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Gender

Women’s access to family leave is not improving, but men’s is

David Trilling | April 20, 2017
Access to maternity leave after the birth or adoption of a child is not improving for women, though the number of men on leave is growing. Fathers are also more likely to receive paid leave.
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Criminal Justice

Crime and gender: A partial explanation for why men commit more crime

Denise-Marie Ordway | April 14, 2017
A lower resting heart rate partially explains why men commit more crime than women, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania.
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News Media

Women in news: A collection of research

Denise-Marie Ordway | March 17, 2017
This collection of academic research focuses on gender in journalism -- women who work in journalism and how girls and women are portrayed by the news media.
Education

Do licensure exams help school districts pick good principals?

Denise-Marie Ordway | March 2, 2017
A licensure exam that educators in many states must pass to become school principals may be an ineffective means of predicting future job performance, a new study suggests.
Health Care

U.S. emergency rooms fail to identify elder abuse

Denise-Marie Ordway | February 24, 2017
Older patients are diagnosed with elder abuse in less than 0.02 percent of emergency room visits, an indication that doctors may not be spotting signs of abuse.
U.S. Foreign Policy

The Mexico City Policy and abortion funding: International impacts

Denise-Marie Ordway | January 24, 2017
A collection of research and resources to help journalists understand the impact of the Mexico City Policy, which forbids organizations from using U.S. foreign aid to promote or educate people about abortion.
Public Health

First national survey of lesbian, gay and bisexual teens finds risky behavior

David Trilling | December 15, 2016
Lesbian, gay and bisexual adolescents suffer significantly higher rates of violence and engage in riskier behavior than their straight peers, according to an unprecedented survey from the CDC.
Education

Are better educated women more likely to be childless? An investigation in Europe

Benjamin Clayton | December 6, 2016
Researchers from the Vienna Institute of Demography study the relationship between childlessness and educational attainment among women from 13 European countries.
Education

Girls in blue-collar communities face poorer job prospects

Courtney Han | November 4, 2016
Young women in blue-collar communities are less likely to have jobs eight years after high school than their peers in other areas, an American Sociological Review study finds.
Education

Stay-at-home dads: How unemployment, mother’s education impact family decisions about child care

Denise-Marie Ordway | September 28, 2016
2016 study in the Journal of Marriage and Family that looks at the factors that influence which married men will become stay-at-home dads.

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