There has been debate regarding whether increases in longevity results in longer and healthier lives or more disease and suffering. To shed some light on the issue this paper, “Are We Adding Pain-Free Years to Life? A Test of Compression Versus Expansion of Morbidity,” by Zachary Zimmer, Feinuo Sun, Amber Duynisveld, published June 15, 2024, in … Continue reading Does Living Longer Mean a Life of Pain?
Global Study of Pain Prevalence published in PAIN journal
A global study of pain prevalence across 52 countries: examining the role of country-level contextual factors was published in the International Association for the Study of Pain, September 2022 by Zimmer, Zachary, Fraser, Kathryn, Grol-Prokopczyk, Hanna and Zajacova, Anna.
Poster Presented at recent PAA conference At the recent Population Association of America (PAA) conference Dr. Zachary Zimmer presented a poster called, Inequality within inequalities: a multi-country comparative study of the effect that wealth has on pain prevalence. The poster was created with help from Kathryn Fraser, Daniel Powers, Anna Zajacova and Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk. PAA … Continue reading
Paper highlights pain should have a central role in sociological investigations of health
A new paper by Anna Zajacova, Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk and Zachary Zimmer titled “Sociology of Chronic Pain,” was published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, on July 20, 2021. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00221465211025962
IUSSP’s online news magazine features research on Skip-generation household trends in low- and middle-income countries
Zachary Zimmer and Emily Treleaven find a growing global prevalence of households that have grandparents living with grandchildren with middle generation absent. Click HERE to read more.
New Study – Americans are increasingly experiencing chronic pain
Americans are in chronic pain, and a comprehensive new study exploring trends in this major public health concern reveals that what has been a long-standing and under-acknowledged problem is getting substantially worse. The findings by researchers Anna Zajacova, Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk and Zachary Zimmer are published in the latest issue of the journal Demography. For more information … Continue reading New Study – Americans are increasingly experiencing chronic pain
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