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William G Axinn
Research Professor; Training Faculty
Professor of Sociology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Research Professor, Survey Research Center, Research Professor, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research and Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy
Professor of Sociology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Research Professor, Survey Research Center, Research Professor, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research and Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy
Research Interests:
Dr. Axinn is professor of survey research, population studies, sociology and public policy at the University of Michigan. Axinn is a social demographer studying community, intergenerational, and social psychological influences on marriage, childbearing, reproductive health, mental health and the natural environment. He is former director of Michigan’s Survey Research Center with an active program of methodological research on longitudinal studies, survey data collection and mixed method studies. He is director of the Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS), a 28-year, mixed method longitudinal study in Nepal.
Select Projects
- National Campus Climate Survey
- A More Efficient Web-Based Approach to Collecting National Family, Fertility and Reproductive Health Data
- Interdisciplinary Research Training Program for International Population Science
- Understanding the Connections among Genes, Environment, Family Processes, and Mental Health
- Development Core
- A New Population-Scale Approach for the Study of Psychological Stress in the Transition to Adulthood
- Intergenerational Influences on Marriage, Contraception and Childbearing
Select Publications
- Zhang,Shiyu, Brady Thomas West, Wagner,James Robert, Mick Couper, Gatward,Rebecca, William G Axinn. 2023. Visible Cash, a Second Incentive, and Priority Mail? An Experimental Evaluation of Mailing Strategies for a Screening Questionnaire in a National Push-To-Web/Mail Survey. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology
- Paula M. Lantz, Katherine Michelmore, Michelle H. Moniz, Okeoma Mmeje, William G Axinn, Kayte Spector-Bagdady. 2023. Abortion Policy in the United States: The New Legal Landscape and Its Threats to Health and Socioeconomic Well-Being. The Milbank Quarterly 101(S1):283-301.
- William G Axinn, ..., Chardoul,Stephanie A, WHO World Mental Health Survey collaborators. 2023. Civil Violence Exposure and Subsequent Onset and Persistence of Mental Disorders. JAMA Network Open 6(6):e2318919-e2318919.
- Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Cole,Faith, Sabrina Hermosilla, William G Axinn, Corina Benjet. 2023. Alcohol use and internal migration in Nepal: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 77(9):587-593.
- William G Axinn, Wagner,James Robert, Mick Couper, Scott Crawford. 2023. Applying Responsive Survey Design to Small-Scale Surveys: Campus Surveys of Sexual Misconduct. Sociological Methods & Research
- Brady Thomas West, Zhang,Shiyu, Wagner,James Robert, Gatward,Rebecca, Wah,Saw, William G Axinn. 2023. Methods for improving participation rates in national self-administered web/mail surveys: Evidence from the United States. PLOS ONE 18(8):e0289695.
- William G Axinn, Brady Thomas West, Schroeder,Heather Marie. 2023. Forced intercourse in America: a pandemic update. BMC Public Health 23(1):1-8.
- Yang Zhang, Axinn,William G. 2022. Cohabitation dissolution and psychological distress among young adults: The role of parenthood and gender. Social Science Research 102:102626.
- Melanie S. Askari, Emily Treleaven, Ghimire,Dirgha Jibi, Axinn,William G, Sabrina Hermosilla. 2022. COVID-19 worries, concerns and mitigation behaviours: A snapshot of Nepal during the first wave. Tropical Medicine & International Health 27(2):165-173.
- Axinn,William G, Karmel W. Choi, Ghimire,Dirgha Jibi, Cole,Faith, Private: Hermosilla,Sabrina, Corina Benjet, Melany C. Morgenstern, Younga H. Lee, Jordan W. Smoller. 2022. Community-Level Social Support Infrastructure and Adult Onset of Major Depressive Disorder in a South Asian Postconflict Setting. JAMA Psychiatry 79(3):243-249.