affiliate Lawrence Berger & colleagues in American Academy of Pediatrics
➡️”State-Based Eviction Moratoria and Child Maltreatment During COVID-19 Pandemic” publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
➡️”State-Based Eviction Moratoria and Child Maltreatment During COVID-19 Pandemic” publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
State-Based Eviction Moratoria and Child Maltreatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic
10.1542/6364912770112Video AbstractPEDS-VA_2024-0681746364912770112OBJECTIVES. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic crisis increased housing difficulties for families in the United States, pu...
publications.aap.org
May 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
📝New #publication from CDE affiliate Lawrence Berger & colleagues in American Academy of Pediatrics
➡️”State-Based Eviction Moratoria and Child Maltreatment During COVID-19 Pandemic” publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
➡️”State-Based Eviction Moratoria and Child Maltreatment During COVID-19 Pandemic” publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
🌀New #publication in Population and Environment from CDE affiliates Monica Grant, Katherine Curtis & colleagues finds that environmental disruptions like Cyclone Idai lead to longer birth intervals due to economic instability that creates future uncertainty
➡️Read: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
➡️Read: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Fertility intentions in rural Malawi after Cyclone Idai - Population and Environment
Environmental disruptions, such as extreme weather events, can heighten household uncertainty by causing financial, marital, and housing instability. In this paper, we draw on unique interview data to...
link.springer.com
May 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🌀New #publication in Population and Environment from CDE affiliates Monica Grant, Katherine Curtis & colleagues finds that environmental disruptions like Cyclone Idai lead to longer birth intervals due to economic instability that creates future uncertainty
➡️Read: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
➡️Read: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🌍New #publication in BMJ Journals from CDE affiliate Leigh Senderowicz & colleagues
➡️ “Measuring misaligned contraceptive use among reproductive-aged women in Kisumu, Kenya: a cross-sectional, population-based study”
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
➡️ “Measuring misaligned contraceptive use among reproductive-aged women in Kisumu, Kenya: a cross-sectional, population-based study”
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Measuring misaligned contraceptive use among reproductive-aged women in Kisumu, Kenya: a cross-sectional, population-based study
Global family planning scholars have critiqued traditional measures of programmatic success and called for new, person-centred measures that consider people’s preferences. We propose a new measure tha...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
May 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🌍New #publication in BMJ Journals from CDE affiliate Leigh Senderowicz & colleagues
➡️ “Measuring misaligned contraceptive use among reproductive-aged women in Kisumu, Kenya: a cross-sectional, population-based study”
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
➡️ “Measuring misaligned contraceptive use among reproductive-aged women in Kisumu, Kenya: a cross-sectional, population-based study”
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
🌊CDE affiliate Max Besbris quoted in The New York Times on the topic of global warming’s effects on housing and how local officials in New York need to “rethink what a conventional home looks like”
➡️Read more here: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/n...
➡️Read more here: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/n...
In 15 Years, 80,000 Homes in the New York Area May Be Lost to Flooding
The metro region’s housing shortage is acute. But by 2040, dozens of neighborhoods and suburbs are likely to have lost thousands of homes to floods, a new report found.
www.nytimes.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🌊CDE affiliate Max Besbris quoted in The New York Times on the topic of global warming’s effects on housing and how local officials in New York need to “rethink what a conventional home looks like”
➡️Read more here: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/n...
➡️Read more here: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/n...
🏫Learn CDE affiliate Michael Light’s passion and curriculum in @dailycardinal.bsky.social “UW-Madison professor teaches immigration and enforcement in divided America”
“If we can’t talk about controversial issues here, then where can we talk about them?”
➡️Read: www.dailycardinal.com/article/2025...
“If we can’t talk about controversial issues here, then where can we talk about them?”
➡️Read: www.dailycardinal.com/article/2025...
UW-Madison professor teaches immigration and enforcement in a divided America
In the wake of President Donald Trump’s second term in office, one professor strives to teach the “empirical reality” of immigration.
www.dailycardinal.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🏫Learn CDE affiliate Michael Light’s passion and curriculum in @dailycardinal.bsky.social “UW-Madison professor teaches immigration and enforcement in divided America”
“If we can’t talk about controversial issues here, then where can we talk about them?”
➡️Read: www.dailycardinal.com/article/2025...
“If we can’t talk about controversial issues here, then where can we talk about them?”
➡️Read: www.dailycardinal.com/article/2025...
🌲New #publication from CDE affiliates Monica J. Grant, Katherine J. Curtis & colleagues in Population and Environment explores how environmental crises influence fertility choices through research involving rural Malawians after Cyclone Idai struck
➡️Read: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
➡️Read: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Fertility intentions in rural Malawi after Cyclone Idai - Population and Environment
Environmental disruptions, such as extreme weather events, can heighten household uncertainty by causing financial, marital, and housing instability. In this paper, we draw on unique interview data to...
link.springer.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🌲New #publication from CDE affiliates Monica J. Grant, Katherine J. Curtis & colleagues in Population and Environment explores how environmental crises influence fertility choices through research involving rural Malawians after Cyclone Idai struck
➡️Read: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
➡️Read: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👥Listen to CDE affiliate @jmcollinswi.bsky.social in WPR “Changes to Social Security Administration creating uncertainty for beneficiaries”
“Many of these people are just going to get left behind.”
➡️Read more here: www.wpr.org/news/changes...
“Many of these people are just going to get left behind.”
➡️Read more here: www.wpr.org/news/changes...
Changes to Social Security Administration creating uncertainty for beneficiaries
UW-Madison professor J. Michael Collins explains what impact Social Security changes will have for recipients.
www.wpr.org
April 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
👥Listen to CDE affiliate @jmcollinswi.bsky.social in WPR “Changes to Social Security Administration creating uncertainty for beneficiaries”
“Many of these people are just going to get left behind.”
➡️Read more here: www.wpr.org/news/changes...
“Many of these people are just going to get left behind.”
➡️Read more here: www.wpr.org/news/changes...
📃New #publication in Early Childhood Research Quarterly by CDE affiliate Youngjin Stephanie Hong & colleagues
➡️”Reducing childcare subsidy instability through eligibility period extensions: Equity impacts of 12-month recertification requirements”
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
➡️”Reducing childcare subsidy instability through eligibility period extensions: Equity impacts of 12-month recertification requirements”
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
April 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
📃New #publication in Early Childhood Research Quarterly by CDE affiliate Youngjin Stephanie Hong & colleagues
➡️”Reducing childcare subsidy instability through eligibility period extensions: Equity impacts of 12-month recertification requirements”
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
➡️”Reducing childcare subsidy instability through eligibility period extensions: Equity impacts of 12-month recertification requirements”
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
🌸Our LAST #UWDemSem of the spring semester is happening TODAY
☔Join us for a great session to wrap up the season!
☔Join us for a great session to wrap up the season!
🧠Join us next week for our FINAL #UWDemSem of the spring semester with Jinkook Lee, who will present "Innovations in Global Aging Research on Brain Health" on Tuesday, April 22nd at 12:15pm!
➡️View the full semester schedule: cde.wisc.edu/events/demsem/
@cdhauw.bsky.social
➡️View the full semester schedule: cde.wisc.edu/events/demsem/
@cdhauw.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
🌸Our LAST #UWDemSem of the spring semester is happening TODAY
☔Join us for a great session to wrap up the season!
☔Join us for a great session to wrap up the season!
👏Congrats to CDE Affiliate Melody Harvey for receiving a Pipeline Grant from the @russellsagefdn.bsky.social to examine how the decrease in payday lender operations in Wisconsin has affected participation in state-provided energy assistance programs!
➡️Read more: www.russellsage.org/news/sixth-r...
➡️Read more: www.russellsage.org/news/sixth-r...
Sixth Round of RSF-Gates Foundation Pipeline Grants Awarded to
The Russell Sage Foundation, in partnership with the Economic Mobility and Opportunity program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is pleased to announce eighteen awards to emerging scholars in th...
www.russellsage.org
April 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
👏Congrats to CDE Affiliate Melody Harvey for receiving a Pipeline Grant from the @russellsagefdn.bsky.social to examine how the decrease in payday lender operations in Wisconsin has affected participation in state-provided energy assistance programs!
➡️Read more: www.russellsage.org/news/sixth-r...
➡️Read more: www.russellsage.org/news/sixth-r...