American Journal of Epidemiology (Vol. 176, No. 3, Aug. 1, 2012).
aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol176/issue3/index.dtl?etoc
Gerontechnology (Vol. 11, No. 2, 2012).
gerontechnology.info/index.php/journal/issue/view/gt.2012.11.02.000.00
July 30, 2012
CAAR – US Census Bureau Data Update – July 30, 2012
“2010 Modified Race Summary File.” (July 2012, comma separated value [.csv] format,with documentation in .pdf format). “This downloadable file, summary table and documentation shows the results of modifying the 2010 Census population from census race categories (which include some other race) into those consistent with the Office of Management and Budget standard categories (white, black or African-American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander). Release includes information for counties by Hispanic origin, 31 race groups and five-year age groups.”
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CAAR – Natuonal Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper – July 30, 2012
“Estimating Second Order Probability Beliefs from Subjective Survival Data,” by Peter Hudomiet and Robert J. Willis (w18258, July 2012, .pdf format, 63p.).
Abstract:
Based on subjective survival probability questions in the Health and Retirement Study, we use an econometric model to estimate the determinants of individual-level uncertainty about personal longevity. This model is built around the Modal Response Hypothesis (MRH), a mathematical expression of the idea that survey responses of 0, 50 or 100 percent to probability questions indicate a high level of uncertainty about the relevant probability. We show that subjective survival expectations in 2002 line up very well with realized mortality of the HRS respondents between 2002 and 2010. We show that the MRH model performs better than typically used models in the literature of subjective probabilities. Our model gives more accurate estimates of low probability events and it is able to predict the unusually high fraction of focal 0, 50 and 100 answers observed in many datasets on subjective probabilities.
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CAAR – US National Institutes of Health Funding Opportunity – July 30, 2012
“Secondary Analyses and Archiving of Social and Behavioral Datasets in Aging (R03)” (RFA-AG-13-004, , application deadline is Oct. 19, 2012, reissue of RFA-AG-12-005, National Institute on Aging). For more information see:
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CAAR – US Government Accountability Office Report – July 30, 2012
“Methods for Estimating Incarceration and Community Corrections Costs and Results of the Elderly Offender Pilot” (GAO-12-807R, July 2012, ASCII text and .pdf format, 33p.).
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CAAR – National Institute on Retirement Security Report – July 30, 2012
“The Pension Factor 2012: Assessing the Role of Defined Benefit Plans in Reducing Elder Economic Hardships,” by Frank Porell and Diane Oakley (July 2012, .pdf format, 36p., with accompanying webinar, running time: 1 hour, 8 minutes, 26 seconds, and PowerPoint presentation (.pdf format, 31 slides)). All are linked from a NIRS news release: “Poverty Rate Nearly Doubles for Americans Lacking Pensions” (Jul. 26, 2012).
www.nirsonline.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=714
More information about NIRS:
www.nirsonline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=66
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