Risk Preferences and Gender Differences in Religiousness: Evidence from the World Values Survey

2004 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Freese
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Risk Preferences ◽  
World Values Survey ◽  
The World ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals Gender, Marital Status and Life Satisfaction

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore N Greenstein
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
World Values Survey ◽  
The World ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Main Effects ◽  
The Relationship

*This paper uses materials from the World Values Survey and the EuropeanValues Study from 2006-2014 to study the relationship of gender and maritalstatus to life satisfaction. In an analysis of 103,217 respondents from 81nations I find that while there do not seem to be main effects of gender onlife satisfaction – that is, women are no more or less satisfied with theirlives than are men -- gender moderates the effects of geographical region,age, employment status, education, religious affiliation, and attendance ofreligious services on life satisfaction. In particular, there aresubstantial differences in the effects of marital status on lifesatisfaction by gender. The gender differences in most effects are sosubstantial that I argue that it makes no sense to analyze lifesatisfaction data without performing separate analyses by gender. *

scholarly journals Pacaran or Ta’aruf: Contesting Two Cultural Trends of Mate Selection in Indonesia

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sidiq Hari Madya
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Mate Selection ◽  
Family Formation ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Modernization Theory ◽  
Legal Institution ◽  
Political Policy ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The World ◽  
And Gender

In Indonesia, marriage still serves the only legal institution of family formation. However, at least since 1950s, the pattern of mate selection to expectedly end up in marriage has undergone a silent transformation from the traditional arranged to self-choice. Following the transition, two major cultural trends termed: pacaran and ta’aruf rise as popular ways of young Indonesian Muslims finding their life partner. This study would examine how the changing pattern of mate selection took place in Indonesia and how, under an influence of Giddens’ modernization theory, increasing cultural trends of mate selection were elaborated. Ethnographic evidence provided by previous research was presented. Current trends of mate selection were discussed. The analysis incorporated dimensions of family relations and gender differences to see how much those two aspects influenced the process of spouse choice in Indonesia. The study found that the two most-contested ideals of spouse choice in Indonesia were adopted from ‘traditions’ already existing in other part of the world. However, in the modern Indonesian context, to fully understand how these two emerge and currently contested cannot by simply mentioning a process of globalization without taking into account a complex social and political policy happening particularly during the last century.

A second double movement? Polanyi and shifting global opinions on neoliberalism

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 724-744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Levien ◽  
Marcel Paret
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
General Trend ◽  
World Values Survey ◽  
Substantial Evidence ◽  
Statistical Research ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
Double Movement ◽  
The World ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Global Growth

Karl Polanyi’s theory of the ‘double movement’ has gained great currency in recent years to explain the global growth of contemporary social movements resisting neoliberalism. However, there has been no statistical research demonstrating whether these protest movements represent a more general trend of growing discontent with ‘disembedding’ markets from public control. This article uses questions from the World Values Survey to construct an ‘embeddedness’ index measuring public opinion on the desired relationship between states and markets. Focusing on public opinion in 20 countries during the 1990s, the analysis poses three questions: First, is there evidence of increasing global support for ‘re-embedding’ markets? Second, how does such opinion vary across regions of the world? Finally, what is the class and gender composition of this latent countermovement? The results provide substantial evidence of an emerging countermovement in public opinion over the 1990s with complex class, gender, and geopolitical variation.

Sectarian Affiliation and Gender Traditionalism

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel A. Acevedo ◽  
Sarah Shah
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
National Culture ◽  
World Values Survey ◽  
The World ◽  
Theories Of Religion ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Traditionalism

This paper will add to the expanding scholarship in the sociology of Islam and explore the influence of Sunni-Shi’a affiliation on views of gender traditionalism. Using a subset of the World Values Survey, we contrast views towards women’s roles in society held by Sunni and Shi’a respondents in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Pakistan (n = 10,799). Our findings suggest that views of gender traditionalism are not solely a function of sectarian affiliation but that educational attainment, income, demographic factors and national culture are stronger and more consistent predictors of gender traditionalism than sectarian affiliation alone. We draw from theories of religious incongruence and discuss the theoretical implications of our findings. These findings suggest the need for additional research that links sociological theories of religion to the empirical study of Islam, as well as a greater emphasis on the role that social context plays in shaping Muslim public opinion.

scholarly journals Educação e gênero após Auschwitz: em busca de uma educação humanizadora do outro

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Jenerton Arlan Schütz ◽  
Ivan Schwengber
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Complex Issue ◽  
Brazilian Society ◽  
Gender Education ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Do So

O presente ensaio, de cunho filosófico, tematiza o tratamento da questão da educação e as diferenças de gênero, o que, de fato, é um tema muito complexo em nossa sociedade. Para tanto, parte-se do horizonte do mundo da vida, de modo que o texto é uma tentativa de intencionalidade da consciência. O ethos pedagógico e histórico da sociedade brasileira é o alicerce deste ensaio, no qual categoriza-se o sujeito mulher e, a partir da teoria crítica de Adorno, apresenta um alerta para o papel da educação. Ademais, o texto é uma reflexão sobre as bases epistemológicas e discursivas do tratamento da questão de gênero e seus reflexos para uma educação humanizadora do Outro.Palavras-chave: Gênero. Educação. Humanização. Education and gender after Auschwitz: in search of humanizing education of the otherABSTRACTThis philosophical essay deals with the question of education and gender differences, which in fact is a very complex issue in our society. To do so, it departs from the horizon of the world of life, so that the text is an attempt at intentionality of consciousness. The pedagogical and historical ethos of Brazilian society is the foundation of this essay, in which the subject is categorized as a woman and, from Adorno’s critical theory, presents an alert to the role of education. In addition, the text is a reflection on the epistemological and discursive bases of the treatment of the question of gender and its reflexes for a humanizing education of the Other.Keywords: Gender. Education. Humanization. Educación y género post Auschwitz: en busca de una educación humanista del otroRESUMENEl presente ensayo, de carácter fi losófico, tematiza el tratamiento de la cuestión de la educación y las diferencias de género, lo que de hecho, es un tema muy complejo en nuestra sociedad. Para ello, se parte del horizonte del mundo de la vida, de modo que el texto es un intento de intencionalidad de la conciencia. El ethos pedagógico e histórico de la sociedad brasileña es el cimiento de este ensayo, en lo cual se categoriza el sujeto mujer, y a partir de la teoría crítica de Adorno presenta un alerta para el papel de la educación. Además, el texto es una reflexión sobre las bases epistemológicas y discursivas del tratamiento de la cuestión del género y sus reflejos para una educación humanista del Otro.Palabras clave: Género. Educación. Humanización

Grandparenting Practices around the World

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
North America ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Country Level ◽  
The World ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
And Gender

This book is a sequel to Contemporary grandparenting, published in 2012 (Arber and Timonen, 2012). Both macro and micro level issues are covered, with a particular focus on gender, welfare states, economic development, and grandparental agency; this ensures that the book covers many topic areas of greatest relevance and interest. It emphasises that grandparenting takes many diverse forms and cannot be reduced to a small number of ‘types’. Grandparenting has evolved considerably, and continues to evolve, as a result of both socio-demographic and economic influences, and grandparents’ own agency. The book contains analyses of topics that have so far received relatively little attention, such as transnational grandparenting and gender differences in grandparenting practices. It is the only collection that brings together theory-driven research on grandparenting from a wide variety of cultural and welfare state contexts - including chapters on Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and Australia - drawing broad lines of debate as well as outlining country-level analyses. The book therefore combines up-to-date empirical findings with new theorising that will be relevant to academics, researchers, students, and experts working in the realms of family and old-age policy and practice.

Brief Report. The PCL-R and Gender

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Grann
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Violent Offenders ◽  
Matched Pairs ◽  
Psychopathy Checklist ◽  
Psychopathy Checklist Revised ◽  
And Gender

Summary: Hare's Psychopathy Checklist - Revised (PCL-R; Hare, 1991 ) was originally constructed for use among males in correctional and forensic settings. In this study, the PCL-R protocols of 36 matched pairs of female and male violent offenders were examined with respect to gender differences. The results indicated a few significant differences. By means of discriminant analysis, male Ss were distinguished from their female counterparts through their relatively higher scores on “callous/lack of empathy” (item 8) and “juvenile delinquency” (item 18), whereas the female Ss scored relatively higher on “promiscuous sexual behavior” (item 11). Some sources of bias and possible implications are discussed.

Personal Problem Solving of Partners in Divorce Proceedings

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tereza Soukupova ◽  
Petr Goldmann
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
Scoring Systems ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Personal Problem ◽  
Thematic Apperception ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Given

Abstract. The Thematic Apperception Test is one of the most frequently administered apperceptive techniques. Formal scoring systems are helpful in evaluating story responses. TAT stories, made by 20 males and 20 females in the situation of legal divorce proceedings, were coded for detection and comparison of their personal problem solving ability. The evaluating instrument utilized was the Personal Problem Solving System-Revised (PPSS-R) as developed by G. F. Ronan. The results indicate that in relation to card 1, men more often than women saw the cause of the problem as removable. With card 6GF, women were more motivated to resolve the given problem than were men, women had a higher personal control and their stories contained more optimism compared to men’s stories. In relation to card 6BM women, more often than men, used emotions generated from the problem to orient themselves within the problem. With card 13MF, the men’s level of stress was less compared to that of the women, and men were more able to plan within the context of problem-solving. Significant differences in the examined groups were found in those cards which depicted significant gender and parental potentials. The TAT can be used to help identify personality characteristics and gender differences.

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