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Preference for Male Facial Masculinity as a Function of Mental Rotation Ability in Gay and Bisexual Men, but Not in Heterosexual Men and Women in China

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
This study examined the association between mental rotation ability and facial masculinity preference in gay and bisexual men in China. The participants (436 gay/bisexual men, 132 heterosexual men, and 254 heterosexual women) completed an online Shepard ...
Lijun Zheng
doaj   +1 more source

XAI-Explainable artificial intelligence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Explainability is essential for users to effectively understand, trust, and manage powerful artificial intelligence ...
Choi, J.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Intermarriage and Homogamy: Causes, Patterns, Trends [PDF]

open access: yesAnnual Review of Sociology, 1998
People have a tendency to marry within their social group or to marry a person who is close to them in status. Although many characteristics play a role in the choice of a spouse, sociologists have most often examined endogamy and homogamy with respect to race/ethnicity, religion, and socioeconomic status.
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Gendered processes of recruitment to elite higher educational institutions in mid‐twentieth century Britain

open access: yesGender &History, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 307-326, March 2026.
Abstract This article uses rare and detailed data on matriculants to the University of Oxford during the middle decades of the twentieth century as a prism through which to consider gendered processes of recruitment to elite institutions. The article makes four key claims. First, the broader shifts in middle‐class women's labour market participation in
Eve Worth, Naomi Muggleton, Aaron Reeves
wiley   +1 more source

Examination of acculturation processes in Vojvodina based on mixed marriages [PDF]

open access: yesSociološki Pregled, 2008
This paper analyzes ethnically mixed marriages contracted in the territory of Vojvodina, Serbia, between 1956 and 2004. Acculturation is examined based on heterogeneous marriages between Serbs, Hungarians, Slovaks, Romanians, Montenegrins and Croats. The
Sokolovska Valentina
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The Complexity of Multidimensional Learning in Agriculture

open access: yesEconometrica, Volume 94, Issue 2, Page 465-503, March 2026.
Studies on agricultural technology adoption often focus on one input, practice, or package, which is analytically useful, but may overlook the complexities involved with multidimensional learning needed for a lot of agricultural decisions. In Kenya, we study farmers' dynamic learning (from oneself and others) and adoption decisions over six seasons ...
Rachid Laajaj, Karen Macours
wiley   +1 more source

Bend It Like Beckham: Ethnic Identity and Integration [PDF]

open access: yes
We propose a theoretical framework to study the determinants of ethnic and religious identity along two distinct motivational processes which have been proposed in the social sciences: cultural conformity and cultural distinction.
Bisin, Alberto   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Party Political Homogamy in Great Britain [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Sociological Review, 1997
This paper focuses on husbands' and wives' party political identifications in combination. There is a high level of party political homogamy in Great Britain (i.e. spouses tend to share the same party political identification). Statistical analyses show that levels of homogamy vary according to strength of party political identification, parental ...
openaire   +1 more source

The association between religious homogamy and reproduction [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2016
Individuals more strongly affiliated to religion have on average more children than less religious ones. Here, based on census data of 3 658 650 women aged 46–60 years from 32 countries provided by IPUMS International and data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (n= 2400 women, aged 53–57 years), we show that religious homogamy is also associated ...
Fieder, Martin, Huber, Susanne
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Gender Differences in the Timing and Chances of Parenthood Across Regions

open access: yesPopulation, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT An increasing number of studies have examined fertility variation at the regional level within countries, but this research has largely focused on women. As a result, our knowledge of regional variation in male fertility remains limited. The current study addresses this research gap by examining how the timing and chances of parenthood vary ...
Jessica Nisén   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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