PRI Funded Research
Listing of Active Grants
Advanced Spatial Analysis Training for Population Scientists (Stephen Matthews)
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Ag 2 Africa: Development of an International-US Learning Laboratory (Jill L. Findeis, Rachel Smith)
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ARRA: Generating Linked NCHS and OIS Data for Immigrant Health and Mortality Research (Jennifer Van Hook, Frank Bean (UC Irvine))
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Career Development Program in Women's Health Research at Penn State (Carol Weisman)
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Center of Excellence in Border Security and Immigration (Jennifer Van Hook)
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Center on Population Health and Aging (Duane Alwin, Melissa Hardy, Leif Jensen, Pamela Farley Short, George Vogler)
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Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study: Extending the Strong Healthy Women Behavior Change Intervention to Urban Areas (Carol Weisman, John Botti, Danielle Downs, Mark Feinberg, Marianne Hillemeier)
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Children's Psychopathology: Trajectories, Risk Factors, and Effects of Services (Paul Morgan)
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Collaborative Research: A National Survey of Informal Work (Leif Jensen, Timothy Slack (Louisiana State University), Ann Tickamyer (Ohio University))
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Daily Diary Evaluation of the Health Benefits of a Workplace Intervention (David Almeida, Ann C. Crouter, Laura Klein, Susan M. McHale)
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Daily Stress and Well-Being During Adulthood (David Almeida)
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Demographic Analysis of SES Stability and Well-Being among Children of Immigrants (Jennifer Van Hook, Kelly Balistreri (Bowling Green State University))
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Developing Planning and Educational Resources: Extending the Outreach of ARDA (Roger Finke)
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Does Acculturation Lower Educational Achievement for Children of Immigrants? (Emily Greenman)
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Early Work Experiences and the Transition to Adulthood (Jeremy Staff)
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Education Careers and Migration of Rural Youth: What's Happening to Rural America's Future? (Diane McLaughlin, Anastasia Snyder)
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The Effects of a Workplace Intervention on the Family Settings and Health of Employees' Children (Susan M. McHale, David Almeida, Ann C. Crouter, Laura Klein)
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Explaining the Education Effect and the Demography of Risk: Comparing Unschooled and Schooled on Everyday Reasoning and Decision-Making Skills about Health Behavior (David Baker, Paul Eslinger)
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Family Demography Training (Gordon F. De Jong)
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Friends Helping Friends: Socially Responsible ATOD Prevention (Constance Flanagan, Leslie Gallay)
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Friendship Networks and Emergence of Substance Use (D. Wayne Osgood, Mark Feinberg)
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Geriatric Education Center of Pennsylvania (GEC/PA) (Melissa Hardy)
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Home and School Contexts, and Children's Achievement in the Early Elementary Years (Katerina Bodovski)
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Immigration and Metropolitan Residential Segregation (John Iceland)
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Infertility: Pathways and Psychosocial Outcomes (David Johnson, Laurie Scheuble, Julia McQuillan (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), Naomi Lacy (University of Nebraska Medical Center), Arthur Greil (Alfred University), Mary Casey Jacob (University of Connecticut Health Center))
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Instructional Effects on Achievement Growth of Children with Learning Difficulties in Mathematics (Paul Morgan, George Farkas)
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Intervention RFP: The Impact of School-Based Prevention on Friendship Networks and Peer Influence (D. Wayne Osgood, Mark Feinberg)
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The Language Assimilation and Schooling Outcomes of Children Born to African Immigrant Parents (Kevin J.A. Thomas)
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Latent Growth Curve Models of Cognitive Aging (Duane Alwin, Scott Hofer (Oregon State University), Linda Wray)
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Long Term Effects of Cancer on The Employment of Younger and Older Workers (Pamela Farley Short, Christopher Hollenbeak, John Moran, Joseph Vasey)
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Low-Income Women and Marriage Entry: Evidence from Qualitative Data (Rukmalie Jayakody, Kristin Seefeldt (University of Michigan))
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National Children's Study (Carol Weisman, Stephen Matthews, Marianne Hillemeier)
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National Symposium on Family Issues (Alan Booth, Nancy Landale, Susan M. McHale)
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Neighborhood, Food Environment, Diet and Health: Quasi-experimental Study (Stephen Matthews, Steve Cummins (University of London), Ana Diez Roux (University of Michigan), consultant)
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Peer Networks and Adolescent Sexual Development (Derek Kreager)
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Population Research Institute (Nancy Landale, Stephen Matthews, Rukmalie Jayakody, David Johnson)
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Poverty, Low Birth Weight and Early Cognitive Delay: A Population-Based Approach (George Farkas, Marianne Hillemeier, Paul Morgan)
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Process and Outcome Evaluation of G.R.E.A.T. (D. Wayne Osgood)
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Race-Ethnicity, Census Places, and Violent Crime: Expanding the Racial Invariance Hypothesis to include White-Latino and Black-Latino Comparisons (Darrell Steffensmeier, Jeffrey Ulmer)
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The Residential Patterns of Mixed-Native Households and the Racial Identity of Hispanic Immigrants (John Iceland)
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The Role of Social Relationships and Self-Efficacy in Diabetes Management (Linda Wray)
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Secondary Analysis of AmeriCorps Data (Constance Flanagan)
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A Secular Change in Menstrual Characteristics of Adult and Midlife Women (Phyllis Mansfield)
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Spatiotemporal Dimensions of Population Change in the Northern Orkney Islands, c. 1735-2000 (James Wood, Patricia Johnson, Stephen Matthews, Timothy Murtha)
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State Medicaid Expansions and Health Care Coverage of Immigrant Adults (Daphne Hernandez)
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Stimulating Research and Discovery in the Study of Religion: An Initiative by the Association of Religion Data Archives (Roger Finke)
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A Study of African American Marriage and Health (Chalandra Bryant)
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Time Trends in Attitudes and Values During the Transition to Adulthood (D. Wayne Osgood)
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Transitions to Prosperity and Sustainability: Enhancing Small and Medium-Sized Farms in the Rural-Exurban-Urban Transitional Zone (Jill L. Findeis, Jason Kaye, David Mortensen, Richard Stedman (Cornell), Douglas Miller, Kathryn Brasier)
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Trends in Food Assistance Program Participation on Childhood Weight Trajectories (Daphne Hernandez)
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University of Ghana (RIPS) Visiting Scholar Training Program at Penn State University (Francis Dodoo, Gordon F. De Jong, Nancy Landale, Betty Akumatey (University of Ghana))
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Volunteer Service as a Developmental Opportunity (Constance Flanagan, Leslie Gallay, Nicole Webster)
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