(PhysOrg.com) -- Though magazines often create lists of the 'best places to live,' a new study suggests that no community is more or less likely than another to foster a sense of community attachment.
Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2011
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Sociologists have long known that a college education improves the chances that an individual will volunteer as an adult. Less clear is whether everyone who goes to college gets the same boost in civic engagement from the ...
Social Sciences
Dec 17, 2010
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Despite increased racial and ethnic diversity, American neighborhoods continue to be segregated, and some of the progress made toward integration since 1980 has come to a halt this decade, according to a new report by Brown ...
Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2010
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Brown University sociologists have developed a device to gather more reliable data about risky sexual behavior among Ethiopian teenagers and young adults than conventional face-to-face interviews can produce. Simple, portable, ...
Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2010
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New research suggests that private industry and academic science pursue different goals with different consequences, but that the two can still be complementary.
Social Sciences
Dec 9, 2010
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A new study reveals that sick teens are more isolated than other kids, but they do not necessarily realize it and often think their friendships are stronger than they actually are.
Social Sciences
Dec 7, 2010
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Women tend to believe the scientific consensus on global warming more than men, according to a study by a Michigan State University researcher.
Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2010
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The pay gap between the sexes grows substantially over the first ten years of a woman’s career, new research has shown.
Social Sciences
Sep 10, 2010
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The grass might not be greener on the other side of the border, a new study from the University of Leicester has found.
Social Sciences
Aug 31, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By mining data from the 2000 Census, sociologist Michael Rosenfeld figured out the rates at which kids raised by gay and straight couples repeated a grade during elementary or middle school. He found that ...
Social Sciences
Aug 31, 2010
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