All Entries in the "Research/Study" Category
Differences in Online Gambling Preferences Between Men and Women
A new study by researchers at the University of Bergen in Norway has found women tend to prefer simpler gambling activities that focus on social interaction, compared to men who prefer strategic and competition-based games.
Study Uncovers Racial Disparities in Postpartum Depression Treatment
Although there were no disparities found in the diagnosis of perinatal mood and anxiety disorder among postpartum mothers, White women were significantly more likely to receive mental health treatment than women from other racial groups.
Study Finds Having a High-Status Network Can Result in Social Backlash for Women Professionals
The research found women with high-status connections are perceived as more dominant than their peers, and therefore subject to additional social penalties as dominance in women can be seen as defying stereotypical gender norms.
New Study Casts Doubt on CDC’s Method for Tracking Maternal Death Rates
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the maternal death rate in the United States has tripled since 1999. However, a new study has found this rate to be vastly overestimated, with virtually no change in maternal deaths over the past twenty years.
An Update on the United States Gender Pay Gap
A new report from Bankrate has examined 2022 Census Bureau data and identified the industries, jobs, and states with the smallest and largest gender pay gaps.
Study Finds Significant Increase in Women’s Representation on Boards of U.S. Private Companies
The study found that women held 17 percent of board seats in 2023, up from just 7 percent in 2019. Additionally, the percentage of companies without any women has decreased significantly from 60 percent in 2019 to 32 percent in 2023.
Study Finds Women Lawyers More Reluctant Than Male Peers to Use Artificial Intelligence Tools
A research team from the University of California Berkeley has found that although women lawyers have a greater initial reluctance to AI tools than male lawyers, once they are introduced to AI programs, both genders report an increase in productivity.
Report Finds Increase in Deaths From Excessive Alcohol Among American Women
From 2016 to 2021, deaths that were at least partially contributed to alcohol use in the United States increased by 29 percent. American women’s alcohol-related deaths during this time increased by 35 percent.
Cornell University Provides An Update on the Progress and Lingering Disparities of Women Faculty in STEM
Despite the popular theory that women are disadvantaged in STEM fields compared to their male peers, the research team from Cornell University found women STEM faculty have achieved gender parity with their male peers in many areas of academia.
Study Finds Women More Likely Than Men to Die or Be Seriously Injured in Car Crashes
Men represent the largest portion of total annual car crash victims, however, a new study has found women are more likely than men to die or be seriously injured in car crashes of a similar severity.
Study Examines How the Brain Changes During and After Pregnancy
In a study of 110 women, researchers from Charles III University of Madrid have examined the changes women’s brains go through during and after pregnancy, and how the method of delivery affects those changes.
Oregon State University Study Explores the Evolution of Women’s Representation in Gun Advertisements
Researchers from Oregon State University have examined the evolution of women’s representation in gun advertisements and how gun marketing strategies have contributed to the recent rise in American women’s gun ownership.
Study Debunks Theory That Women CEOs Are More Risk-Adverse Than Male Peers
Although women CEOs make less acquisitions than men overall, the study found no difference in their levels of acquisitions when they are faced with high levels of scrutiny, such as pressure from stakeholders and media attention.
Women are Underrepresented in Global Veterinary Medicine Leadership Positions Despite Overrepresentation in the Field
In analyzing 720 veterinary schools in 118 countries, the study found that although women represent 90 percent of veterinary students, they only account for 34.6 of leaders in the field.
Report Finds Only 18 Percent of 2023 Top-Grossing Films Feature More Women Characters Than Men
Every year since 2002, Dr. Martha Lauzen of San Diego State University conducts the “It’s a Men’s (Celluloid) World” report to analyze the representation of women in film. This year’s study found women’s share of lead roles in 2023 movies decreased compared to 2022.
Single Women Own Over 2.7 Million More Homes Than Single Men in the United States
After analyzing U.S. Census data from 2022, LendingTree has found single women own 2.71 million more homes than men, and represent 12.93 percent of all home-owners in America, compared to single men who own 10.22 percent of American homes.
Research Finds Men Psychology Professors Less Likely to Remember Their Women Colleagues
The researcher team believes men’s forgetfulness when it comes to remembering their women colleagues may explain the current citation gap in psychology, where women only represent about 30 percent of citations, even though they represent about 66 percent of faculty in the field.
Study Finds High School Biology Textbooks Fail to Differentiate Between Sex and Gender
“The findings serve as a call to action—it is important that the high school biology curriculum is revised so that it reflects accurate scientific knowledge rather than misguided assumptions that may foster gender stereotyping and discrimination,” says Andrei Cimpian, a professor in the psychology department at New York University.
Research Finds Gender Inequality Among Yale University Undergraduate STEM Majors
Men represent a large majority of undergraduate students in the physics, engineering, and computer science majors at Yale University. Although women’s representation in STEM at Yale University has increased over the past two decades, the growth falls short of the advancements made at similar institutions.
Patients’ Experience With Childbirth Largely Depends on Type of Care Received Rather Than Birthing Method
New research from Oregon State University, Yale University, and the University of British Columbia has determined patients’ perceptions of their birthing experience are primarily affected by how they were treated and if they felt listened to, regardless of whether the birth was vaginal or via cesarean.
Study Finds Women May Receive More Health Benefits From Exercise Than Men
“[Exercise] is an incredibly powerful way to live healthier and longer,” says Dr. Susan Cheng of the Smidt Heart Institute. “Women on average tend to exercise less than men and hopefully these findings inspire more women to add extra movement to their lives.”
Study Finds Virtually No Increase in Women’s Representation in STEM Characters in Television and Film Over the Past Five Years
The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media builds on their previous study analyzing women’s representation in STEM characters in entertainment, finding that only 38 percent of on-screen STEM characters from 2018 to 2022 were women.
Study Finds Gender Bias is More Prevalent in Online Images Than Online Text
“This isn’t only about the frequency of gender bias online,” says Douglas Guilbeault, professor at the University of California Berkeley. “Part of the story here is that there’s something very sticky, very potent about images’ representation of people that text just doesn’t have.”
Remote Work Opportunities Lead to a More Diverse Applicant Pool
Between 2018 and 2022, there was a 15 percent increase in women and a 33 percent increase in underrepresented minority applicants for open STEM positions, suggesting remote work opportunities are more likely to attract diverse candidates than on-site positions.
The Gender Gap in the Time It Takes to Earn a Doctoral Degree
Men were far more likely than women to earn a doctorate before the age of 30. Some 43.2 percent of women earned their doctorate before the age of 30. For men, 46.8 percent of all doctoral degree recipients in 2022 were below the age of 30.
Study Finds Differing Beliefs About Feminism Between Men and Women Under 30
Researchers from King’s College London have found young men and women in the United Kingdom are divided on the value of feminism in today’s society and going forward.
New Research Analyzes Relationship Between Education Level and Fertility Goals
A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Ohio State University has found that highly educated individuals are more likely to intend to have children than those with less educational experience.
After Four Years of Decline, the Number of Women Earning Research Doctorates Was Up 10 Percent in 2022
The good news is tempered by the fact that in 2022 women earned only 32.7 percent of the doctorates in the physical sciences. In engineering, women earned 27.2 percent of the doctorates awarded in 2022 and in mathematics women earned just 22.7 of all doctorates awarded.
Washington University Discovers Increased Breast Cancer Diagnoses Among Women Under 50
Researchers at the School of Medicine at Washington University have discovered the rate of breast cancer diagnoses for women under age 50 has steadily increased over the past 20 years, with an even greater increase found among young Black women.
Study Analyzes Positive Effects of Peer Counseling Breastfeeding Programs in Rural Minnesota
Federally-funded breastfeeding peer-counseling programs have been initiated across the United States to increase the rates of breastfeeding among low-income and rural women. Researchers at the University of Minnesota have found promising results upon analyzing the success of programs in Minnesota counties.
Research Finds Pattern of Sexism in Classical Music Industry
“Fewer than 23 percent of career pianists are women, yet in the conservatoires it’s roughly 50:50. As they leave college, the men soar while the women are not getting opportunities,” says Fiona Sinclair, chief executive of the Leeds International Piano Competition. “The more we get into actual statistics, it’s clear that something’s broken.”
Research from the University of Southern California Examines Link Between Sex Hormones and Aging
“Finding a female-specific effect vindicates the fact that we do need to study both men and women and that we’re probably making a lot of wrong assumptions about the state of things by just looking at males,” notes Bérénice Benayoun, an assistant professor of gerontology, biological sciences, biochemistry, and molecular medicine at the university.
University of Georgia Study Finds Women Farmers Can Be Prone to Binge-Drinking
The results found that although women were less likely than men to report alcohol use, when they did report it, it was more likely to be binge-drinking. The study also found women farmers have significantly higher levels of stress.
University of Illinois Chicago Scholars Find Connection Between Menstrual Cycle and Risk of Suicide
A research team from the University of Illinois Chicago conducted a study that tracked patients’ mental health symptoms over the course of at least one menstrual cycle, discovering results that link an increased risk of suicidal ideation during the days just before and after menstruation.
College Enrollments Increased This Past Fall, the First Uptick Since the Pandemic
Women’s enrollment stabilized this year with a small increase of 0.3 percent after large pandemic-era declines. Men’s enrollment continued to grow with 64,000 additional male student enrollments from a year ago. This was an increase of 1.1 percent.
