NACDA Podcast 13 - Dr. Debra Umberson and the Health and Relationships Project (HARP)
Oct 13, 2023
Description:
This 25-minute podcast features Dr. Debra Umberson:
- Professor of Sociology, Director of the Center on Aging & Population Sciences, University of Texas-Austin and PI of the Health and Relationships Project, United States, 2014-2015 (ICPSR 37404), also known as HARP
- Research Focus: Population Health, Aging and the Life Course, Family, Sexual and Gender Diversity, Social Ties and Social Isolation, Bereavement
- Currently working on data collection for wave 2 of HARP. A dyadic, longitudinal study of same-sex and different-sex couples. With a focus on how spouses influence each other’s health. Debra is also writing a paper on how same- and different-sex spouses try to influence each other’s health habits, and how these dynamics change over time.
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
- Dr. Umberson’s University of Texas profile: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/sociology/faculty/dju
- Access the HARP Data: Health and Relationships Project (HARP), United States, 2014-2015 (ICPSR 37404) https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37404.v2
- HARP website: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/health-relationships-lab/
- Health and Retirement Study (HRS): https://hrs.isr.umich.edu/about
- Gerontological Society of America (GSA): https://www.gsa2023.org/
- Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies (SLLS): https://www.slls.org.uk/
- Population Association of America (PAA): https://www.populationassociation.org
- American Sociological Association (ASA): https://www.asanet.org/
- Noted article for analyzing dyadic data: Kroeger, R.A., Powers, D.A. (2019). Examining Same-Sex Couples Using Dyadic Data Methods. In: Schoen, R. (eds) Analytical Family Demography. The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, vol 47. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93227-9_7
- National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG): https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg/index.htm
- “APIM model” = Actor Partner Interdependence Model