Institute for Social Research

11/03/2020

10/28/2020

The Sacramento Bee reports on the results of the second Resilience Poll results, highlighting how different communities within the region are disproportionately impacted by the pandemic Valley Vision CapRadio

Across the board, Black, Latino, lower-income or younger people generally report the highest level of concern about the coronavirus and its rippling impacts on health, jobs, education and more, a new poll found.

10/27/2020

Research from Valley Vision and Sac State finds COVID-19 is causing significant financial and family hardships.

10/27/2020

Join us for a free webinar on Friday October 30 at 10 am - 11:30 am with Valley Vision, CapRadio, and other panel speakers as we discuss the major findings of the latest Resilience poll and its impact on Region residents, especially in terms of .

The second COVID-19 Resilience poll, from Valley Vision and CapRadio, is now public -- and it reflects the hardships being felt across the region in the truly difficult time we are going through. Join us on Friday, October 30, 10:00 - 11:30 am, for a webinar focused on the results of the COVID-19 Re...

10/21/2020

"30% of Latinx respondents reported they can’t afford food, an increase from just 23% of African Americans and 27% of Latinx respondents who answered similarly back in May."
Valley Vision CapRadio

A new Valley Vision and CapRadio survey shows the pandemic-induced economic crisis that has left millions of people unemployed has caused increased financial stress on Black and Latinx people, and experts worry the impact could last much longer than

10/20/2020

"Even when they live in similar areas, Democrats are more likely than Republicans to describe their community as urban, while Republicans are more likely than Democrats to describe it as rural, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of a nationally representative sample of 13,200 U.S. adults"

Even when they live in similar areas, Democrats and Republicans differ over whether those areas are urban, suburban or rural.

10/19/2020

The second Resilience Poll continues to provide insights on the different ways region residents' lives have changed Valley Vision CapRadio

10/19/2020

Valley Vision CapRadio

Today on Insight, we discuss the status of COVID-19 in Sacramento County, California prison factories, CapRadio / Valley Vision's new COVID-19 resiliency poll, and the latest news from the campaign trail.

10/19/2020

A second Valley Vision/CapRadio poll of how Sacramento region residents are experiencing the coronavirus pandemic finds people are worn down — and still concerned about the virus. Still, people of color continue to be more severely impacted.

10/16/2020

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10/12/2020

Honoring Indigenous Peoples' Day. To All Members of the Campus Community: Today, on the 28th anniversary of Indigenous Peoples' Day, the Hornet Family remembers and honors the original native people of this nation and the original stewards of the land on which Sacramento State stands: the Nisenan, P...

09/03/2020

Social distancing substantially varies by income

In the absence of a vaccine, social distancing measures are one of the primary tools to reduce the transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus, which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We show that social distancing following US state-level emergen...