The Wisconsin Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS) is a school-based survey of middle school (grades 6-8) and high school (grades 9-12) students. The survey collects information on youth knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors related to the use of tobacco and vaping products.
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Recent findings from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study show interviewers’ ratings of respondents’ health predict respondents’ mortality over a 3-year follow-up
Recent research indicates survey interviewers’ ratings of respondents’ health may provide important information about the health of respondents in surveys of older adults. Although these ratings are promising, little is known about what information interviewers …
Midlife in the U.S. (MIDUS) Retention Early Warning Study
In 2018, UWSC will conduct a national in-person field effort to locate and interview MIDUS respondents who participated in early rounds of the study but later attrited.
Associate Director John Stevenson named 2017 MAPOR Fellow
The Executive Board of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR) named Associate Director John Stevenson as its newest MAPOR Fellow at its November 2017 meeting. MAPOR Fellows are judged by the MAPOR leadership …
Unpacking What Participants Think About When They Rate Their Health
Self-rated health — “Would you say your health in general is excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor?”— is one of the most widely used measures of health because of its ability to predict morbidity and mortality. Yet it is unclear what underlies health ratings.
Study to Explore Early Development (SEED)
The Study to Explore Early Development (SEED) is the largest epidemiological study on autism and developmental delays. SEED will help researchers better understand the health and behavior of young children with autism and offer clues to the causes of autism.
UWSC contributes to research on the effects on families of unsuccessful organ donation attempts at the time of death
On behalf of a University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health research team headed by vascular surgeon and medical ethicist Dr. Margaret (Gretchen) Schwarze, UWSC senior project director Ken Croes conducted in-depth interviews …
UWSC welcomes Ciara Bridges as a project director
Ciara Bridges joined the UW Survey Center project direction team as a Project Director on August 1 2017. Before joining the Survey Center, Ciara worked as a research assistant and telephone interviewer for the Center …
UWSC welcomes Carol Wintheiser as a project director
Carol Wintheiser joined the UW Survey Center project direction team as a Project Director on August 1 2017. Carol originally joined the UW Survey Center in 2010 as a CATI interviewer. After graduating she returned …
MIDUS: A UWSC Flagship Study showcased by Center for Healthy Minds (CHM)
The Midlife Development in the U.S. study (MIDUS) was recently featured in a newsletter from the Center for Healthy Minds, which UWSC considers one of its defining achievements. Now 20-years-old, MIDUS brings the limelight to …