DMACS data and findings are regularly featured nationally in news stories and peer-reviewed publications:
Media Coverage
2025
Detroiters say crime and safety are top challenges they want a new mayor to address, UM study finds, Michigan Radio,
September 22, 2025
Crime and housing among biggest concerns for Detroiters, according gto new U of M survey, WWJ 950,
September 22, 2025
Survey reveals top concerns among Detroiters ahead of mayoral election, Ann Arbor Times,
September 16, 2025
Survey shows safety, housing, jobs top concerns for Detroiters ahead of mayoral election, Detroit Metro Times,
September 16, 2025
Making AI policy: Are we falling behind or rushing in?, Niskanen Center,
August 20, 2025
How to get the best deal on homeowners insurance in Detroit, Michigan Public,
July 30, 2025
Report: More than a quarter of Detroit homeowners don’t have insurance, Outlier Media,
July 23, 2025
Cost Drives Detroit’s High Uninsured Homeowners Rate, Mirage News,
July 15, 2025
Why so many Detroiters are shut out of the workforce, Newsbreak and Outlier Media,
June 18, 2025
Majority of Detroiters say they face challenges with safety, neighborhood conditions ahead of upcoming local elections, Outlier Media,
May 21, 2025
Federal government says paper checks have got to go. What to know. Detroit Free Press,
May 21. 2025
How Outlier Media plans to cover this year’s elections in Detroit, Outlier Media,
May 1, 2025
2024
UMich survey finds increase in young, middle-class Detroit residents planning to vote after Biden’s endorsement of Harris, Michigan Daily,
October 28, 2024
Why Aren’t People Voting, The Drumbeat with Josie & Pete, Podbean,
October 23, 2024
U-M study shows more young Detroiters expected to vote, WEMU,
October 10, 2024
Cost of housing ranks high among young voters ahead of 2024 election, Detroit PBS’ American Black Journal,
October 4, 2024
Stateside, Michigan Public, Monday,
Oct. 14, 2024
Immigration is a key issue for many Michiganders as they cast their vote for the next U.S. president, Michigan Public (WCMU),
October 16, 2024
How Harris, Trump are speaking to Detroiters’ priorities, Outlier,
September 15, 2025
Why the cost of water for poor Black Detroit voters may be key to Kamala Harris winning – or losing – Michigan, Michigan Chronicle,
September 29, 2025
Survey shows Detroiters’ top priorities for city officials going into election, MyScience,
September 24, 2025
Cost of living tops list in new DMACS survey, Ann Arbor Times
August 26, 2024
Democratic National Convention, Father Solanus Casey, Housing costs, PBS Detroit One,
August 23, 2024
Cost of housing ranks high for young voters in Detroit, PBS One Detroit
August 23, 2024
Detroit Evening Report: Distrust in political system could keep many Detroiters from voting, U-M survey shows, WDET
July 31, 2024
What residents in targeted investment areas think about their neighborhoods, Axios Detroit
July 15, 2024
Immigration is a top 2024 election issue. Here’s what residents in 4 Michigan cities believe, Michigan Advance
July 8, 2024
Cost of Living Tops Detroiters’ US Government Priorities, Mirage News
July 8, 2024
What do Detroiters really think? New survey sheds light on top concerns, voter engagement, and more, Daily Detroit
June 26, 2024
New Study Reveals Key Insights into Detroit Voter Behavior, Michigan Chronicle
June 25, 2024
The Metro: New Outlier Media survey offers insights on turnout, priorities for Detroiter Voters, WDET
June 21, 2024
Survey: Most Detroiters involved in their communities and plan to vote, but doubt officials share their concerns, Michigan Public
June 18, 2024
UMich researchers find forceful contact influence views on police, The Michigan Daily
March 20, 2024
Detroit survey shows personal experiences shape the view of police, TheGrio
March 13, 2024
Detroit residents’ trust in police shaped by history of police contact, University of Michigan News
February 28, 2024
2023
Detroit’s April unemployment rate hits 33-year low at 4.2%, Michigan Chronicle
June 7, 2023
New survey: Detroit’s jobless rate is nearly 4X what government report shows, Detroit Free Press
June 29, 2023
A majority of Detroit wants reparations for Black residents. What happens next? Yahoo News
April 7, 2023
A majority of Detroiters support reparations and say policymakers should too, report says, Detroit Free Press
April 4, 2023
Detroit lauds lowest unemployment rate since 2000, Crain’s Detroit
January 5, 2023
2022
Detroiters say quality K-12 schools is top policy priority for November elections, UM Detroit
November 3rd, 2022
Candidate support for reparations would mobilize Detroit voters, Michigan News
November 2nd, 2022
Detroiters Struggling to Make it Out of Pandemic Pain Feel Left Behind as Relief Programs End, Bridge Detroit
June 30th, 2022
Detroit home repair hotline gets more than 244K calls, Bridge Detroit
June 14th, 2022
Housing costs take bulk of paycheck for thousands of Detroiters, survey shows, Detroit Free Press
May 28th, 2022
Detroiters’ financial recovery from COVID mixed, Axios Detroit
May 23rd, 2022
Survey: Majority of Detroiters Report Improved and Stable Finances Compared to Last Year, DBusiness
May 17th, 2022
A $20M fund aims to help 1,000 Detroiters tap into home repair resources, Detroit Free Press
May 3rd, 2022
A Multifaith Community Fills Stomachs – and the Food Gap – in Detroit, Sojourners
May 2022
Here’s why many Detroit parents are still hesitant about the COVID vaccine, Michigan Radio
April 8, 2022
Most Detroiters vaccinated in second half of 2021 were previously unsure about COVID-19 vaccines, Michigan News
April 6, 2022
Detroit parents more hesitant of COVID-19 vaccine than non-parents, Fox 2 Detroit
March 10, 2022
2021
U-M survey: More Detroiters than previously live in substandard housing, Michigan Radio
October 25, 2021
91,000 Detroiters Lack Access to Running or Hot Water, Struggle with Broken Heating, UM Survey Says, WDET
October 25, 2021
More Detroiters than Previously Thought Live in Substandard Housing, WKAR
October 25, 2021
Advocates push Detroit’s Proposal R to start Reparations talks, Detroit News
October 23, 2021
Nearly 38K Detroit households living in ‘inadequate’ housing this past year, study finds, WXYZ
October 22, 2021
Survey: Detroit parents are half as likely to COVID-19 Vaccine, MLive
October 22, 2021
Nearly 38,000 households in Detroit estimated to be living in inadequate housing, MyScience Wire
October 21, 2021
More than 90,000 Detroit residents live in inadequate housing, UM report estimates, Detroit News
October 21, 2021
Nearly 38,000 households in Detroit estimated to be living in inadequate housing, Michigan News
October 21, 2021
New Detroit home repair program can fix 1,000 roofs. Nearly 5,000 people applied, Detroit Free Press
October 19, 2021
Detroit’s home repair crisis is even bigger than experts thought, Bridge Detroit
October 19, 2021
New home repair program aims to replace 1,000 roofs for low-income Detroiters, Detroit Free Press
October 1, 2021
High Crime and police brutality give Detroiters conflicting attitudes about law enforcement, survey shows, Detroit Metro Times
September 23, 2021
Majority of Detroiters want police reform, many also want increased police presence, Michigan News
September 20, 2021
U-M expert: Challenges abound as leaders assemble for Mackinac Policy Conference, Michigan News
September 20, 2021
Michigan teacher, student COVID-19 vaccinations are key to normal school year, doctors say, Detroit Free Press
September 15, 2021
Michigan’s unemployment rate changed little in August, dropping slightly to 4.7%, Detroit Free Press
September 15, 2021
Unemployment Falls to 5.2 Percent Nationally, But Big Cities Like Detroit Hit Harder, Newsweek
September 14, 2021
Detroit’s unemployment rate hovers at 25% amid COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic, U-M survey finds, Detroit Metro Times
September 14, 2021
Detroit’s unemployment rate has held steady at 25% since last fall, U-M survey shows, Detroit Free Press
September 14, 2021
COVID Vaccine Safety Is Top Concern For Unvaccinated Detroiters, Patch.com
September 7, 2021
It comes down to trust: Study shows progress on vaccine hesitancy in Detroit , Michigan Advance
September 7, 2021
Opinion: Vaccine Mandates Could Make the Difference For Detroit, Bridge Detroit
September 4, 2021
Detroit jobless rate flat around 25% amid pandemic, UM survey says, The Detroit News
August 30, 2021
Detroit unemployment sits at 25% – lower than pandemic peak, twice pre-pandemic rate, Michigan News
August 30, 2021
Opinion: Detroit parents don’t trust COVID-19 vaccine, survey shows, by Jeffrey Morenoff, The Detroit News
August 24, 2021
U-M survey finds most Detroit parents likely to take precautions against COVID, sans vaccine, WDIV 4 Detroit
August 20, 2021
As COVID-19 hospitalizations increase, a greater number of Americans are deciding to get vaccinated, WXYZ 7 Detroit
August 20, 2021
Survey finds low vaccination rates in Detroit households with children, News Medical Life Sciences
August 20, 2021
Low vaccination rates persist in Detroit households with children, Poverty Solutions
August 20, 2021
Opinion: Should the City of Detroit mandate vaccines for employees?, by Lydia Wileden, Bridge Detroit
August 12, 2021
As Delta variant threatens, Michigan works to address lingering vaccine hesitancy, Second Wave Michigan
August 5, 2021
Majority of Detroit residents support vaccine requirements, U-M survey shows, Poverty Solutions
August 3, 2021
Why more Detroiters aren’t getting vaccinated: Fear, Bridge Detroit
July 27, 2021
Government distrust driving younger Detroiters’ COVID vaccine hesitancy, University of Michigan survey says, MLive
July 27, 2021
Survey: Doctors key to convincing unvaccinated Detroiters shots are safe, The Detroit News
July 22, 2021
University of Michigan survey looks at why Detroit’s COVID vaccination rate lags behind rest of state, WDIV 4 Detroit
July 22, 2021
Detroiters cite safety concerns as main reason for not getting vaccinated, survey finds, WXYZ 7 Detroit
July 22, 2021
Concern about safety is main reason many Detroiters are not getting vaccinated, U-M survey finds, Michigan News
July 22, 2021
38% of Detroit residents ‘very likely’ to get COVID-19 vaccine, University of Michigan survey finds, MLive (feat. Jeff Morenoff and Lydia Wileden)
April 1, 2021
Increasing number of Detroiters say they’re likely to get vaccinated, bus skepticism remains, Detroit Metro Times
March 30, 2021
More Detroiters ‘Very Likely’ to get COVID-19 Vaccine Than 4 Months Ago, U-M Survey Finds, Poverty Solutions
March 30, 2021
U-M survey: percentage of Detroiters ‘very likely’ to get COVID vaccine up from 4 months ago, WXYZ 7 Detroit
March 30, 2021
University of Michigan: More Detroiters say they’re now ‘very likely’ to get COVID-19 vaccine, Detroit News Featuring Interview with Jeff Morenoff and Lydia Wileden
March 30, 2021
Increasing number of Detroiters say they’re likely to get vaccinated, but skepticism remains, Detroit Metro Times
March 30, 2021
U of M survey: More Detroiters say they’re “very likely” to get COVID-19 vaccine, Michigan Radio
March 30, 2021
Studies show that more Detroit are more likely to get the COVID-19 vaccine than they were four months ago, Florida News Times
March 31, 2021
2020
Majority of Detroiters say they’re unlikely to get COVID-19 vaccine, U-M survey says, Poverty Solutions
November 20, 2020
U-M SURVEY: DETROIT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS, BUT 1 IN 5 RESIDENTS IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE, Poverty Solutions
August 10, 2020
U-M: Detroit’s unemployment rate improves but money woes mount, BridgeDetroit
August 2, 2020
Opinion: Detroit needs another stimulus check, by Lydia Wileden and Richard Rodems, BridgeDetroit
July 17, 2020
U-M: Detroit unemployment rate ‘alarmingly’ high amid coronavirus, BridgeDetroit
July 13, 2020
Survey Suggests 45-Percent Unemployment In Detroit, Fears Amid Reopening, Deadline Detroit
July 1, 2020
UM study: Detroit unemployment ‘alarmingly high’; residents say coronavirus restrictions lifting too soon, Crain’s Detroit Business
June 30, 2020
Black Detroiters hit disproportionately hard by coronavirus-related job losses, Detroit Metro Times
June 30, 2020
New Report Reveals Detroiters’ Perceptions of Entrepreneurship and Economic Opportunity
June 23, 2020
Nearly half of Detroiters have lost their job during the coronavirus pandemic, Detroit Free Press
May 26, 2020
Detroiters disproportionately impacted by coronavirus job losses, U-M survey finds, Detroit Metro Times
May 26, 2020
COVID-19 survey: 1 in 5 Detroiters expect to run out of money in 3 months, Detroit News
April 27, 2020
Tenant organizers call for rent suspensions, WXYZ Detroit
April 27, 2020
In Detroit, grief runs deep as city grapples with COVID-19, Associated Press
April 26, 2020
Opinion: Detroit survey shows coronavirus crisis threatens to widen inequality, by Lydia Wileden and Jeffrey Morenoff, Bridge Magazine
April 26, 2020
Academic Work
2025
Case, A., Solomon, K., Hauser, J., & Sweeney, K. (2025). Broadening the Youth Mental Health Ecosystem: A Case Study of DBG Detroit. Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion, 26320770251359600.
Lenhoff, S. W., & Singer, J. (2025). COVID-19, online learning, and absenteeism in Detroit. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR), 30(2), 99-128.
Lum, C., Koper, C. S., & Khatchatourian, H. (2025). Do community views of local police agencies change during “crises of legitimacy”? Results of a multi-wave random sample community survey in a large suburban jurisdiction. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 50(1), 35-57.
Moodie, P., Murray, A., Poger, J., & Schrodel, J. A. (2023). 163 Building a Supportive Community-Engaged Research (CEnR) Infrastructure: Assessing and Addressing the Interests and Educational Needs of Researchers and Community Partners. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 7(s1), 50-51.
Singer, J. (2025). School choice, socioeconomic status, and stratified enrollment in urban districts: Evidence from Detroit. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 47(3), 821-846.
Sisson, L. N., Tomko, C., Yuan, Z., Haney, K., Clouse, E., Smith, K. C., & Sherman, S. G. (2025). Exploring the Role of Vaccine Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccination Among a Community-Based Sample of Women Who Use Drugs in Baltimore, Maryland. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved, 36(2), 526-544.
Thompson, H. S., Kinney, T. N., Leach, C., Sass, A., Washington, A., Dailey, R., … & Khaldun, J. (2025). Use of Rapid Qualitative Analysis to Support Collaborative Synergy Within a Community Coalition for Health Equity in Detroit. Health Equity, 9(1), 87-99.
2024
Bennion, E. A. (Ed.). (2024). Teaching Experimental Political Science. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Dean, C. A., Milan, R., Raja, M., & Radhakrishnan, S. (2024). Reducing Detroit’s Heart Disease Risk: The Role of Social Determinants of Health and Health Behaviors. Michigan Journal of Public Health, 11(1), 5.
Dean, C. A., Shrestha, J., & Siddiqui, U. (2024). Exploring the impact of Detroit’s neighborhood characteristics on residents’ mental well-being. Frontiers in Environmental Health, 3, 1449268.
Hudgins, K., Benson, E., Carr, S., Simington, J., Walker, Z., Cruz, J., … & Young, A. (2024). Crafting democratic futures: Understanding political conditions and racialized attitudes toward black reparations. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 10(3), 49-67.
Kromer, M. K., & Blake, W. D. (2024). How Academic-Based Survey Research Organizations Inform and Influence the Development of Subnational Public Policy. State and Local Government Review, 56(3), 277-288.
Marans, R. W., & Stimson, R. J. (2024). Quality of life in large-scale, big-city urban environments: a world perspective. In Handbook of Quality of Life Research (pp. 147-164). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Markus, G. B., & Paffendorf, J. (2024). Property taxation in a shrinking city. Journal of Urban Affairs, 46(3), 565-586.
Martin, H. R., Hu, N., Liu, Q., Rodriguez, J. A. B., Gieseken, S., Johnson, A., … & Baum, M. K. (2024). Disability and COVID-19: Challenges, testing, vaccination, and postponement and avoidance of medical care among minoritized communities. Disability and health journal, 17(2), 101571.
Martin, H. R., Brown, D. R., Fluney, E., Trepka, M. J., Marty, A. M., Roldan, E. O., … & Baum, M. K. (2024). Community-engaged research: COVID-19 testing, infection, and vaccination among underserved minority communities in Miami, Florida. Vaccines, 12(2), 117.
Meehan, P., & Shanks, T. (2024). Poverty reduction is not the whole story: The COVID-19 pandemic response in relation to material hardship. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 45(2), 458-469.
Walker, R. J., Eisenhauer, E., Thompson, E. L., Butler, R., Metheny, N., Barroso, C. S., & Marino, M. (2024). COVID-19 information, trust, and risk perception across diverse communities in the United States: initial findings from a multistate community engagement alliance (CEAL). American journal of public health, 114(S1), S112-S123.
Zhang, S., & Wagner, J. (2024). The additional effects of adaptive survey design beyond post-survey adjustment: An experimental evaluation. Sociological Methods & Research, 53(3), 1350-1383.
2023
Anujuo, K. O., Ikuabe, P. O., & Ebuenyi, I. D. (2023). Exploring correlates of Mental Health and Employment in individuals with Long COVID: A secondary data analysis. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 10-1097.
Bravo, C. G., Villa, A., Wilks, A., Daniels, D., Marroquin, E., Dukes, K., … & Sabree, S. (2023). 162 Building a Pandemic-Responsive, Community-Engaged Research Program to Advance Health Equity for Persons with Diabetes. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 7(s1), 50-50.
Cross, F. L., Buyuktur, A. G., Wileden, L., Platt, J., Morenoff, J., Valbuena, F., … & Woolford, S. J. (2023). 161 Black and Latino Perspectives on COVID-19 Vaccines: A Mixed-methods Examination. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 7(s1), 50-50.
Dean, C., Milan, R. A., Raja, M., & Radhakrishnan, S. (2023). A community-based study on the relationship between chronic condition status, social determinants of health, and health behaviors among Detroit residents.
Delgado, M. (2023). Urban Gun Violence: Empty Lots, Green Spaces, and Other Ecologically Focused Interventions. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.
Moodie, P., Murray, A., Poger, J., & Schrodel, J. A. (2023). 163 Building a Supportive Community-Engaged Research (CEnR) Infrastructure: Assessing and Addressing the Interests and Educational Needs of Researchers and Community Partners. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 7(s1), 50-51.
Noppert, G. A., Clarke, P., Hoover, A., Kubale, J., Melendez, R., Duchowny, K., & Hegde, S. T. (2023). State Variation in Neighborhood COVID-19 Burden: Findings from the COVID Neighborhood Project. medRxiv.
Wileden, L., Anthony, D., Campos-Castillo, C., & Morenoff, J. (2023). Resident willingness to participate in digital contact tracing in a COVID-19 hotspot: Findings from a Detroit panel study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 9, e39002.
2022
Becker, N. V., Koripella, S., Karmakar, M., Couper, M. P., Gerber, E. R., Morenoff, J., & Ayanian, J. Z. (2022). Rates of delayed care among Detroit residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 37(10), 2611-2613.
Jiang, L., Bettac, E. L., Lee, H. J., & Probst, T. M. (2022). In whom do we trust? a multifoci person-centered perspective on institutional trust during COVID-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), 1815.
McGahey, R. (2022). Unequal cities: Overcoming anti-urban bias to reduce inequality in the United States. Columbia University Press.
Pogodzinski, B., Lenhoff, S. W., Cook, W., & Singer, J. (2022). School transit and accessing public school in Detroit. Education and Urban Society, 54(6), 695-713.
Rector, J. (2022). Lessons for a Green New Deal: Race, the New Deal legacy, and environmental justice in Detroit. In Routledge Handbook on the Green New Deal (pp. 157-172). Routledge.
Santiago, A. M., Jones, C. M., Cohen, E., Fall, A., & Rager, N. (2022). Making ends meet: Differences in neighborhood family care resources in Detroit’s ethnic-racial communities in the post-COVID era. The Journal of International Relations, Peace Studies, and Development, 7(1), 4.
Stolte, A., Nagy, G. A., Zhan, C., Mouw, T., & Merli, M. G. (2022). The impact of two types of COVID-19-related discrimination and contemporaneous stressors on Chinese immigrants in the US South. SSM-Mental Health, 2, 100159.
Yang, D., Wagner, A. L., & Gorin, S. S. (2022). Perceived severity of COVID-19 in a longitudinal study in Detroit, Michigan. Ethnicity & Disease, 32(3), 231.
Zhang, S., Wagner, J., Gerber, E., & Morenoff, J. (2022, August). What Parcel Tax Records Tell Us about Homeownership Measurement in Surveys. In Survey Research Methods (Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 133-145).
2021
Fabusuyi, T., Misra, A., Martinez, J., Chen, A., Jiang, V., Jagadish, H. V., & Hampshire, R. C. (2021). Enhancing Food Security for Families Vulnerable to COVID-19. medRxiv, 2021-02.
Mehdipanah, R., Dewar, M., & Eisenberg, A. (2021). Threats to and opportunities for low-income homeownership, housing stability, and health: protocol for the Detroit 2017 make-it-home evaluation study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(21), 11230.
Wagner, A. L., Wileden, L., Shanks, T. R., Goold, S. D., Morenoff, J. D., & Gorin, S. N. S. (2021). Mediators of racial differences in COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and uptake: a cohort study in Detroit, MI. Vaccines, 10(1), 36.
2020
Wagner, A. L., Sheinfeld Gorin, S., Boulton, M. L., Glover, B. A., & Morenoff, J. D. (2021). Effect of vaccine effectiveness and safety on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in Detroit, Michigan, July 2020. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 17(9), 2940-2945.
Doctoral Dissertations and Master’s Theses Using DMACS Data
Vance, A. M. (2024). The Cost of Non-Compliance: Code Enforcement and Rental Housing Quality in Detroit, Michigan (Master’s thesis, Georgetown University).
Ramos, R. P. F. M. (2023). Detroit: Regeneração Urbana e Participação Cívica (Master’s thesis, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Portugal)).
Zhang, S. (2023). Combining Adaptive Survey Design with Post-Survey Weighting Adjustment (Doctoral dissertation).
Wileden, L. (2022). (Mis) Perceiving the Metropolis: The Correlates and Consequences of Imperfect Neighborhood Knowledge (Doctoral dissertation).
