Getting out the vote: Minority mobilization in a U.S. presidential election
2011 study in Political Behavior showing how minorities frequently receive less in-person contacts, and how this explains different voter participation rates.
Race & Gender
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topics of race and gender
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Census Bureau: Minorities in U.S. growing toward a majority
2012 report from the U.S. Census Bureau providing a picture of how demographic on race and ethnicity are shifting across the United States.
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Local political knowledge and assessments of citizen competence
2012 study in Public Opinion Quarterly on evidence that citizens have more knowledge of local and national politics than scholars previously believed.
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Influence of peer influence on smoking among Hispanic and Latino high school adolescents
2012 study from the University of Southern California and University of Texas on peer influence and teenage smoking habits among Hispanic high school students.
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The effects of job strain and insecurity on women’s cardiovascular health
2012 study from Harvard and Yale in PLoS One on the increase in stress-related cardiovascular problems related to women’s workplace environment.
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State policies and gender earnings inequality in the United States
2010 study in The Sociological Quarterly on how work environments and social policies may impact the gender wage gap.
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Child behavior and achievement: The role of social class and classroom composition
2012 report in American Behavioral Scientist on behavioral challenges and kindergarten individual and classroom academic performance.
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Residential segregation in new Hispanic destinations: Cities, suburbs and rural communities
2010 study from Cornell and Mississippi State on how Latinos are more segregated in new destination places, particularly in the suburbs and rural areas.
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Media use, face-to-face communication and social well-being among 8-to-12-year-old girls
2012 study from Standford University published in Developmental Psychology on ’tween girl digital media use and development.
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In post-recession America, poverty rate stays high: Research roundup
2012 examination of Census Bureau figures on poverty and aggregation of related resources for interpreting poverty data and policy.
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