The Sociology department at Nebraska was founded in 1889. Faculty and students at the department of sociology are leading social science in exciting new directions.
,br> Small compared to other Big10 sociology programs (16 faculty), students engage with research focused on solving real-world problems. Faculty collaborate with each other and with people across disciplines, including computer science, psychology, anthropology, political science, criminology, biology, neuroscience, medicine, public health, art, marketing, and business. Our faculty also work with community stakeholders and community-based non-profit organizations.

These collaborations lead our faculty and students to ask and answer interesting questions. Check out our recent research, including open-access versions of faculty and student publications, to discover how sociology faculty are tackling issues in drug use; pornography addiction; social networks; homelessness; delinquency; domestic violence; survey questionnaire design and polling; minority health disparities; science identity; sexualities and LGBTQ+ rights; religion and politics; hate crime reporting; and sociology pedagogy among many others.

We are committed to equipping undergraduate students with the critical thinking and analytical skills that put them on the path to meaningful and rewarding careers. Alumni have launched their careers with community organizations such as Voice of Hope, Community Learning Centers, and Teach for America; government agencies like the Department of Agriculture, the state legislature, and law enforcement; and private sector businesses such as HUDL, Talent+, Gallup, NelNet, and insurance companies. Our undergraduate students also go on to law school, medical school and professional programs in the health fields, or to complete an MBA or graduate programs in sociology or related disciplines.

Our MA and PhD students can specialize in the sociology of health, families, social inequalities, or research methodology, benefiting from a small student-to-faculty ratio. We train graduate students for both traditional academic jobs at colleges and universities, as well as work in the public and private sector. We have a long tradition of training students for successful placements at non-academic positions, including think tanks, research organizations, government agencies, non-profit service organizations, and for-profit organizations.

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2011

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Distress among Indigenous North Americans: Generalized and Culturally Relevant Stressors, Melissa L. Walls and Les B. Whitbeck

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Maturation, Peer Context, and Indigenous Girls' Early-Onset Substance Use, Melissa L. Walls and Les B. Whitbeck

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Effect of School Racial Composition on Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms from Adolescence Through Early Adulthood, Katrina M. Walsemann, Bethany A. Bell, and Bridget J. Goosby

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Understanding how race/ethnicity and gender define age-trajectories of disability: An intersectionality approach, David F. Warner and Tyson H. Brown

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Everybody’s doin’ it (right?): Neighborhood norms and sexual activity in adolescence, Tara D. Warner, Peggy C. Giordano, Wendy D. Manning, and Monica A. Longmore

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Relationship Formation and Stability in Emerging Adulthood: Do Sex Ratios Matter?, Tara D. Warner, Wendy D. Manning, Peggy C. Giordano, and Monica A. Longmore

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How institutional context alters social reproduction dynamics: Ethnic track placement patterns in the U.S. and Germany, Regina E. Werum, Tomeka Davis, and Simon Cheng

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The Human-Environment Dialog in Award-Winning Children’s Picture Books, J. Allen Williams, Christopher Podeschi, Nathan Palmer, Philip Schwadel, and Deanna Meyler

2010

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PATTERNS OF NONRESIDENT FATHER CONTACT*, Jacob E. Cheadle, Paul R. Amato, and Valarie King

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Birth weight, cognitive development, and life chances: A comparison of siblings from childhood into early adulthood, Jacob Cheadle and Bridget J. Goosby

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Tribal vs. Public Schools: Perceived Discrimination and School Adjustment among Indigenous Children from Early to Mid- Adolescence, Devan M. Crawford, Jacob E. Cheadle, and Les B. Whitbeck

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Parental Timing and Depressive Symptoms in Early Adulthood, Christina D. Falci, Jeylan Mortimer, and HarmoniJoie Noel

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The Life Course Perspective and African American Adolescent Development in the Family, Bridget J. Goosby

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“Trying” Times: Medicalization, Intent, and Ambiguity in the Definition of Infertility, Arthur L. Greil and Julia McQuillan

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Specifying the effects of religion on medical helpseeking: The case of infertility, Arthur L. Greil, Julia McQuillan, Maureen Benjamins, David R. Johnson, Katherine M. Johnson, and Chelsea R. Heinz

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The Hidden Infertile: Infertile Women without Pregnancy Intent in the United States, Arthur L. Greil, Julia McQuillan, Katherine Johnson, Kathleen Slauson-Blevins, and Karina M. Shreffler

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The experience of infertility: A review of recent literature, Arthur L. Greil, Kathleen Slauson-Blevins, and Julia McQuillan

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Entrepreneurial Turn: A Working Introduction, Michael R. Hill

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Thomas Carlyle’s Lost Translation of Saint-Simon’s Nouveau christianisme: An Epistolary Account, Michael R. Hill

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Jacob Singer (1883-1964): Bio-Bibliography of a Jewish-Latvian-Nebraskan Sociologist, Michael R. Hill and Natalja Callahan

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Book Review: Out in the Country: Youth, Media, and Queer Visibility in Rural America by Mary Gray, Emily Kazyak

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Experienced and vicarious victimization: Do social support and self-esteem prevent delinquent responses?, Lisa A. Kort-Butler

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Using Proxy Measures and Other Correlates of Survey Outcomes to Adjust for Non-Response: Examples from Multiple Surveys, Frauke Kreuter, Kristen M. Olson, James Wagner, Ting Yan, Trena M. Ezzati-Rice, Carolina Casas-Cordero, Michael Lemay, Andy Peytchev, Robert M. Groves, and Trivellore E. Raghunathan

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The New Homelessness Revisited, Barrett A. Lee, Kimberly A. Tyler, and James D. Wright

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Advice When Children Come Out: The Cultural “Tool Kits” of Parents, Karin A. Martin, David J. Hutson, Emily Kazyak, and Kristin S. Scherrer

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Pregnancy Intentions Among Women Who Do Not Try: Focusing On Women Who Are Okay Either Way, Julia McQuillan, Arthur L. Greil, and Karina M. Shreffler

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Bidirectional, Unidirectional, and Nonviolence: A Comparison of the Predictors Among Partnered Young Adults, Lisa A. Melander, HarmoniJoie Noel, and Kimberly A. Tyler

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The Effect of Early Maltreatment, Victimization, and Partner Violence on HIV Risk Behavior Among Homeless Young Adults, Lisa A. Melander and Kimberly A. Tyler

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Splitting the Academy: The Emotions of Intersectionality at Work, Helen A. Moore, Katherine Acosta, Gary Perry, and Crystal Edwards

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An Examination of Questionnaire Evaluation by Expert Reviewers, Kristen Olson

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Age, Period, and Cohort Effects on U.S. Religious Service Attendance: The Declining Impact of Sex, Southern Residence, and Catholic Affiliation, Philip Schwadel

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Jewish Teenagers’ Syncretism, Philip Schwadel

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Period and Cohort Effects on Religious Nonaffiliation and Religious Disaffiliation: A Research Note, Philip Schwadel

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Assessing Key Informant Methodology in Congregational Research, Philip Schwadel and Kevin D. Dougherty

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Using the Internet to Survey Small Towns and Communities: Limitations and Possibilities in the Early 21st Century, Jolene D. Smyth, Don A. Dillman, Leah Melani Christian, and Allison C. O'Neill

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The High-Risk Environment of Homeless Young Adults: Consequences for Physical and Sexual Victimization, Kimberly A. Tyler and Morgan R. Beal

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A comparison of homeless and high-risk young adults: Are they one and the same?, Kimberly A. Tyler, Katherine A. Johnson, and Lisa A. Melander

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Foster Care Placement, Poor Parenting, and Negative Outcomes Among Homeless Young Adults, Kimberly A. Tyler and Lisa A. Melander

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The effect of drug and sexual risk behaviors with social network and non-network members on homeless youths’ sexually transmissible infections and HIV testing, Kimberly A. Tyler and Lisa A. Melander

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Self injurious behavior among homeless young adults: A social stress analysis, Kimberly A. Tyler, Lisa A. Melander, and Elbert P. Almazan

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How Much of Interviewer Variance Is Really Nonresponse Error Variance?, Brady T. West and Kristen Olson

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The Civilizing Process and Its Discontents: Suicide and Crimes against Persons in France, 1825–1830, Hugh P. Whitt

2009

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Clinician’s use of the Statin Choice decision aid in patients with diabetes: a videographic study nested in a randomized trial, Roberto Abadie, Audrey J. Weymiller, Jon Tilburt, Nilay D. Shah, Cathy Charles, Amiram Gafni, and Victor M. Montori

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Harriet Martineau and Ireland, Brian Conway and Michael R. Hill

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Annie Marion Maclean, Feminist Pragmatist and Methodologist, Mary Jo Deegan, Michael R. Hill, and Susan L. Wortmann

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Too Many Friends: Social Integration, Network Cohesion and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms, Christina D. Falci and Clea McNeely

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The University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study: Predictors of Human Serum Dioxin Concentrations in Midland and Saginaw, Michigan, David H. Garabrant, Alfred Franzblau, James Lepkowski, Brenda W. Gillespie, Peter Adriaens, Avery Demond, Elizabeth Hedgeman, Kristine Knutson, Lynn Zwica, Kristen Olson, Timothy Towey, Qixuan Chen, Biling Hong, Chiung-Wen Chang, Shih-Yuan Lee, Barbara Ward, Kathy LaDronka, William Luksemburg, and Martha Maier

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The University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study: Methods for an Environmental Exposure Study of Polychlorinated Dioxins, Furans, and Biphenyls, David H. Garabrant, Alfred Franzblau, James Lepkowski, Brenda W. Gillespie, Peter Adriaens, Avery Demond, Barbara Ward, Kathy LaDronka, Elizabeth Hedgeman, Kristine Knutson, Lynn Zwica, Kristen Olson, Timothy Towey, Qixuan Chen, and Biling Hong

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Birth Weight, Math and Reading Achievement Growth: A Multilevel Between-Sibling, Between-Families Approach, Bridget J. Goosby and Jacob Cheadle

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The University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study: Population Survey Results and Serum Concentrations for Polychlorinated Dioxins, Furans, and Biphenyls, Elizabeth Hedgeman, Qixuan Chen, Biling Hong, Chiung-Wen Chang, Kristen Olson, Kathleen LaDronka, Barbara Ward, Peter Adriaens, Avery Demond, Brenda W. Gillespie, James Lepkowski, Alfred Franzblau, and David H. Garabrant

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Patriarchy, Michael R. Hill

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Coping Styles and Sex Differences in Depressive Symptoms and Delinquent Behavior, Lisa A. Kort-Butler

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Hetero-Romantic Love and Heterosexiness in Children’s G-Rated Films, Karin A. Martin and Emily Kazyak

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Maintaining Credibility and Authority as an Instructor of Color in Diversity-Education Classrooms: A Qualitative Inquiry, Gary Perry, Helen A. Moore, Crystal Edwards, Katherine Acosta, and Connie Frey

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Neighbors in the Pews: Social Status Diversity in Religious Congregations, Philip Schwadel

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The Continuing Relevance of Family Income for Religious Participation: U.S. White Catholic Church Attendance in the Late 20th Century, Philip Schwadel, John D. McCarthy, and Hart M. Nelsen

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Odds of Having a Regular Physician and Perceptions of Care: Ethnic Patterns for Women Ages 25–45, Karina Shreffler, Julia McQuillan, Arthur Greil, Naomi Lacy, and Christine Ngaruiya

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Open-Ended Questions in Web Surveys: Can Increasing the Size of Answer Boxes and Providing Extra Verbal Instructions Improve Response Quality?, Jolene D. Smyth, Don A. Dillman, Leah Melani Christian, and Mallory McBride

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Risk Factors for Trading Sex among Homeless Young Adults, Kimberly A. Tyler

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Discrepancies in Reporting of Physical and Sexual Abuse Among Homeless Young Adults, Kimberly A. Tyler and Lisa A. Melander

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Bidirectional Partner Violence Among Homeless Young Adults: Risk Factors and Outcomes, Kimberly A. Tyler, Lisa A. Melander, and HarmoniJoie Noel

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Gestational Risks and Psychiatric Disorders Among Indigenous Adolescents, Les B. Whitbeck and Devan M. Crawford

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Depressed Affect And Historical Loss Among North American Indigenous Adolescents, Les B. Whitbeck, Melissa L. Walls, Kurt D. Johnson, Allan D. Morrisseau, and Cindy M. McDougall

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Depressive Symptoms, Gender, and Growth in Cigarette Smoking among Indigenous Adolescents, Les B. Whitbeck, ManSoo Yu, Dennis E. McChargue, and Devan M. Crawford

2008

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Parental Divorce, Marital Conflict and Children’s Behavior Problems: A Comparison of Adopted and Biological Children, Paul R. Amato and Jacob Cheadle

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Occupational Racial Composition and Nonfatal Work Injuries, Terceira A. Berdahl and Julia McQuillan

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Violence Against Separated, Divorced, and Married Women in Canada, 2004, Douglas A. Brownridge, Diane Hiebert-Murphy, Janice Ristock, Ko Ling Chan, Kimberly A. Tyler, and Suzy C. Santos

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Educational Investment, Family Context, and Children’s Math and Reading Growth from Kindergarten through the Third Grade, Jacob Cheadle

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Review of When Sex Became Gender, by Shira Tarrant., Mary Jo Deegan

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Statistical Comparison of Residential Soil Concentrations of PCDDs, PCDFs, and PCBs from Two Communities in Michigan, Avery Demond, P. Adriaens, T. Towey, S.-C. Chang, B. Hong, Q. Chen, C.-W. Chang, A. J. Franzblau, D. Garabrant, B. Gillespie, E. Hedgeman, K. Knutson, C. Y. Lee, J. Lepkowski, Kristen M. Olson, B. Ward, L. Zwica, W. Luksemburg, and M Maier

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Exploiting a Research Underclass in Phase 1 Clinical Trials, Carl Elliott and Roberto Abadie

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Gender Trajectories of Adolescent Depressed Mood: The Dynamic Role of Stressors and Resources, Christina D. Falci

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Cultural Considerations in Adolescent Suicide Prevention and Psychosocial Treatment, David B. Goldston, Sherry Davis Molock, Les B. Whitbeck, Jessica L. Murakami, Luis H. Zayas, and Gordon C. Nagayama Hall

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Local Archives And Teaching The History Of Sociology: Experiences At The University Of Nebraska-Lincoln, Michael R. Hill

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Local Archives And Teaching The History Of Sociology: Experiences At The University Of Nebraska-Lincoln, Michael R. Hill

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Review of The Collected Letters of Harriet Martineau edited by Deborah Anna Logan, Michael R. Hill

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The Importance of Motherhood among Women in the Contemporary United States, Julia McQuillan, Arthur L. Greil, Karina M. Scheffler, and Veronica Tichenor

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Poor Teenagers’ Religion, Philip Schwadel

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Does “Yes or No” on the Telephone Mean the Same as “Check-All-That-Apply” on the Web?, Jolene D. Smyth, Leah Melani Christian, and Don A. Dillman

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A Comparison of Risk Factors for Sexual Victimization Among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Heterosexual Homeless Young Adults, Kimberly A. Tyler

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Social Network Characteristics and Risky Sexual and Drug Related Behaviors Among Homeless Young Adults, Kimberly A. Tyler

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A Longitudinal Study of Early Adolescent Precursors to Running Away, Kimberly A. Tyler and Bianca Bersani

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A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Child Maltreatment on Later Outcomes among High-risk Adolescents, Kimberly A. Tyler, Katherine A. Johnson, and Douglas A. Brownridge

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Diagnostic Prevalence Rates from Early to Mid Adolescence among Indigenous Adolescents: First Results from a Longitudinal Study, Les B. Whitbeck, Mansoo Yu, Kurt Johnson, Dan R. Hoyt, and Melissa L. Walls

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A Dimensional Model of Psychopathology Among Homeless Adolescents: Suicidality, Internalizing, and Externalizing Disorders, Kevin A. Yoder, Susan L. Longley, Les B. Whitbeck, and Dan R. Hoyt

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Dimensionality of thoughts of death and suicide: Evidence from a study of homeless adolescents, Kevin A. Yoder, Les B. Whitbeck, and Dan R. Hoyt

2007

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Adult Social Capital and Track Placement of Ethnic Groups in Germany, Simon Cheng, Leslie Martin, and Regina E. Werum

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Onset of Conduct Disorder, Use of Delinquent Subsistence Strategies, and Street Victimization among Homeless and Runaway Adolescents in the Midwest, Xiaojin Chen, Lisa Thrane, Les B. Whitbeck, Kurt D. Johnson, and Dan R. Hoyt

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Helping Respondents Get It Right the First Time: The Influence of Words, Symbols, and Graphics in Web Surveys, Leah Melani Christian, Don A. Dillman, and Jolene D. Smyth

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Design Effects in the Transition to Web-Based Surveys, Don A. Dillman and Jolene D. Smyth

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Poverty Duration, Maternal Psychological Resources, and Adolescent Socioemotional Outcomes, Bridget J. Goosby

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American Sociological Association, Michael R. Hill

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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (1860-1935), Michael R. Hill

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Howard, George Elliott (1849-1928), Michael R. Hill

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Pound, Roscoe (1870-1964), Michael R. Hill

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The Gunman in Blacksburg, Michael R. Hill

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Ward, Lester Frank (1841-1913), Michael R. Hill

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Psychological distress by type of fertility barrier, Mary Casey Jacob, Julia McQuillan, and A. L. Greil

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Adolescent Sexual Onset: An Intergenerational Analysis, Katherine Johnson and Kimberly A. Tyler

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Infertility and Life Satisfaction Among Women, Julia McQuillan, Roselie Torres Stone, and Arthur L. Greil