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Most say serious outbreak of H1N1 likely
Published: United Press International, Inc
A majority of Americans think widespread H1N1 flu, with many getting very sick this fall or winter, is somewhat or very likely, a U.S. survey indicates.However, the survey by the Harvard Opinion Research Program at Harvard School of Public Health says even though 60 percent of those asked said they believe [...]
Moral and Social Restraints to Strategic Default on Mortgages
Moral and Social Restraints to Strategic Default on Mortgages, a new research paper from Paola Sapienza (Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University), Luigi Zingales (University of Chicago Booth School of Business) and Luigi Guiso (European University Institute), considers U.S. homeowners’ willingness to default on a home loan.
This study found that when the value of [...]
Summaries of Address-Based Sampling Presentations at the AAPOR Annual Meeting (2009)
Comparing Random Digit Dial (RDD) and United States Postal Service (USPS) Address-Based Sample Designs for a General Population Survey: The 2008 Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey
Susan Sherr, David Dutwin, SSRS
Timothy Triplett, Doug Wissoker, Sharon Long, Urban Institute
In the summer of 2008, the Urban Institute and Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS) conducted the Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey [...]
When Homeowners Walk Away: New Research Reveals More Than 25 Percent of Mortgage Loan Defaults Are Strategic
Financial Trust Index Researchers Study Economic and Moral Factors In Strategic Default
CHICAGO /PRNewswire/ — While the Obama administration’s housing policy has been largely influenced by a study of the Boston housing market during the 1990-91 recession in which homes devalued by approximately 10 percent, new research suggests that a novel phenomenon is at hand in [...]
Costs Snarling Health Overhaul
Study finds more are struggling to pay; Gains at risk in state’s foray into insurance
By Kay Lazar, The Boston Globe
Soaring healthcare costs, combined with the recession, are threatening to undermine the gains from Massachusetts’ 2006 healthcare overhaul, according to the third annual “Update on Health Reform in Massachusetts” published today.
The survey of roughly 4,000 adults [...]
Massachusetts, Model for Universal Health Care, Sees Ups and Downs in Policy
By KEVIN SACK
The New York Times
Despite a weakening economy, Massachusetts continued to measure gains in the share of residents who reported having a steady source of health care in 2008, its second year of near-universal coverage, a new study has found.
But the annual survey, taken each fall since 2006, also raised red flags regarding the [...]
The Purpose-Driven Spend
By Cella Irvine - MINSIDER PERSPECTIVES
The expression “your eyes are bigger than your stomach” refers to more than eating and appetite. Just as more than 1 billion of the world’s population is suffering from what the U.N. gently terms “overnutrition,” our economies have run aground after an age of irrational exuberance—or what popular culture has [...]
Survey Finds Many Americans Have Taken Steps to Protect Themselves Against H1N1
Most Are Following News About the Outbreak Closely
Boston, MA — As part of a series about Americans’ response to the H1N1 flu outbreak, the Harvard Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health has released a national poll which finds that many Americans have taken steps to protect themselves and their families [...]
Survey Documents Flu Fears
By LiveScience Staff
Americans’ reactions to the outbreak of the H1N1 flu, aka the swine flu, may have trended lately toward being annoyed, but nearly half were also concerned five days ago that they or their family might actually get sick.
A survey by the Harvard Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health [...]
Survey Finds Nearly Half of Americans Concerned They or Their Family May Get Sick from Swine Flu
Boston, MA–Following the declaration of a public health emergency due to the new H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, the Harvard Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health conducted a poll about how concerned Americans are about the outbreak, how they are responding and what they believe about transmission, prevention and [...]
