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Gun Cultures or Honor Cultures? Explaining Regional and Race Differences in Weapon Carrying
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Felson, Richard B.; Pare, Paul-Philippe – Social Forces, 2010
We use the National Violence against Women (and Men) Survey to examine the effects of region and race on the tendency to carry weapons for protection. We find that Southern and Western whites are much more likely than Northern whites to carry guns for self-protection, controlling for their risk of victimization. The difference between Southern and…
Descriptors: Weapons, Violence, Females, Whites
Social Contexts and Core Discussion Networks: Using a Choice-Constraint Approach to Study Similarity in Intimate Relationships
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Mollenhorst, Gerald; Volker, Beate; Flap, Henk – Social Forces, 2008
Social contexts in which confidants get to know each other affect the composition of their personal networks, inter alia the similarity among confidants. Results from analyses on a representative sample of the Dutch population between 18 and 65 years of age (SSND 2000), support the idea that differences in similarity among confidants can be…
Descriptors: Intimacy, Social Influences, Context Effect, Interpersonal Relationship
The Sex Difference in Depression across 29 Countries
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Hopcroft, Rosemary L.; Bradley, Dana Burr – Social Forces, 2007
The sex difference in depression is well documented in westernized, developed societies, although there has been little quantitative cross-cultural research on the topic. In this study, we use multilevel logit models to examine sex differences in depression across 29 countries using data from the World Values Survey. We find that in no country are…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Depression (Psychology), Gender Differences, Psychological Patterns