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

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 Relationship between spousal education gaps and life satisfaction: Evidence from Canada

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Ehsan Latif
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Canadian Data ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Education Gaps ◽  
Education Gap ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Spousal Education

This study uses Canadian data from the General Social Survey (Cycle 25:2011) to examine the impact of a spousal education gap on males’ and females’ life satisfaction. The study finds that a spousal education gap, whether positive or negative, does not have any significant impact on males’ and females’ life satisfaction.  To further investigate these issues, the study divided the sample into two groups based on age categories: those below age 55 and those at or above age 55. The spousal education gap has an insignificant impact on life satisfaction in both of these groups.

scholarly journals Internet Use, Life Satisfaction, and Subjective Well-Being Among the Elderly: Evidence From 2017 China General Social Survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua-lei Yang ◽  
Yuan-yang Wu ◽  
Xue-yu Lin ◽  
Lin Xie ◽  
Shuo Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Social Survey

Purpose: The research objectives of this study are to test the scientific propositions of whether Internet use promotes life satisfaction among the elderly, whether there is variability in the effect of Internet use on the well-being of the elderly, and through what channels Internet use affects the elderly's life satisfaction.Method: Using data from the 2017 Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), this paper employed linear regression, ordered logit model, and the propensity score matching (PSM) approach to investigate the association of Internet use with life satisfaction among the elderly in China.Results: The results show that Internet use was significantly and negatively associated with the life satisfaction of the Chinese elderly. Further analysis on group heterogeneity demonstrates that the negative association was more prominent among the participants who were males, at a lower age, had lower income and education, non-agricultural registered, and relatively healthy. Finally, the mediating effect indicates that Internet use may affect life satisfaction among the elderly through the channel of reducing their perceptions of social justice.Conclusions: In order to avoid the negative effects of using the Internet, the following policy suggestions are put forward: Improve the elderly's attitudes toward Internet use; pay attention to the sense of fairness of the elderly to improve life satisfaction; guide the elderly to reduce the time of using the Internet.

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.

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.

scholarly journals Does Religion Buffer Against the Detrimental Effect of Cyberbullying Victimization on Adults’ Health and Well-Being? Evidence from the 2014 Canadian General Social Survey

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110500
Author(s):  
Lei Chai
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Detrimental Effect ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cyberbullying Victimization ◽  
Health And Well Being

While prior research has well-documented the detrimental effect of cyberbullying victimization on health and well-being among children and adolescents, less is known about whether the same adverse pattern can be observed among adults. Moreover, it is unclear about what psychosocial resources might moderate this association. The present study uses a nationally representative cross-sectional survey—2014 Canadian General Social Survey ( N = 17,548)—to examine three research questions. First, is cyberbullying victimization associated with adults’ self-rated health, mental health, and life satisfaction? Second, how does religiosity—religious service attendance and religious beliefs—moderate this association? Third, do any observed patterns further differ for men and women? Through a series of logistic and ordinary least squares regression models, the results show that adults who experienced cyberbullying victimization in the past 5 years are more likely to report poor self-rated health and mental health compared to those who did not experience cyberbullying victimization in the past 5 years. Likewise, cyberbullying victimization is also associated with lower levels of life satisfaction. In addition, the adverse associations of cyberbullying victimization in the past 5 years with self-rated health and life satisfaction are weaker among those who attended religious service at least once a week in the past twelve months. A similar pattern is observed for the buffering effect of viewing religious beliefs as very important in the adverse association of cyberbullying victimization in the past 5 years with self-rated life satisfaction. There is also evidence suggesting the gendered buffering effect of the importance of religious beliefs in the association between cyberbullying victimization and self-rated health. This study makes important empirical and theoretical contributions to the growing field of research on the association between cyberbullying victimization and health and well-being and to our understanding of how religion matters to individuals dealing with stressful experiences.

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.

Attitudes toward Working Mothers and Work-Oriented Fathers in the U.S.

2020 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2092906
Author(s):  
Gayle Kaufman ◽  
Molly Bair
Keyword(s):  
Working Mothers ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Gender Ideology ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Attitudes Toward Women ◽  
Graduate Degree ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
The U.S

While there is a wealth of research on gender ideology, most research focuses on attitudes toward women and women’s roles. This study aims to address the gap in our understanding of attitudes toward working fathers. Using the 2016 General Social Survey (GSS), we find more negative attitudes toward work-oriented fathers than working mothers. Results from multinomial logistic regression show that men, older individuals, Hispanics, and those who attend religious services more frequently are more likely to agree that both working mothers and work-oriented fathers are harmful to families. On the other hand, those whose mothers were employed when they were 16 years old and those who have a college or graduate degree are less likely to agree that only working mothers are harmful.

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