Friends' religiosity and first sex

Article Abstract:

The network subsample of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health was used to examine the effect of friends' religiosity on the probability of first sex, which found that the friends' religiosity has an independent influence on adolescent sexual behavior that is similar in magnitude to personal religiosity. The results supported the hypothesis that group influences depend on the degree of embeddedness within the network, thus highlighting the importance of studying religion as a property of groups as well as individuals.

Influence, Teenagers, Teenage sexual behavior, Premarital sex, Religiousness, Teenage sexual behaviour

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Underemployment across immigrant generations

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The issue of employment adequacy in the U.S. with regard to first, second and third immigrant generations to the U.S. is examined. Results show that underemployment among the immigrants to the U.S. was higher among the first generation of immigrants than the second and third generations.

United States, Public affairs, Social aspects, Emigration and immigration, Migrant labor, Underemployment, Migrant labour

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Reinvigoration relative deprivation: A new measure for a classic concept

Article Abstract:

An alternative measure of inequality based on the concept 'relative deprivation' is developed. It is concluded that the empirical and theoretical advantages of the proposed index make it an improved measure of relative deprivation.

Income Distribution, Indiana, Analysis, Social indicators, Distributive justice

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