In this paper, explicit formulae for the expectation and the variance of descent functions on random standard Young tableaux are presented. Using these, it is shown that the normalized variance, V/E2, is bounded if and only if a certain inequality relating tableau shape to the descent function holds.

Few quantitative studies have looked at how reasons for quitting organized sports vary according to social backgrounds. The present paper addresses this gap by investigating youths’ perceptions of six dropping out youth three types inequality: socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and gender. We utilize data from the 2015 Young in Oslo survey, where sport dropouts grades 8–13 rated importance (N = 2...

OBJECTIVES Like any other health-related disorder, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has a differential distribution with respect to socioeconomic factors. This study aimed to estimate and decompose educational inequalities in the prevalence of IBS. METHODS Sampling was performed using a multi-stage random cluster sampling approach. The data of 1,850 residents of Kish Island aged 15 years or old...

OBJECTIVE Considering both the economic crisis of 2008 and the Gender Equality Law (2007), this study analyses the association between gender inequality in Spanish Autonomous Communities (AC) and intimate partner violence (IPV) from 2006 to 2014 in terms of socio-demographic characteristics. METHODS Ecological study in the 17 Spanish AC on the correlation between the reported cases by IPV and...

What does the future hold for gender inequality? In the United States and many other countries, women's status has improved remarkably over the past two centuries. Will we continue to move ever closer to full gender equality? Or could gender relations stagnate where they are or even move backward? That gender remains a crucial aspect of social organization is not in question. In all too many pa...