Kindergarten children’s friendships: Child adjustment in the early school years
2010 study from the University of Illinois in Infant and Child Development on the impact of friendship quality on future social skills and behaviors.
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topics of race and gender
2010 study from the University of Illinois in Infant and Child Development on the impact of friendship quality on future social skills and behaviors.
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2012 study by the University of Illinois, Chicago, on dynamics behind wage disparities between whites and African-Americans at a financial services firm.
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2011 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the annual number of new HIV infections in the United States.
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2012 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report mental illness rates across the population.
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2012 report from the American Cancer Society with projected cancer mortality rates by state, age and gender, survival trends and the impact of personal behaviors.
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2011 study in the New England Journal of Medicine on the type of neighborhood in which an individual lives and health outcomes.
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2011 study from Fordham Law School on the influences fueling prison population growth in the United States since 1980.
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2011 report by the Pew Research Center exploring the link between per capita income and birth rates, with particular attention to the 2008 recession.
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2011 study published in Sociology of Religion using national survey data of adults ages 18 to 59 to examine how religion can factor into people’s reluctance to marry.
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2011 study from DePaul University published in Psychological Science linking societal-level sexism and increased gender inequality.
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