ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Reynolds (Ren) Farley, a sociologist and demographer who used Census data to illuminate the persistence of racial segregation in American cities, died on September 12, at 88. He was...

Enforcement agencies and an emerging category of law: examining EEOC processing of sexual orientation and gender identity charges - Volume 58 Issue 4

The demographic future of the planet has rarely been as questioned as it is today. For much of the 20th century, the demographic transition theory provided a clear narrative: With modernization and de...

Drawing upon the Generations Study, a longitudinal U.S. national probability survey, we examine sexual fluidity among 894 sexual minority adults over three waves of survey data. We find that pluris...

Measurement strategies for gauging sexual identity within the United States’s population-based data infrastructure are evolving. Despite notable advancements, m...

While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated.

The administration's cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services are going to do irreparable harm to the nation’s health.

This 2nd edition of the International Handbook on the Demography of Sexuality provides new insight into the developing field of demography of sexuality

Feminist scholars have written for decades about the radical potential, if not the necessity, of ungendering for resisting gender inequality. Yet much of this w...

Despite low U.S. fertility rates since the Great Recession, two-child norms remain pervasive, suggesting individuals are unable to achieve their goals. To understand what may be driving the apparent m...

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Article: Demographic Differences in Responses to a Two-Step Gender Identity Measure | Sociological Science | Posted May 6, 2025

President Trump and right-wing politicians in Europe have railed against trans rights. Britain’s top court has now added its voice to the discussion.

Introduction The year 2024 marked the 20th anniversary of legal marriage for same-sex couples in the USA, which began in Massachusetts in 2004, and it has been almost a decade since Obergefell v. Hodg...

If the Trump administration continues targeting DEI in science and seeking to slash funding, American science will look fundamentally different.

The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.

As activists and scholars look toward nationally representative surveys for quality data regarding gender and sexual minorities, it is important to understand how top-utilized social surveys may be re...

The number of people who identify as LGBTQ+ more than doubled in the past decade, and with this growth has come an upsurge of expressive identity labels. Howeve...

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The decision to have a child is seldom a simple one, often fraught with complexities regarding emotional readiness, finances, marital status, and compatibili...

Abstract. The sexual and romantic activities of unmarried women at midlife are often invisible in survey research based on normative categories of adult in

Graduate Program UC Berkeley Demography offers three graduate degree tracks independently and in conjunction with the department of Sociology. Ph.D. in Demography The doctoral program is intended to p...

Article: The Multiracial Complication: The 2020 Census and the Fictitious Multiracial Boom | Sociological Science | Posted December 3, 2024

It is often assumed that sexual and romantic attractions are aligned: that the gender(s) a person is attracted to sexually “matches” the gender(s) to which they...

Thursday 12 December, 7pm-8pm UK time Join us for our final meeting of 2024, a very special in conversation event with Professors Rene Almeling and Lisa Campo-Engelstein. Photo credit: Figures of h…

Abstract. Past studies have established the existence of a persistent gender gap in re-partnering, wherein women are less likely to re-partner than men in

Enforcement agencies and an emerging category of law: examining EEOC processing of sexual orientation and gender identity charges