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People without cars, financial assets less likely to marry: study
A study published this week in the American Journal of Sociology finds that people who lack personal wealth in the form of a car or financial assets are significantly less likely to enter into a first marriage. The result ...
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Oct 06, 2011 |
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Her closeness to his buddies can trigger male sex problems
An older man whose female partner is chummy with his pals is more likely to suffer from sexual dysfunction than men who keep their confidantes to themselves, reports a new Cornell study. However, this link disappeared among ...
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Aug 26, 2011 |
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Husband's employment status threatens marriage, but wife's does not, study finds
A new study of employment and divorce suggest that while social pressure discouraging women from working outside the home has weakened, pressure on husbands to be breadwinners largely remains.
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Jun 20, 2011 |
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Employee involvement programs key to workplace diversity
A new study by a University of Arizona professor shows employee involvement programs that executives adopt to increase efficiency also end up improving their record on diversity.
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Jun 24, 2009 |
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Plaintiffs face greater obstacles in discrimination suits, study shows
(Phys.org) -- University at Buffalo Sociology Professors Ellen Berrey, PhD, and Steve G. Hoffman, PhD, have co-authored a study that shows plaintiffs' limited resources and tumultuous experiences in employment discrimination ...
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May 23, 2012 |
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African Americans are more apt to blog than whites, latinos
(PhysOrg.com) -- The blogging community is more racially diverse than one might think. Internet-connected African Americans are more likely to blog than their white and Hispanic counterparts, according to ...
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Apr 05, 2012 |
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Increasingly, children's books are where the wild things aren't: study
Was your favorite childhood book crawling with wild animals and set in places like jungles or deep forests? Or did it take place inside a house or in a city, with few if any untamed creatures in sight?
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Feb 22, 2012 |
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Study posits a theory of moral behavior
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some people behave morally while others do not? Sociologists at the University of California, Riverside and California State University, Northridge have developed a theory of the moral ...
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Feb 16, 2012 |
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Online dating research shows cupid's arrow is turning digital
Online dating has not only shed its stigma, it has surpassed all forms of matchmaking in the United States other than meeting through friends, according to a new analysis of research on the burgeoning relationship ...
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Political leaders play key role in how worried Americans are by climate change: study
More than extreme weather events and the work of scientists, it is national political leaders who influence how much Americans worry about the threat of climate change, new research finds.
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Getting pious with a little help from our friends
Friendships forged at church seem to play a major role in people's religious activities and beliefs — even when it comes to their views about how exclusive heaven is, according to a national study by a Baylor University ...
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Feb 01, 2012 |
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Americans' circle of confidantes is down to two
Although the average Facebook user may gave some 130 "friends," in reality, Americans have, on average, slightly more than two confidantes, down from three 25 years ago, but the size of this social network has stabilized ...
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Nov 02, 2011 |
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End of Fermilab's Tevatron evokes memories, pride
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Chicago physicists Henry Frisch and Melvyn Shochet became involved with the Tevatron particle accelerator when it was still in the planning stages at Fermi National Accelerator ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Employers less likely to interview openly gay men for job openings: study
A new study suggests that openly gay men face substantial job discrimination in certain parts of the U.S.
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Oct 03, 2011 |
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