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View article: Editorial: On poverty and its eradication
Editorial: On poverty and its eradication Open
The Research Topic "On poverty and its eradication" was inspired by the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, first commemorated in Paris in 1987 and formally designated by the United Nations. This day is dedicated to renewing …
View article: Warm winters enhance wellbeing: Insights into Global Warming’s Human Impact from Survey Data on Weather Satisfaction: Multivariate Estimates, USA 2016-2021, N=10,000+
Warm winters enhance wellbeing: Insights into Global Warming’s Human Impact from Survey Data on Weather Satisfaction: Multivariate Estimates, USA 2016-2021, N=10,000+ Open
While the scientific analysis of the causes of climate change is based on a vast body of mostly rigorous, peer-reviewed research (NCAS 2023), the evaluation of the human consequences is not. Strangely, little systematic empirical evidence …
View article: Self-coded occupation question with good measurement properties and numerical scores
Self-coded occupation question with good measurement properties and numerical scores Open
Occupation is the single best indicator of a person's place in the social hierarchy and is sometimes used as a measure of "permanent income". Occupations are critical elements in institutional structures of modern societies and in careers,…
View article: In recent surveys many respondents spontaneously role-play, pretending to be someone else instead of giving their own true views, creating dangerous biases that distort even multivariate analyses: USA 2016-2020, N=17000+
In recent surveys many respondents spontaneously role-play, pretending to be someone else instead of giving their own true views, creating dangerous biases that distort even multivariate analyses: USA 2016-2020, N=17000+ Open
In surveys conducted in the last few years a dangerous new bias has emerged. Many respondents – varying erratically somewhere between 10% and 30% or more – spontaneously choose to role-play, pretending to be someone else instead of giving …
View article: A Clash of Civilizations? Preferences for Religious Political Leaders in 86 Nations
A Clash of Civilizations? Preferences for Religious Political Leaders in 86 Nations Open
Huntington claimed that today’s major conflicts are most likely to erupt between religiously defined ‘civilizations,’ in particular between Christianity and Islam. Using World Values Surveys from 86 nations, we examine differences between …
View article: Meningococcal Meningitis with Waterhouse-Freidrichson Syndrome
Meningococcal Meningitis with Waterhouse-Freidrichson Syndrome Open
Audience: This scenario was developed to educate junior and senior emergency medicine (EM) residents.It can also be cut short to be used for 4th year EM bound medical students.Introduction: Meningococcal meningitis is a devastating disease…
View article: Meningococcal Meningitis with Waterhouse-Freidrichson Syndrome
Meningococcal Meningitis with Waterhouse-Freidrichson Syndrome Open
Meningitis, altered mental status, medical simulation, infectious disease, neurology, septic shock, Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome, hematology.
View article: Status Construction During COVID-19: Antibody Positive People's Rising Prestige
Status Construction During COVID-19: Antibody Positive People's Rising Prestige Open
The protracted COVID-19 crisis provides a new social niche in which new inequalities can emerge. We provide predictions about one such new inequality using the logic of Status Construction Theory (SCT). SCT, rooted in Expectations State Th…
View article: LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER: A Challenge for Medically Optimal Coronavirus Social Distancing Policies
LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER: A Challenge for Medically Optimal Coronavirus Social Distancing Policies Open
Public health efforts aiming to slow the COVID-19 epidemic and protect the vulnerable by reducing interpersonal contact and increasing interpersonal physical distance have achieved considerable success. About three-quarters of Americans re…
View article: Prejudice Against Immigrants Symptomizes a Larger Syndrome, Is Strongly Diminished by Socioeconomic Development, and the UK Is Not an Outlier: Insights From the WVS, EVS, and EQLS Surveys
Prejudice Against Immigrants Symptomizes a Larger Syndrome, Is Strongly Diminished by Socioeconomic Development, and the UK Is Not an Outlier: Insights From the WVS, EVS, and EQLS Surveys Open
Public attitudes toward immigrants in the UK, especially prejudice against them, form a strong theme in retrospective media postmortems emphasizing the uniqueness of Brexit, yet similarly hostile public opinion on immigrants forms a recurr…
View article: When Should We Start Work? Circadian Sociology Analysis of the Conflict Between Biological and Social Time
When Should We Start Work? Circadian Sociology Analysis of the Conflict Between Biological and Social Time Open
The average starting time for US workers is 08:00, and many workers experience chronic sleep deprivation. A novel survey was used to determine when workers were at their best in each hour of the 24-hour circadian cycle as well as related l…
View article: Strong Welfare States Do Not Intensify Public Support for Income Redistribution, but Even Reduce It among the Prosperous: A Multilevel Analysis of Public Opinion in 30 Countries
Strong Welfare States Do Not Intensify Public Support for Income Redistribution, but Even Reduce It among the Prosperous: A Multilevel Analysis of Public Opinion in 30 Countries Open
How tightly linked are the strength of a country’s welfare state and its residents’ support for income redistribution? Multilevel model results (with appropriate controls) show that the publics of strong welfare states recognize their egal…
View article: Making Memories: Why Time Matters
Making Memories: Why Time Matters Open
In the last decade advances in human neuroscience have identified the critical importance of time in creating long-term memories. Circadian neuroscience has established biological time functions via cellular clocks regulated by photosensit…
View article: Is 8:30 a.m. Still Too Early to Start School? A 10:00 a.m. School Start Time Improves Health and Performance of Students Aged 13–16
Is 8:30 a.m. Still Too Early to Start School? A 10:00 a.m. School Start Time Improves Health and Performance of Students Aged 13–16 Open
While many studies have shown the benefits of later school starts, including better student attendance, higher test scores, and improved sleep duration, few have used starting times later than 9:00 a.m. Here we report on the implementation…
View article: Identifying the Best Times for Cognitive Functioning Using New Methods: Matching University Times to Undergraduate Chronotypes
Identifying the Best Times for Cognitive Functioning Using New Methods: Matching University Times to Undergraduate Chronotypes Open
University days generally start at fixed times in the morning, often early morning, without regard to optimal functioning times for students with different chronotypes. Research has shown that later starting times are crucial to high schoo…
View article: Changes public attitudes to maternal employment: Australia, in 1984 to 2001
Changes public attitudes to maternal employment: Australia, in 1984 to 2001 Open
This paper investigates continuity and change in public attitudes towards paid work for mothers of young children between 1984 and 2001, using the wide range of measures on this topic available in the International Social Science Surveys o…
View article: Employment for mothers of pre-school children: evidence from Australia and 23 other nations
Employment for mothers of pre-school children: evidence from Australia and 23 other nations Open
Seventy one per cent of Australian mothers think that mothers should not work when their children are of pre-school age and only two per cent think that they should work full time. Though 12 per cent of such mothers actually worked full-ti…
View article: Australian National Social Science Survey, 1984 (M171)
Australian National Social Science Survey, 1984 (M171) Open
From the codebook: This study is a major multi-purpose survey measuring a wide range of variables of interest in sociology, political science and labor economics. It is similar to national social surveys conducted regularly in other countr…