Speaker's sex has emerged as one of the most important social factors in the quantitative study of phonological variation. However, sex does not have a uniform effect on variables or even on variables that represent sound change in progress. This is because sex is not directly related to linguistic behavior but reflects complex social practice. The correlations of sex with linguistic variables ...

STUDY OBJECTIVES (1) To analyse the impact of flexible employment on mental health and job dissatisfaction; and (2) to examine the constraints imposed by flexible employment on men's and women's partnership formation and people's decision to become parents. For the two objectives the potentially different patterns by sex and social class are explored. DESIGN Cross sectional health survey. Mul...

Does access to money predict social behavior? Past work has shown that money fosters self-sufficiency and reduces interest in others. Building on this work, we tested whether income predicts the frequency and type of social interactions. Two studies using large, nationally representative samples of Americans (N 1⁄4 118,026) and different measures of social contact showed that higher household i...

The hypothesis is presented that the etiology of schizophrenia is neurodevelopmental: schizophrenia is a disorder occurring in extremely late maturers, whereas manic-depressive psychosis affects early maturers. This hypothesis is related to recent neurobiological findings and also to the following epidemiological and demographic topics covered by the author in her review of social class, marria...

the socioeconomic (se) status is considered tobe one of the most important health risk factorsnowadays. a simple search showed that onlyin 2011, more than 1100 articles were cited inpubmed about the relationship of health and sestatus. however, there are many inquiries aboutthis association. the se status is a complex andmultidimensional issue, and there is no goldstandard method to measure it,...