The Sociological Quarterly Abstract: While previous scholarship highlights the importance of cross-class alliances between intellectuals and workers in past social-democratic and labor movements, the growth of right-wing populism may signal the breakdown of this political …
Month: July 2023
Factors Associated with Interviewers’ Evaluations of Respondents’ Performance in Telephone Interviews: Behavior, Response Quality Indicators, and Characteristics of Respondents and Interviewers by Dana Garbarski, Jennifer Dykema, Nora Cate Schaeffer, Cameron P Jones, Tiffany S. Neman, & Dorothy Farrar Edwards
Public Opinion Quarterly Abstract: Interviewers’ postinterview evaluations of respondents’ performance (IEPs) are paradata, used to describe the quality of the data obtained from respondents. IEPs are driven by a combination of factors, including respondents’ and …
Guaranteed Incentives and Prize Drawings: Effects on Participation, Data Quality, and Costs in a Web Survey of College Students on Sensitive Topics by Jennifer Dykema, John Stevenson, Cameron P. Jones, and Brendan Day (July 2023)
Social Science Computer Review Abstract: Many studies rely on traditional web survey methods in which all contacts with sample members are through email and the questionnaire is administered exclusively online. Because it is difficult to …
Mental Health Effects of Income over the Adult Life Course by Tamkinat Rauf (July 2023)
Socius Abstract: While a gradient between income and depression is well documented, associational estimates are subject to bias due to measurement errors, reverse causation, and other sources of confounding. Causal studies are few and report …
Revisiting the stepping-stone hypothesis: Transitions from temporary to permanent contracts in Peru by Miguel Jaramillo Baanante and Daniela Campos Ugaz (July 2023)
International Labour Review Abstract: This study seeks to gauge the extent to which temporary contracts function as stepping stones to permanent contracts and to distinguish intrafirm from interfirm contract conversions. Using 2012–2016 data from a …
New Demography Publication by Jason Robey, Michael Massoglia, & Michael Light featured in Washington Post
A new publication in the journal Demography “A Generational Shift: Race and the Declining Lifetime Risk of Imprisonment” by Jason P. Robey, Michael Massoglia, & Michael T. Light was featured in the Washington Post last …
Which Grandparents? Multigenerational Education Associations by Grandparent Gender and Paternal versus Maternal Side by Anita Li (July 2023)
Socius Abstract: A growing body of research focuses on multigenerational mobility, but few studies show how grandparents’ gender and gender-specific lineage (paternal vs. maternal side) are differentially associated with the process of status transmissions across …
Noncitizen Justice: The Criminal Case Processing of Non-US Citizens in Texas and California by Michael T. Light, Jason P. Robey, & Jungmyung Kim (July 2023)
American Journal of Sociology Abstract: Immigration enforcement is increasingly dependent on local criminal justice authorities, yet basic questions on the criminal case processing of non-US citizens (documented or undocumented) in state and local jurisdictions remain …
A Generational Shift: Race and the Declining Lifetime Risk of Imprisonment by Jason P. Robey, Michael Massoglia, & Michael T. Light (July 2023)
Demography Abstract: Mass incarceration fundamentally altered the life course for a generation of American men, but sustained declines in imprisonment in recent years raise questions about how incarceration is shaping current generations. This study makes …
Sociology MINDS@UW Senior Honors Thesis Repository
We have created an on-line repository for sociology senior honors theses at https://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/84081 in the Minds@UW framework. Deposit of your thesis is optional, not required for your degree, but we think many students will want …