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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"single men"”.
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Animating Gender: Conflicting Narrative and Character Design in <em>Gravity Falls</em>
… they are self-assured and in control, and that men can push past any ignorance to care for the people around them, but this effort is undermined by the portrayal of gendered stereotypes of ignorance in the designs of these characters.</p> <p>By looking at these character designs through the lens …
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Aging And The Gains From Marriage
Men and women have distinct marriage patterns over the lifecycle. In the contemporary USA, marriages for women are concentrated earlier in the lifecycle, whereas for men they are spread out later in the lifecycle. In particular, this means that men are more likely than women to get married in …
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The Young Single Adult Male Experience of Being
… in this study set out to explore the young single adult male experience of being "older" in the LDS church where marriage by the age of 25 is emphasized. Guided by the Life Course Perspective, a qualitative study was designed that surveyed 43 single men in the greater Washington DC area …
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Meet Me at the Bar? A Comparison of Gay and Straight Men and Their Utilization of The Bar Scene
<p>Traditionally, men are expected to arrange their lifestyle in a way that allows them to obtain the “package deal” of a career, becoming a husband, and fatherhood. This study quantitatively studies the effects of partnering on gay and straight men as mediated through the bar scene, aiming to …
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Predictors of Dropouts of Domestic Violence Focused Couples Treatment
… in a domestic violence focused couples treatment (DVFCT) program. Fifty-eight men met the criteria of participating in at least one couples session for domestic violence. Data was analyzed with t-test and chi-squares. The dropout rate was 36 percent. Three variables — age, race, and marital …
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Use of emergency food by food pantry clients in Fairfax, Virginia
… of the households; of these, 77% were headed by single women and 6%, by single men. Eighty-eight percent were satisfied with the foods they received. Clients wished they had received more meat, fresh milk, cheese, eggs, and pasta. Powdered milk was the only food received that was reported as …
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Financial Well-Being Among U.S. Adults: Exploring the Role of Gender and Marital Status
… Financial well-being was assessed using both a single-item measure and a five-item scale developed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression analyses were used to explore the individual and interaction effects of gender and marital status, …
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Social Media and Relationship Development
… is associated with various aspects of commitment, including couple identity, prioritization of one’s relationship, and commitment to the future, and was also associated with stability of the relationship over time. Social media relationship representation was also found to be associated with …
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Wage suppression of married women induced by geographic immobility
… geographic immobility associated with married women--as the result of family utility maximization--is a familiar notion, its effect on the male--female wage gap has not been examined empirically, perhaps because of the unavailability of adequate data. Utilizing the 1980 Census, which for the …
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Essays in applied microeconomics
… Brazilian households. Results highlight that women decreased their amount of housework in that period. Cohabiting or married men increased slightly their amount of housework, whereas single men decreased their amount of housework. According to the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, the observable …
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Factors associated with male involvement in elimination of mother to child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV during antenatal care visist in Lukulu district.
Male partner involvement is critical in programs for the Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (EMTCT) in curbing paediatric HIV infections. However, the level of male involvement in EMTCT and associated factors are not well known in Lukulu. The aim of this study was to investigate …
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The Effects Of Men's Acute Alcohol Intoxication, Overperception Of Sexual Intent, Interpersonal Rejection And Testosterone On Aggression Toward Women
… interaction. Early on, the cognitive impairments induced by alcohol encourage a potential perpetrator to overperceive a woman's level of sexual intent. Later, if the man's sexual advances are rejected, intoxication encourages an aggressive response. This research expands on the previous …
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Household economies of scale, food consumption and intra-household allocation of time
… 75% in households with two and more people. Single men spend over three times more hours in food-related activities than men from two-person households spend. Single women enjoy smaller time saving for a similar transition, but married women enjoy no time saving at all. The quality of meals …
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Beyond common sense : negotiating constructions of sexuality and gender in Japan
… unreported. The main research categories are gay men, lesbian women, single men and women, and feminist men and women. In addition attention is given to transvestites, transsexuals and hermaphrodites. The main aim of the thesis is to provide an ethnography of the lives of the various categories, …
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Moterų santuokinė migracija Rytų ir Pietryčių Azijoje: Pietų Korėjos atvejo analizė /
Women marriage migration in East and Southeast Asia: South Korea case study Today scholars show interest in the field of cross-border marriage migration flows between the Eastern and Southeast Asian countries, when women from developing countries marries men from developed countries and settles …
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Planning families in Zaria: an investigation into the information-behaviours and favoured advice-givers of parents in northern Nigeria.
… characterised by wide-scale poverty, unemployment, crime, high maternal and infant mortality rates, and high fertility rates - especially in the North-West. Despite the concerted efforts of government agencies, non-government organisations (NGOs), charities and international organisations to …
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Making social relations and identities through consumption: A Botswana case study
… Similar projections can be made with older men and desire for livestock – the ultimate signifier of masculinity and role of ‘provider’ - which are considered ‘useful’ as a means to sustain the social importance and inclusivity of communal gatherings. Young, single men and women are found to …