scholarly journals Preferences for Paid Paternity Leave Availability, Lengths of Leave Offerings, and Government Funding of Paternity Leaves in the U.S.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Knoester ◽  
Qi Li
Keyword(s):  
General Social Survey ◽  
Government Funding ◽  
Policy Action ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Separate Spheres ◽  
Paternity Leave ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
Parenting Role ◽  
Women’S Preferences ◽  
The U.S

This study analyzes 2012 General Social Survey data (N = 1,089) about preferences for paid paternity leave availability, lengths of leave offerings, and government funding of leaves. It highlights gender and gendered parenting role attitudes as predictors of leave preferences. Descriptive results revealed sizable (i.e., 53%) support for leave availability and moderate (i.e., 33%) support for some government funding; still, only modest (i.e., 5 weeks) lengths of leave offerings were desired. Regression results indicated that women were typically more likely than men to support more generous leave offerings. Consistently, dual-earner expectations were positively associated with preferences for more generous leave offerings. Separate spheres attitudes appeared to be meaningful for women’s preferences, but not for men’s preferences. Importantly, the findings from this study suggest that there have been longstanding preferences for more generous and widespread paid paternity leave offerings in the U.S.—and more public policy action is long overdue.

scholarly journals Preferences for Paid Paternity Leave Availability, Lengths of Leave Offerings, and Government Funding of Paternity Leaves in the United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 073112142110018
Author(s):  
Chris Knoester ◽  
Qi Li
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Government Funding ◽  
Policy Action ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Separate Spheres ◽  
Paternity Leave ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
Women’S Preferences

This study analyzes 2012 General Social Survey data ( N = 1,089) about preferences for paid paternity leave availability, lengths of leave offerings, and government funding of leaves. It highlights gender and gendered parenting role attitudes as predictors of leave preferences. Descriptive results revealed sizable (i.e., 53 percent) support for leave availability and moderate (i.e., 33 percent) support for some government funding; still, only modest (i.e., five weeks) lengths of leave offerings were desired. Regression results indicated that women were typically more likely than men to support more generous leave offerings. Consistently, dual-earner expectations were positively associated with preferences for more generous leave offerings. Separate spheres attitudes appeared to be meaningful for women’s preferences, but not for men’s preferences. Importantly, the findings from this study suggest that there have been long-standing preferences for more generous and widespread paid paternity leave offerings in the United States—and more public policy action is long overdue.

scholarly journals Attitudes about Paid Parental Leave In the U.S.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Li ◽  
Chris Knoester ◽  
Richard Petts
Keyword(s):  
Parental Leave ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Government Funding ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Paid Leave ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Common Support ◽  
Paid Labor ◽  
Paid Parental Leave ◽  
The U.S

Paid parental leave offerings in the U.S. are relatively rare and unequal. Yet, little is known about public opinions about paid leave and the factors that distinguish adults’ attitudes about them. With the use of data from the General Social Survey, we investigated attitudes about paid parental leave availability, preferred lengths of paid leave offerings, and government funding of leave in the U.S. We found overwhelming support for paid parental leave availability, an average preference for four months of paid leave offerings, and common support for at least some government funding for leaves. Older and more politically conservative individuals were consistently less supportive of paid parental leave availability, longer lengths of leave, and government funding of leave. Women, supporters of dual-earner expectations, black individuals, and those who were not working in paid labor were typically more supportive of generous paid parental leave offerings. These findings suggest that there have been longstanding desires for more widespread and generous paid parental leave offerings in the U.S. but that this has not yet been sufficient to prompt widely applicable policy changes across the nation.

scholarly journals Nation Dreaming: A Consideration of the American Dream in Poland, the U.S., and among Polish Americans

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Sandra L. Hanson ◽  
John K. White
Keyword(s):  
American Dream ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
American Exceptionalism ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Status Mobility ◽  
History Of ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The U.S

This paper examines the cooperation and influences between Poland and the U.S on their respective dreams, including the influence of the American Dream on Polish Americans and their potential distinctness from those who remain in Poland. Attitudes involving the American Dream that are examined include beliefs about freedom, liberty, democracy, getting ahead, status/mobility, and inequality. Although scholars have compared these belief systems across countries, there has been no distinct focus on Poland and the U.S., and those who immigrate between these countries. A conceptual framework that combines the American Dream, American exceptionalism, and beliefs about inequality guides the research. Data from the General Social Survey and the World Values Survey are used to answer the research questions. Findings show that Polish Americans agree with other Americans on a majority of items measuring elements of the American Dream. However, Americans and Poles have significantly different opinions on each of the American Dream items. Usually, (but not always) it is Americans who are more supportive of the American Dream. When considering the three groups, Polish Americans, Americans, and Poles, our conclusions suggest a trend where Polish Americans are a hybrid of other Americans and Poles when it comes to their views on the Dream. However, the differences often run in the direction that Polish Americans’ views are more like other Americans and distinct from Poles. Conclusions and implications are provided within the historical context of the long history of cooperation between the U.S. and Poland in fights for freedom and democracy.

scholarly journals The Life Satisfaction of Asian Americans: Evidence from the U.S. General Social Survey, 1972 to 2010

2016 ◽  
Vol 06 (02) ◽  
pp. 40-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Sakamoto ◽  
Chi-Tsun Chiu ◽  
Jing Li ◽  
Sharron Xuanren Wang
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
The U.S

Young Adulthood and Religion

2019 ◽  
pp. 20-50
Author(s):  
Tim Clydesdale ◽  
Kathleen Garces-Foley
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
National Study ◽  
Survey Analysis ◽  
Financial Independence ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
The U.S

The story of Ted, a World War II sailor for the U.S. Navy, and his teenage bride, Dottie, opens the chapter, setting up the contrast with emerging adulthood today. Their early marriage, five children, and Ted’s living wage from work for the electric company represent an era long gone. Financial independence today requires dual incomes and years of preparation, pushing back marriage and parenthood nearly a decade. Despite these changes, the religious lives of American twentysomethings demonstrate stability more than change. Survey analysis of the project’s National Study of American Twentysomethings (2013) and the National Science Foundation’s General Social Survey (1972–2016) demonstrate a stable proportion of religious committed young adults—about 1 in 4, and a rise in religiously unaffiliated young adults —from the ranks of the semi-religious. Widespread prayer, participation in worship, favorable attitudes toward congregations, and frustration with angry “religious people” are among the chapter’s notable findings.

Gender Role Attitudes since 1972

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen E. Campbell ◽  
Peter V. Marsden
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Gender Role Attitudes ◽  
Regional Convergence ◽  
Women's Labor ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Separate Spheres ◽  
Political Office ◽  
Women's Labor Force Participation ◽  
Over Time

Several previous General Social Survey-based studies have revealed increasing acceptance of nontraditional gender roles. This chapter builds upon and extends these findings. It shows that adults became less predisposed toward a “separate spheres” conception holding that women should specialize in caring for children and households while men predominate in the more public arenas of employment and politics. Most growth in acceptance of broadened women's roles took place by the mid-1990s, however, mirroring trends in women's labor force participation and their representation in political office. The chapter then illustrates the regional convergence noted by Fischer and Hout (2006), showing that southerners continue to espouse more traditional views about gender, but less so over time.

Introduction and Overview

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter V. Marsden
Keyword(s):  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Social Trends ◽  
Economic Landscape ◽  
The U.S

This book reports on social trends among U.S. adults between the early 1970s and the first decade of the 21st century. The chapters cover social and political phenomena arrayed across a wide spectrum. Some investigate and interpret changes in salient sociopolitical attitudes. Others ask whether confidence in major American institutions fell, or if connections to religious groups or other persons waned. Still others study shifts in how adults assessed their well-being as economic, political, and social conditions in U.S. society underwent sometimes-dramatic change. The 12 studies that follow rest on survey data assembled by the General Social Survey (GSS) project since 1972. This introductory chapter first provides context for these studies, drawing on prior research about change in the U.S. social, political, and economic landscape since the 1970s. Next comes an overview of this book's content, including some remarks about related GSS-based trend studies on other topics. It closes by briefly calling attention to the variety of approaches and explanations that the authors use when offering accounts for the patterns of change they report.

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