Social Science Quarterly articles from December 2001

Social Science Quarterly archives from December 2001

Rags or riches? Estimating the probabilities of poverty and affluence across the adult American life span *.
December 1, 2001... Objective. Poverty and affluence represent events central to the American identity of failure and success. Yet in spite of their significance, we know little about the actual likelihood of experiencing these events across the adult life...

Comment on Rank and Hirschl, "rags or riches" *.(Mark Rank)(Thomas Hirschl)
December 1, 2001... Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), Mark Rank and Thomas Hirschl show that, over 25 years, about half the American population will be poor for at least one year. And about half will be affluent for at least a year, with affluence...

Modeling and measurement of transitions between income categories *.
December 1, 2001... Mark Rank and Thomas Hirschl have provided an interesting twist on a topic of enduring interest to both social scientists and the general public, namely: How much income mobility can the average person expect in his or her lifetime? Rank and...

The measurement of long-term risks over the life course *.
December 1, 2001... We would like to thank Joyce Jacobsen and Lawrence Mead for their insights and comments regarding our methodological approach and analytical results contained in the article "Rags or Riches." Each author has raised a number of issues that...

Gender, feminism, and partisanship among women's PAC contributors *.(political action committees)
December 1, 2001... Objective. We examine the political attitudes and priorities of contributors to two prominent women's PACs for evidence of a gender gap. Methods. A survey of contributors to EMILY's List and to WISH List shows that contributors to both...

Adolescent self-rejection and adult social action: a conditional relationship *.
December 1, 2001... Objective. Theoretically informed models of the relationship between stigmatized personal identities and participation in collective social action are tested. Methods. Data from a longitudinal study of participants (N = 4,169) followed...

The effects of mandatory seat belt laws on motor vehicle fatalities in the United States *.
December 1, 2001... Objective. This article assesses the effectiveness of mandated seat belt usage. The theory of offsetting behavior asserts that when drivers feel safer, they compensate by driving less cautiously. As a consequence, any lifesaving effects from...

State felon disenfranchisement policy *.
December 1, 2001... Objective. Felon disenfranchisement policies impose restrictions on a felon's right to vote. Since these policies disproportionately affect minority citizens, legal scholars and others argue that felon disenfranchisement is a result of racial...

Judges' race and judicial decision making: do black judges sentence differently? *.
December 1, 2001... Objective. This study examines the effects of race of judge on sentencing decisions. Do black judges sentence offenders more severely/leniently than white judges, and do they use similar/different criteria in their decision making? Methods....

A shrinking "digital divide"? The provision of classroom computers across urban school systems *.
December 1, 2001... Objective. To determine the extent of the urban school "digital divide"--the varying provision of computer technology to students of different races and classes--and whether it has changed in the 1990s. Methods. Ordinary least squares and...

Education and public attitudes toward science: implications for the "deficit model" of education and support for science and technology *.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... Objective: By critically examining the deficit model, this research attempts to grasp the multifaceted relationships between education and public attitudes toward science. Methods. It analyzes a series of nationwide surveys of public...

A family affair: the labor market experience of immigrant spouses *.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... Objective. This research examines the role of the family in the immigrant settlement process by assessing the labor supply behavior of immigrant spouses. Methods. We make use of a unique data set--the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to...

Winning and giving: football results and alumni giving at selective private colleges and Universities *.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... Objective. Our central question is how changes in an institution's football success affect giving behavior. Also, we consider whether former varsity athletes are more or less sensitive in their giving behavior than other alumni to the...

Do attitudes and personality characteristics affect socioeconomic outcomes? The case of welfare use by young women *.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... Objective. We estimate a model of social-psychological determinants of entry into Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), the primary cash welfare program in the United States until 1996. Methods. Using information from the youngest...

Party organization and the political success of the communist successor parties *.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... Objective. Although there has been much recent work done on party systems in the postcommunist world, there has been very little systematic comparative work that examines the relationship between the organizational development of political...

The benefits of biculturalism: exposure to immigrant culture and dropping out of school among Asian and Latino youths *.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... Objective. This study examines how retaining an immigrant culture affects school dropout rates among Vietnamese, Koreans, Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans. Methods. I use 1990 Census data to analyze how...

Proposed revisions to the constitution and bylaws of the Southwestern Social Science Association.
December 1, 2001... According to the amendment procedure of the Constitution, proposed revisions must be published in the SSQ three months before the annual meeting. The bold type indicates the proposed additions to the document. The underlined words are the...