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In this paper, we use data from the General Social Survey (1985–1998) to examine the effects of region on gender-role attitudes, focusing on variations across time by gender and race. Regional differences in gender-role attitudes persisted into the 1990s for white men and women, with southern whites holding more traditional attitudes than those held by whites in other parts of the country. For white men and women and for black men, the effect of region changed little between the 1980s and 1990s. However, for black women, region was a prominent factor affecting their gender-role attitudes in the 1980s, but by the 1990s its effect had diminished considerably.
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Her research interests include social inequality, gender, immigration, and work. Currently, she is examining differences in gender norms and studying relationships between employers and Hispanic workers in new destination sites.
Her work focuses on the effects of status transitions on intergenerational relations, social support networks and marital quality. She is currently studying the causes and consequences of within-family differences and parental favoritism in later life families in collaboration with Karl Pillemer.
Her research interests include gender, ethnicity, social psychology, and Hispanic families. Currently, she is writing her dissertation on the role of social networks in the transmission and enforcement of social norms regarding gender roles and the division of household labor among Hispanic families.
Her research interests include stigma, gender, mental illness, and the life course. Currently, she is working on her dissertation, which examines the gender differences in the stigma experience of those with mental illness.
Her research interests include gender, family, and crime and delinquency, specifically, crime and deviance with regard to family life.
Kim Gusman is an undergraduate student majoring in sociology, at Louisiana State University where she serves as a Chancellor's Future Research Leader.
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Powers, R.S., Suitor, J.J., Guerra, S. et al. Regional differences in gender—role attitudes: Variations by gender and race. Gend. Issues 21, 40–54 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12147-003-0015-y
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