Social Sciences

This area deals with the latest developments in the field of empirical and theoretical research as it relates to the structure and function of institutes and systems, their social interdependence and how such systems interact with individual behavior processes.

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College-educated undocumented young adults face same narrow range of jobs as their parents

Many assume these youths will achieve more than their parents. But a survey of life trajectories of undocumented young adults raised and educated in America…

Trend in Young Adults’ Dating Habits, Committed Relationships May Not Lead to Marriage

Changes in relationship formation and dissolution in the past 50 years have revealed new patterns in romantic relations among young adults. The U.S. Census…

UCSB scholars study the evolution of human generosity

These commonplace acts of generosity –– where no future return is likely –– have long posed a scientific puzzle to evolutionary biologists and economists. In…

New report shows seniors' economic security falling

Outliving one's resources and falling into poverty is an increasingly common experience among today's senior citizens, according to a new report produced…

When it comes to population growth, Houston is No. 1

Based on a new extensive analysis of the 2000 and 2010 censuses by Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, the Greater Houston metropolitan area…

You are what you tweet: Tracking public health trends with Twitter

But by sifting through this busy flood of banter, is it possible to also track important public health trends? Two Johns Hopkins University computer scientists…

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