Category: Society & Social Policy
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Men sought more advice and used the matching algorithm more successfully
This research indicates that men were more likely than women to seek additional advice about a matching algorithm, and this was linked to better understanding and greater success with the algorithm.
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Iranian boys’ names shifted from Traditional Islamism toward other identities
This research indicates that National Islamism has been the dominant naming orientation in Iranian society, but it is now being challenged by Archaist Nationalism, with Modern Nationalism increasing and Traditional Islamism declining.
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Review links misinformation to polarization and distrust
This research indicates that online misinformation may be connected with ideological polarisation and institutional distrust through a tri-directional relationship.
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European migration control is linked to migrant smuggling in West Africa
This research indicates that European migration control systems, including biometric ID systems, border digitalization, and border securitization, are connected to the expansion of migrant smuggling and document fraud in West Africa.
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Mental health service use changes after hormone therapy
This research indicates that mental healthcare use rises around gender affirming hormone therapy initiation and then declines over time among transgender and gender diverse people.
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LGB+ disclosure is linked to higher pay in NHS employees
This research indicates that pay in the National Health Service in England varies by gender, sexual identity, and whether LGB+ employees disclose that identity at work, with disclosure linked to higher pay, especially for men.
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Female missionary exposure was linked to greater women’s political activism in colonial Korea
This research indicates that greater exposure to Protestant female missionaries in colonial Korea was associated with greater female political activism, while showing no effect for men.
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Employment and happiness differ for married women and men in Taiwan
This research indicates that married women’s happiness is linked to their own work patterns and older women’s husbands’ employment, while married men’s happiness is tied to having a job but not to their spouses’ work.
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Isaiah’s owl passages are examined for cultural symbolism
This research indicates that owl references in the Bible are uncertain in wording and are used in several passages, and that the study examines their cultural symbolism in the biblical world.
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Economic contributions reduce support for deportation
This research indicates that unauthorized immigrants’ economic contributions reduce support for deportation, and that partisan identity shapes how people respond to gay and straight immigrants’ contributions.
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