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Genetic Similarity Shared by Best Friends Among Adolescents
In: Twin research and human genetics: the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies (ISTS) and the Human Genetics Society of Australasia, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 113-121
ISSN: 1839-2628
Twin Studies: What Can They Tell us About Nature and Nurture?
In: Contexts / American Sociological Association: understanding people in their social worlds, Band 4, Heft 3, S. 43-47
ISSN: 1537-6052
Twin studies used to be almost the only way to compare the influence of genes against the environment on personality and behavior. Recent advances in genetics, however, suggest that opposing "nature" to "nurture" is misleading. Genes combine with the environment to produce complex human traits.
Period of Marriage and Genetic Similarity in Height between Spouses in the United States over the 20th Century
In: Human biology: the international journal of population genetics and anthropology ; the official publication of the American Association of Anthropological Genetics
ISSN: 1534-6617
Multilevel Modeling for Binary Data
In: Annual review of sociology, Band 26, Heft 1, S. 441-462
ISSN: 1545-2115
We review some of the work of the past ten years that applied the multilevel logit model. We attempt to provide a brief description of the hypothesis tested, the hierarchical data structure analyzed, and the multilevel data source for each piece of work we have reviewed. We have also reviewed the technical literature and worked out two examples on multilevel models for binary outcomes. The review and examples serve two purposes: First, they are designed to assist in all aspects of working with multilevel models for binary outcomes, including model conceptualization, model description for a research report, understanding of the structure of required multilevel data, estimation of the model via a generally available statistical package, and interpretation of the results. Second, our examples contribute to the evaluation of the approximation procedures for binary multilevel models that have been implemented for general public use.
Revised Regional Model Life Tables at Very Low Levels of Mortality
In: Population index, Band 55, Heft 4, S. 613
Gene by Social Context Interactions for Number of Sexual Partners among White Male Youths: Genetics‐Informed Sociology
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 114, Heft S1, S. S36-S66
ISSN: 1537-5390
Comparing Disciplinary Infraction Rates of North Carolina Fair Sentencing and Structured Sentencing Inmates: A Natural Experiment
In: The prison journal: the official publication of the Pennsylvania Prison Society, Band 79, Heft 1, S. 45-71
ISSN: 1552-7522
Using data collected from June 1, 1995, to August 30, 1996, the researchers compared the disciplinary conviction rates of North Carolina prison inmates admitted during the study period before the truth-in-sentencing law and inmates admitted during that period under the truth-in-sentencing law. Based on deterrence theory, the researchers hypothesized that pre-truth-in-sentencing inmates, who could lose time off for good behavior and parole as results of a disciplinary conviction, would have higher disciplinary conviction rates than truth-in-sentencing inmates. Truth-in-sentencing inmates, with shorter sentences, could lose neither time off for good behavior nor parole as a result of disciplinary conviction. Cox regression and negative binomial regression procedures using control variables identified in the research literature generally supported the research hypotheses.
Who Drops Out of and Who Continues Beyond High School? A 20-Year Follow-Up of Black Urban Youth
In: Journal of research on adolescence, Band 3, Heft 3, S. 271-294
ISSN: 1532-7795
Third Pole Culture Dialogue 2020
In: International communication of Chinese culture, Band 9, Heft 1-2, S. 109-120
ISSN: 2197-4241
Peer Influence, Genetic Propensity, and Binge Drinking: A Natural Experiment and a Replication
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 121, Heft 3, S. 914-954
ISSN: 1537-5390
Genetic Bio-Ancestry and Social Construction of Racial Classification in Social Surveys in the Contemporary United States
In: Demography, Band 51, Heft 1, S. 141-172
ISSN: 1533-7790
AbstractSelf-reported race is generally considered the basis for racial classification in social surveys, including the U.S. census. Drawing on recent advances in human molecular genetics and social science perspectives of socially constructed race, our study takes into account both genetic bio-ancestry and social context in understanding racial classification. This article accomplishes two objectives. First, our research establishes geographic genetic bio-ancestry as a component of racial classification. Second, it shows how social forces trump biology in racial classification and/or how social context interacts with bio-ancestry in shaping racial classification. The findings were replicated in two racially and ethnically diverse data sets: the College Roommate Study (N = 2,065) and the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N = 2,281).