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A Call to Higher Education Administrators to Support Caregivers During COVID-19
In spring of 2020, the American Sociological Association joined with more than 50 scholarly societies to offer calls to higher education...
Sociologists Available to Discuss Education and Schools During the Pandemic
Contact: Johanna Olexy, ASA Director of Communications, at (202) 247-9873, communications@asanet.orgAs school districts grapple with how to...
Income inequality Is Changing How Parents Invest in Their Kids, Widening Class Divides in the U.S.
A new study shows that rising income inequality in the U.S. has led affluent parents to increase spending on their children, widening the...
Taking Time-Off Work to Raise Children is Damaging to the Careers of Highly Skilled, High Earning Women
Mothers who leave work to raise children often sacrifice more than the pay for their time off; when they come back their wages reflect lost...
Income Inequality Leads Millennials to Start Families before Marriage
Rising income inequality, and the resulting scarcity of certain types of jobs, is a key reason a growing number of young Americans are...
Study Examines Families’ Journeys to Accepting Transgender Children, Mothers Play Key Advocacy Role
A tiny hair barrette and an anguished moment marked the turning point for one mother in coming to fully accept that her child, who was born...
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Doing Sociology: Mito Akiyoshi
ASA speaks with sociologist Mito Akiyoshi at the 2016 ASA Annual Meeting on August, 2016, in Seattle, WA. Akiyoshi talks about what it...
States With Punitive Justice Systems Have Higher Rates of Foster Care, Study Finds
The number of children in foster care across the country is driven not solely by child abuse and neglect, but by states' varying politics...
Couples That Split Childcare Duties Have Higher Quality Relationships and Sex Lives
Heterosexual couples that split childcare duties have higher quality relationships and sex lives than those who don't, according to new...
Majority of Young Women and Men Prefer Egalitarian Relationships, Study Shows
The majority of young women and men today would prefer an egalitarian relationship in which work and family responsibilities are shared...