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Suleman, Qaiser; Aslam, Hassan Danial; Habib, Muhammad Badar; Yasmeen, Kausar; Jalalian, Mehrdad; Akhtar, Zaitoon; Akhtar, Basreen – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The study examined the factors that affect girls' education at secondary school level in Karak District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan). All the female heads, teachers and students serving and studying at secondary school level in Karak District constituted the population of the study. The study was delimited to only 30 girls' secondary schools in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers
Bratter, Jenifer L.; King, Rosalind B. – Family Relations, 2008
The literature on interracial families has examined social stigmas attached to interracial relationships but has not thoroughly documented whether crossing racial boundaries increases the risk of divorce. Using the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth (Cycle VI), we compare the likelihood of divorce for interracial couples to that of same-race…
Descriptors: Marital Instability, Marriage, Race, Divorce
Buchmueller, Thomas C.; Carpenter, Christopher S. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2012
Health disparities related to sexual orientation are well documented and may be due to unequal access to a partner's employer-sponsored insurance (ESI). We provide the literature's first evaluation of legislation enacted by California in 2005 that required private employers within the state to treat employees in committed same-sex relationships in…
Descriptors: Employees, Females, Health Insurance, Homosexuality
Case, Kim; Stewart, Briana – College Teaching, 2010
Although most research investigating diversity courses focuses on attitudes toward racial minorities and women, these courses may also influence student attitudes toward lesbians and gay men. The current study assessed student awareness of heterosexual privilege, prejudice against lesbians and gay men, and support for same-sex marriage. Students…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Marriage, Homosexuality, Social Attitudes
Lee, Lena – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2008
Much American popular culture has often been criticized for its negative portrayals of females and its potentially harmful influence on young children. However, there are insufficient studies about American young girls' actual understanding of these female representations. Specifically, the perspectives of young immigrant girls have hardly been…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Females, Cultural Influences, Social Values
Rosik, Christopher H.; Byrd, A. Dean – American Psychologist, 2007
Comments on the article by G. M. Herek, "Legal recognition of same-sex relationships in the United States." There are many arguable contentions Herek made in his defense of same-sex marriage. We have chosen to focus on only one in this commentary: What is the active ingredient in marriage that serves the socially advantageous goal of civilizing…
Descriptors: Males, Marriage, Homosexuality, Criticism
Zhang, Jie – Social Forces, 2010
Suicides by young females in rural China contribute substantially to the high rate of suicide and the total number of suicides in China. Given the traditional familial structure that remains largely intact in rural China, this research focuses on whether being married is a risk or protective factor for suicide by young women. I examined 168 rural…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Females, Asian Culture, Suicide
Rothblum, Esther D.; Balsam, Kimberly F.; Solomon, Sondra E. – Journal of Family Issues, 2008
This study compared 55 men and 78 women who had same-sex marriages in Massachusetts, 101 men and 120 women who had domestic partnerships in California, and 35 men and 86 women who had civil unions in Vermont, all in 2004. Couples were surveyed on demographic and relationship information, conflict, contact with family of origin, social support,…
Descriptors: Females, Homosexuality, Organizations (Groups), Gender Differences
Nomaguchi, Kei M. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2009
Using data from two national surveys (N = 2,050), this paper examines what accounts for the increase in the sense of work-family conflict among employed parents between 1977 and 1997. Decomposition analysis indicates that the increases in women's labor force participation, college education, time pressure in completing one's job, and the decline…
Descriptors: Labor Force Nonparticipants, Leisure Time, Conflict, National Surveys
Sorenson, Susan B.; Thomas, Kristie A. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2009
Attitudes toward same-sex intimate relationships and intimate partner violence (IPV) are changing. Little research, however, has examined norms about IPV in same-sex relationships. Using a fractional factorial (experimental vignette) design, we conducted random-digit-dialed interviews in four languages with 3,679 community-residing adults.…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Intimacy, Family Violence, Attitude Change
Forry, Nicole D.; Leslie, Leigh A.; Letiecq, Bethany L. – Journal of Family Issues, 2007
African American/White interracial couples are a rapidly growing segment of the population. However, little is known about factors related to marital quality for these couples. The authors examine the relationships between sex role ideology, perception of relationship unfairness, and marital quality among a sample of 76 married African…
Descriptors: African Americans, Marital Satisfaction, Sex Role, Ideology
Santos, Tad Pierre – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This was a study of student perceptions and retention of multicultural counseling awareness and knowledge. All of the graduate students of a medium sized, private university in Pennsylvania, in the counselor education program (included marriage and family, school counseling, and community counseling tracks) were required to take the Multicultural…
Descriptors: School Counseling, Counselor Training, Multicultural Education, Cultural Awareness
Nacinovich, Renata; Gadda, Stefania; Maserati, Elisa; Bomba, Monica; Neri, Francesca – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2012
The epidemiology of anxiety traits was examined in a large sample of Italian preadolescent children, and 3,479 Italian nine-year-old subjects were enrolled. Anxious traits were observed in 10.5% of children. No significant gender differences were found, but children of separated couples presented a relative risk for anxious traits that was 50%…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Epidemiology, Gender Differences, Anxiety
Cohen, Robin – Great Plains Quarterly, 2009
In one of the most frequently noted incidents in Willa Cather's "My Antonia", Russian immigrant Pavel reveals on his deathbed that, when driving his friend's wedding party sledge, he saved his own life and companion Peter's by throwing the bride and groom to the attacking wolves. Antonia and Jim are fascinated by this story, and readers…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Novels, Gender Issues, United States History
Sabatini, Yoko – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This research explores issues involving gender, education, and learning/using English as a second/foreign language (ESL/EFL) by investigating three Japanese women's experiences of fashioning their lives in ways that made them feel satisfied and happy. In order to develop an "emic" point of view--one derived from grounding myself as…
Descriptors: Females, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Physical Fitness