Women in Africa with little formal education are delaying marriage—much like their better-educated peers, a new University of Michigan study indicates.
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Nov 6, 2018
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Relatives often play an important role in people's lives. Family members such as cousins, grandparents and grandchildren form part of an individual's social network and can provide significant support, ranging from child-rearing ...
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Sep 12, 2023
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The Social Security Trust Fund is off on its prediction by $730 billion for needed benefits in 2030. That is because its forecasting methods have hardly been updated since 1935 when the program first started, according to ...
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Jul 31, 2012
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Financial strain has long been one of the leading causes of family discord, but a recent study suggests that simply living through major economic recessions increases a mother's chance of suffering from domestic violence.
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Jun 6, 2016
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A new study has found that the likelihood of owning your own home and becoming a parent has fallen in recent years, with young people just as likely to become parents while living in private rented accommodation. In previous ...
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Aug 24, 2021
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Mixed-race couples are a burgeoning population in the United States, accounting for 17 percent of all new marriages.
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Apr 29, 2019
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As debates rage about the legal status of immigrants, researchers still lack enough data—and enough of the right data—to help policy makers make better, more informed decisions, according to a team of sociologists and ...
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Jan 14, 2015
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Couples who perceive a drop in happiness in the first year after they became parents, have a lower probability of having a second child. A study by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock, Germany, ...
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Aug 5, 2015
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The life expectancy of human beings continues to increase. While this is good news for the individual, it does cause difficulties for the pension system. This is why experts as well as some politicians call for the retirement ...
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Sep 4, 2018
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Increasing women's representation in science, technology, engineering and math majors will reduce—but not nearly eliminate—gender disparities in STEM occupations, Cornell sociologists report in new research.
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May 2, 2023
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