Research presented in this dissertation summarizes the factors associated with adolescent sexual behavior and early childbearing. Emphasis is placed on assessing the usefulness of hypotheses suggested by two general theories ...

Since the turn of the twenty-first century, the Korean film industry has experienced a series of prodigious shifts, including a sudden growth of domestic film ticket sales. Although scholars have performed diverse research ...

The ramifications of the increasingly elderly US population will be prominent in discussions of health care in the 21st century as health care resources are increasingly limited. Health vulnerabilities of elderly Americans ...

Recent migratory shifts from metropolitan to nonmetropolitan communities of the United States have stimulated increased interest in community satisfaction research. Impacts of turnaround migration presumably will hinge on ...

The popularity and globalization of sport has led to an ever-increasing black athletic labor migration from the global South to, primarily, the U.S. and Western European countries. While the hegemonic ideology surrounding ...

This work is a qualitative study that explores how spouses in urban intermarriages in India negotiate for resources within the household as they navigate their way through varying norms that come with the different class, ...

In short, this study identifies the various ways secular feminist groups have shaped the politics of protest of Islamist women and vice versa. This turn in the discussion is related to my definition of women as agents ...