We had a fun time at Mox asking children which chores they enjoy/dislike, and getting people's guesses on hours men and women in the UK spend on these activities!🧽🏡🍳@zhuofeilu.bsky.social @matthewhluo.bsky.social @manyeekan.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social #ESRCFestival @socsci.ox.ac.uk
Join us next Tuesday (28th) 09:00 - 13:00 for a family-fun guessing game about invisible forms of work at the Museum of Oxford! 🧹🧽🍳👩🍼Cute tokens to win, and you get to hear a bit about our work! @zhuofeilu.bsky.social @matthewhluo.bsky.social @manyeekan.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social
The GenTime team @zhuofeilu.bsky.social @matthewhluo.bsky.social @manyeekan.bsky.social will be hosting family-friendly guessing games about 'Invisible Work' at the Museum of Oxford, 28th Oct 👉Click to find out more! www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/invisible-work @sociologyoxford.bsky.social #ESRCFestival
Happy Friday, it is coming up to Week 0 in Oxford, and I am ready for the work, to meet my cool colleagues again, and embracing autumn! 🎃Also the chaos of trying to apply for as many small grants as possible, of course! My small solace is that it's mid-autumn festival next Monday🥮
Quote from Dr Grace Change: "Understanding adolescent behaviours enables demographers to identify early life cycle factors contributing to gender inequality, examine their effect on transitions to adulthood, and assess their long-term implications for population change and behaviour."
📝💡 New research by Prof @manyeekan.bsky.social & Dr @gczching.bsky.social finds that teenage girls spend more time on domestic work than boys - with the largest gender gaps found in Western societies, though still pronounced in East Asia.
🔗 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/stud...
#HappyFriday! Happy that my paper with @manyeekan.bsky.social is out! www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... Can I also say the managing editor for DR is incredibly nice, efficient, and patient!
2/ Gender gaps in East Asia are most pronounced in sports/exercise and leisure, but gender gaps in domestic work are larger in Western societies. Over time, the gender gaps in East Asia remain stable, showing slower progress than Western contexts
1/ There are minimal gender gaps in sleep/personal care and education. Globally, girls spend more time on domestic work, and there is a rise in general leisure across decades, but gender gaps have not narrowed across time
@manyeekan.bsky.social and I show distinct time use patterns of 10-17 yo in Japan, Korea, UK, and Finland across 3 decades. Persistent 🚺🚹 gaps in East Asia reflect adult gender inequality, but gender gaps in domestic work are not nec smaller in more gender equal ctrys
@sociologyoxford.bsky.social
I have been getting in touch with Malaysian researchers to understand their expertise and thoughts surrounding fieldwork and surveys with adolescents, and am really touched at how they go out of their way to advice & share their experiences, often quoting "Anything for the nation" #midweekmotivation
📢 Don’t miss NatCen’s Better Start Annual Report Webinar!
Hear from leading researchers incl. Mary McKaskill, Thea Schei, Natasha Phillips, Janet Boddy, Beth Young & Makenzie Uglow on what works to improve outcomes for children + families.
🔗 natcen.ac.uk/events/bette...
@ruhuama.bsky.social presented her findings about gender ideologies in China and the likelihood of marriage. Women who are more gender equal are less likely to marry, even after controlling for financial situations. For men, this relationship is less pronounced. @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025
4/ women doing > paid labour than their partners are happier, but opposite for men if they do > paid labour.
5/ Still more work to be done, really appreciated all the feedback and ideas at the conference!
3/ gender ideology does not mediate the relationship between gender division of (un)paid labour and wellbeing
2/ more gender traditional men have lower happiness and life satisfaction
1/ we find that unequal gender balance in chores leads to lower happiness and life satisfaction among women
I was really happy to host the gender ideologies session, and do the first presentation of our work using the UK GGS on gendered division of labour and gender ideologies on wellbeing with @matthewhluo.bsky.social @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025 @sociologyoxford.bsky.social
@mortenkthomsen.bsky.social also delivered an incredible presentation despite the gods of technology shutting down his screen multiple times!
@mortenkthomsen.bsky.social discusses about intersex population and age-specific mortality using admin data from Denmark. Compared to endosex men, there is higher risk of mortality for intersex men in early years, and this risk decreases in later years @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025
Binnaz on dating, sexual attitudes & behaviour of students in Turkey. Queer students are more likely to agree that casual dating is normal, & are more likely to disagree on patriarchal dating statements @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025
@annacaprinali.bsky.social examines whether higher education relates to higher partnership among LGB people. They find that there is no benefit of higher education. Gay/lesbian also have slower transition into a first cohabitation. @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025
1/ interesting discussions around definitions of non-binary, cis-gender, and the sliding scales of femininity and masculinity
@honoratabogusz.bsky.social
Honorata in estimating Europe's non-binary population using the ESS. Non-binary are less likely to be married and have children, and more likely to report having received discrimination @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025
2/ silences concerning negative outcomes with contraceptive use
1/ at national level, narratives around population growth, number of children and changes in method mix
Midanna about narrative and framings around contraceptive use amount individuals, healthcare workers & decision makers in Malawi. Contraception use is framed to bring health benefits, fertility decision making and poverty reduction, raise women's education @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025
@selinkoksal.bsky.social discusses miscarriage reporting & variation in UK surveys. Definitions are unclear, social desirability bias & issues in recognising pregnancy. Discrepancies potentially due to framing effect, or potentially cohort effects @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025 @soc-misc.bsky.social
MC Compans @soc-misc.bsky.social examines factors for care seeking behaviours after miscarriages. Youngest and oldest women, women in larger towns are less likely to seek hospital care. Questions accessibility, supply of medical care, and medical preferences @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025