scholarly journals Household wealth, public consumption and economic well-being in the United States

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1073-1090 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward N. Wolff ◽  
Ajit Zacharias ◽  
Asena Caner
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Household Wealth ◽  
Public Consumption ◽  
Economic Well Being

To Provide or Protect? Masculinity, Economic Precarity, and Protective Gun Ownership in the United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 073112142199840
Author(s):  
Tara D. Warner ◽  
Tara Leigh Tober ◽  
Tristan Bridges ◽  
David F. Warner
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Family Status ◽  
Gun Ownership ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Masculinity Threat ◽  
Economic Well Being

Protection is now the modal motivation for gun ownership, and men continue to outnumber women among gun owners. While research has linked economic precarity (e.g., insecurity and anxiety) to gun ownership and attitudes, separating economic well-being from constructions of masculinity is challenging. In response to blocked economic opportunities, some gun owners prioritize armed protection, symbolically replacing the masculine role of “provider” with one associated with “protection.” Thus, understanding both persistently high rates of gun ownership in the United States (in spite of generally declining crime) alongside the gender gap in gun ownership requires deeper investigations into the meaning of guns in the United States and the role of guns in conceptualizations of American masculinity. We use recently collected crowdsourced survey data to test this provider-to-protector shift, exploring how economic precarity may operate as a cultural-level masculinity threat for some, and may intersect with marital/family status to shape gun attitudes and behaviors for both gun owners and nonowners. Results show that investments in stereotypical masculine ideals, rather than economic precarity, are linked to support for discourses associated with protective gun ownership and empowerment.

LGBTQ-Parent Families in the United States and Economic Well-Being

2020 ◽  
pp. 105-124
Author(s):  
Naomi G. Goldberg ◽  
Alyssa Schneebaum ◽  
Laura E. Durso ◽  
M. V. Lee Badgett
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Well Being

scholarly journals Health Insurance and Income Inequality

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Kaestner ◽  
Darren Lubotsky
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Cost Of Health Care ◽  
Government Benefits ◽  
Economic Well Being

Health insurance and other in-kind forms of compensation and government benefits are typically not included in measures of income and analyses of inequality. This omission is important. Given the large and growing cost of health care in the United States and the presence of large government health insurance programs such as Medicaid and Medicare, it is crucial to understand how health insurance and related public policies contribute to measured economic well-being and inequality. Our paper assesses the effect on inequality of the primary government programs that affect health insurance.

Making AIMS Explicit: Establishing Intersectionality Criteria for Gender Equity Analyses

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Goodkind ◽  
Rachel E Gartner ◽  
Leah A Jacobs ◽  
Dominique Branson ◽  
Jorden King ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Work Research ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
Economic Well Being

Abstract Social work researchers often conduct population-level analyses of equity, sometimes focusing on how social and economic well-being are differently experienced depending on gender. In response to the United States’ refusal to ratify the United Nations’ Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, city-level campaigns began conducting gender equity analyses to highlight and address inequality. To date, these analyses have largely focused on gender alone, affording little attention to other axes of inequality. This article argues that theories of intersectionality offer a conceptual antidote to this narrow focus on gender. Drawing on extant literature, authors developed four criteria to guide intersectional gender equity analyses: (1) analyzes power, (2) interprets population and phenomena in context, (3) mutually constituted and interdependent category use, and (4) strategic and transparent social justice goals (which can be abbreviated as AIMS). Taking a metaevaluation approach, they applied the AIMS criteria to assess existing gender equity analyses. Results indicate ways in which these criteria can be met and the implications of taking intersectional approaches. Ultimately, the AIMS criteria offer guidance to social work research that can systematically and intentionally integrate core intersectionality principles and, in turn, support efforts to promote equity in our systems and institutions.

Gender Differences in the Economic Well-Being of Nonaged Adults in the United States

2003 ◽  
Vol 7 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 97-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha N. Ozawa ◽  
Hong-Sik Yoon
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Well Being

scholarly journals A Comparison of Inequality and Living Standards in Canada and the United States Using an Expanded Measure of Economic Well-Being

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward N. Wolff ◽  
Ajit Zacharias ◽  
Thomas Masterson ◽  
Selcuk Eren ◽  
Andrew Sharpe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Economic Well Being
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