Sandra L Hanson
Biographic Data
| ID | 76289 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sandra L Hanson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sandra L |
| FAMILY NAME | Hanson |
| SIGNATURE | HANSON S L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Catholic University of America |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8975-7461 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 177 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Gender and access to STEM education and occupations in a cross-national context with a focus on Poland
A comparative gender framework and cross-national data are used to examine women’s access to STEM education in Poland and cross-nationally. The transition to STEM occupations is also considered. Findings on indicators of girl’s achievement in STEM education at the secondary level in Poland show gender imbalance, but Poland is doing better than some countries. With regard to STEM occupations, Poland is among the countries with the lowest represent…
Trends in U.S. Voting Attitudes with a Consideration of Variation by Gender and Race/Ethnicity
Low turnout rates and discussions of disaffected voters are receiving considerable attention as we approach the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. Do trends in American’s attitudes about voting and correlates of these attitudes (political involvement, efficacy, and social connectedness) confirm the pessimistic assessments and do voters across gender and race/ethnic groups think similarly? Data from the American National Election Studies (ANES) pro…
Product Review: Scientific Pioneers: Women Succeeding in Science
Scientific Pioneers: Women Succeeding in Science
Young Women, Sports, and Science
This article examines young women's access to two traditionally male domains, sport and science, from two perspectives. The structural approach suggests that sport and science are stratified by gender and have historically been chilly climates for women. The Critical approach argues that structure and agency are important in understanding sources of inequality, including gender. Data from the nationally representative High School and Beyond (HSB)…
Success in Science Among Young African American Women: The Role of Minority Families
A conceptual framework that integrates critical gender theory and a multicultural approach is used to examine young African American women's experiences in high school science. Research reveals considerable success for these young women. The multicultural approach suggests that the unique history and culture of African American families may play a critical role. Quantitative and qualitative data are used to explore the family's role in the scienc…
Gender and Attitudes about Opportunity in Eastern and Western Europe
Journal Article Gender and Attitudes about Opportunity in Eastern and Western Europe Get access Sandra L. Hanson, Sandra L. Hanson Sandra Hanson (to whom correspondence should be addressed), Department of Sociology, Catholic University, Washington, DC 20064, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Giang Wells-Dang Giang Wells-Dang Giang Wells-Dang, 86 NGO, 100 PHO SON, Hanoi, Vietnam. S…
Hidden Dragons: Asian American Women and Sport
In this research, the authors take a multicultural feminist approach to examining Asian American women's participation in sport during the high school years. Data come from the nationally representative, longitudinal National Educational Longitudinal Survey. Asian American women are virtually invisible in the sport literature in part because of simplistic stereotypes of submissive, subservient Asian American women. Findings suggest considerable d…
African American Women in Science: Experiences from High School through the Post-Secondary Years and Beyond
This essay uses data from the National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS) to provide information on the science achievement, access (course-taking), and attitudes of young African American women at various points in the science education system. In addition, it uses recent data from the NELS 2000 panel to examine these young women's entry into science occupations in the early adult years. This essay also examines the extent to which their exper…
Women in Male Domains: Sport and Science
A Critical Feminist perspective and data from the nationally representative National Educational Longitudinal Study are used to explore the relationship between involvement in sports and success in science for a recent cohort of high school aged women. We also consider whether women from different social classes and racial/ethnic groups and with different sport experiences derive similar benefits from sport. Variation in sport experience involves…
Women, Sports, and Science: Do Female Athletes Have an Advantage
Both functionalist and conflict theories of sports suggest that participation in sports may have a positive influence on achievement in science, especially for young women. The research presented here found that young women's involvement in high school sports often has a strong and positive association with their success in science in their sophomore and senior years of high school, but that participation in cheerleading is usually negatively ass…
Lost Talent: Women in the Sciences
Lost Talent: Women in the Sciences
Balancing Act: Motherhood, Marriage, and Employment among American Women
Lost Talent: Women in the Sciences
Introduction 2. Science Experiences in School and Beyond 3. Science Resources 4. Gender and Resources 5. Who Survives in Science? 6. Conclusions Appendix: Measures and Analysis Design References Index
Gender Stratification in the Science Pipeline: A Comparative Analysis of Seven Countries
This study uses a 'science pipeline' model and cross-national data to examine women's participation in science education and occupations in seven countries. Gender stratification in later science education and in science occupations is found in every country examined. Young women's participation in science education decreases with each stage in the science pipeline, but there is considerable cross-national variation in the extent of gender strati…
Gender, Family Resources, and Success in Science
This research examines the effect of gender and family resources on success in multiple areas of science. Science experiences are measured using longitudinal science trajectories. Findings show that young women are less likely than young men to persist in science, whether it is science achievement, access, or attitudes. Large numbers of women permanently exit the science pipeline after their sophomore year of high school. However, results from th…
Lost Talent: Unrealized Educational Aspirations and Expectations among U.S. Youths
L'A. presente un certain nombre de donnees collectees aux Etats-Unis en 1980 concernant l'enseignement secondaire et superieur et etudie le non-developpement de certaines aptitudes dans le cadre du systeme scolaire. Il examine les variables comme le sexe, la race, l'âge, l'origine sociale et montre que ce phenomene concerne surtout les eleves qui ont des attentes sur le plan educationnel qui ne correspondent pas a leurs aspirations, qui doivent m…
Worlds of Pain: Life in the Working-Class Family
Women's Two Roles: A Contemporary Dilemma
Young Children and Job Satisfaction
The Economic Costs and Rewards of Two-Earner, Two-Parent Families
Family Interaction
First Births in America: Changes in the Timing of Parenthood
The Antecedents of Teenage Fatherhood
The High School and Beyond Survey was used to describe young men who are at risk of becoming teenage fathers and examine the causal process leading to early fathering for young men. Bivariate results show that men who are at risk of fathering children at a young age have unique attitudes and family, school, and dating experiences. Multivariate analyses suggest that the most cogent factors affecting teenage fathering include being black, going ste…
Lost Talent: Unrealized Educational Aspirations and Expectations among U.S. Youths
L'A. presente un certain nombre de donnees collectees aux Etats-Unis en 1980 concernant l'enseignement secondaire et superieur et etudie le non-developpement de certaines aptitudes dans le cadre du systeme scolaire. Il examine les variables comme le sexe, la race, l'âge, l'origine sociale et montre que ce phenomene concerne surtout les eleves qui ont des attentes sur le plan educationnel qui ne correspondent pas a leurs aspirations, qui doivent m…
The Role of Responsibility and Knowledge in Reducing Teenage Out-of-Wedlock Childbearing
Sandra L. Hanson, David E. Myers, Alan L. Ginsburg, The Role of Responsibility and Knowledge in Reducing Teenage Out-of-Wedlock Childbearing, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 49, No. 2 (May, 1987), pp. 241-256
Women, Sports, and Science: Do Female Athletes Have an Advantage
Both functionalist and conflict theories of sports suggest that participation in sports may have a positive influence on achievement in science, especially for young women. The research presented here found that young women's involvement in high school sports often has a strong and positive association with their success in science in their sophomore and senior years of high school, but that participation in cheerleading is usually negatively ass…
The Antecedents of Teenage Fatherhood
The High School and Beyond Survey was used to describe young men who are at risk of becoming teenage fathers and examine the causal process leading to early fathering for young men. Bivariate results show that men who are at risk of fathering children at a young age have unique attitudes and family, school, and dating experiences. Multivariate analyses suggest that the most cogent factors affecting teenage fathering include being black, going ste…
Gender Stratification in the Science Pipeline: A Comparative Analysis of Seven Countries
This study uses a 'science pipeline' model and cross-national data to examine women's participation in science education and occupations in seven countries. Gender stratification in later science education and in science occupations is found in every country examined. Young women's participation in science education decreases with each stage in the science pipeline, but there is considerable cross-national variation in the extent of gender strati…
The Economic Costs and Rewards of Two-Earner, Two-Parent Families
Sex, Family Wage-Earning Status, and Satisfaction with Work
Past examinations of the job-related sources of worker satisfaction, though numerous, have ignored the possible influences of sex and family wage earning status. Developing logic to suggest that working women with combined family and occupational roles bring unique job requirements into the workplace, this article derives and evaluates two models of the antecedents of satisfaction for working men and women. Multiple regression and covariance anal…
Women in Male Domains: Sport and Science
A Critical Feminist perspective and data from the nationally representative National Educational Longitudinal Study are used to explore the relationship between involvement in sports and success in science for a recent cohort of high school aged women. We also consider whether women from different social classes and racial/ethnic groups and with different sport experiences derive similar benefits from sport. Variation in sport experience involves…
Hidden Dragons: Asian American Women and Sport
In this research, the authors take a multicultural feminist approach to examining Asian American women's participation in sport during the high school years. Data come from the nationally representative, longitudinal National Educational Longitudinal Survey. Asian American women are virtually invisible in the sport literature in part because of simplistic stereotypes of submissive, subservient Asian American women. Findings suggest considerable d…
Economic Sector and Job Satisfaction
In this article the relationship between economic sector and job satisfaction is explored. Given the absence of previous research, a framework relying on job satisfaction, dual labor market, and economic-segmentation literature is used to create two alternative hypotheses. If the externally defined objective characteristics of jobs are the critical factor in producing job satisfaction, then the 'better' jobs in the core sector will result in job …
Success in Science Among Young African American Women: The Role of Minority Families
A conceptual framework that integrates critical gender theory and a multicultural approach is used to examine young African American women's experiences in high school science. Research reveals considerable success for these young women. The multicultural approach suggests that the unique history and culture of African American families may play a critical role. Quantitative and qualitative data are used to explore the family's role in the scienc…
Young Children and Job Satisfaction
Gaining Ground: Values and High School Success
In this paper, we use the nationally representative “High School and Beyond” ( National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], 1983 ) data to examine the relationship between a wide range of values that stress the notion of responsibility and high school students’ achievement test scores, grades, discipline problems, and dropout status. We also examine the extent to which students’ behaviors outside of school (e.g., watching television, doing ho…
A Family Life-Cycle Approach to the Socioeconomic Attainment of Working Women
The Determinants of Marital Instability: Some Methodological Issues
Trends in U.S. Voting Attitudes with a Consideration of Variation by Gender and Race/Ethnicity
Low turnout rates and discussions of disaffected voters are receiving considerable attention as we approach the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. Do trends in American’s attitudes about voting and correlates of these attitudes (political involvement, efficacy, and social connectedness) confirm the pessimistic assessments and do voters across gender and race/ethnic groups think similarly? Data from the American National Election Studies (ANES) pro…
Scientific Pioneers: Women Succeeding in Science
Lost Talent: Women in the Sciences
Work and the Family: A Study in Social Demography
A Family Life-Cycle Approach to the Socioeconomic Attainment of Working Women
The Determinants of Marital Instability: Some Methodological Issues
Sex, Family Wage-Earning Status, and Satisfaction with Work
Past examinations of the job-related sources of worker satisfaction, though numerous, have ignored the possible influences of sex and family wage earning status. Developing logic to suggest that working women with combined family and occupational roles bring unique job requirements into the workplace, this article derives and evaluates two models of the antecedents of satisfaction for working men and women. Multiple regression and covariance anal…
The Determinants of Marital Instability: Another Methodological Issue
In this paper we note the inconsistent findings that characterize research on marital instability and propose several potential methodological sources of these inconsistencies. The issues addressed range from problems of external validity introduced by limited samples to the constraints imposed by the various multivariate analytic techniques utilized in previous research. An illustrative application to data from two recent nationally representati…
The Role of Responsibility and Knowledge in Reducing Teenage Out-of-Wedlock Childbearing
Sandra L. Hanson, David E. Myers, Alan L. Ginsburg, The Role of Responsibility and Knowledge in Reducing Teenage Out-of-Wedlock Childbearing, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 49, No. 2 (May, 1987), pp. 241-256
Economic Sector and Job Satisfaction
In this article the relationship between economic sector and job satisfaction is explored. Given the absence of previous research, a framework relying on job satisfaction, dual labor market, and economic-segmentation literature is used to create two alternative hypotheses. If the externally defined objective characteristics of jobs are the critical factor in producing job satisfaction, then the 'better' jobs in the core sector will result in job …
Gaining Ground: Values and High School Success
In this paper, we use the nationally representative “High School and Beyond” ( National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], 1983 ) data to examine the relationship between a wide range of values that stress the notion of responsibility and high school students’ achievement test scores, grades, discipline problems, and dropout status. We also examine the extent to which students’ behaviors outside of school (e.g., watching television, doing ho…
The Antecedents of Teenage Fatherhood
The High School and Beyond Survey was used to describe young men who are at risk of becoming teenage fathers and examine the causal process leading to early fathering for young men. Bivariate results show that men who are at risk of fathering children at a young age have unique attitudes and family, school, and dating experiences. Multivariate analyses suggest that the most cogent factors affecting teenage fathering include being black, going ste…
Family Interaction
First Births in America: Changes in the Timing of Parenthood
The Economic Costs and Rewards of Two-Earner, Two-Parent Families
Women's Two Roles: A Contemporary Dilemma
Young Children and Job Satisfaction
Worlds of Pain: Life in the Working-Class Family
Lost Talent: Unrealized Educational Aspirations and Expectations among U.S. Youths
L'A. presente un certain nombre de donnees collectees aux Etats-Unis en 1980 concernant l'enseignement secondaire et superieur et etudie le non-developpement de certaines aptitudes dans le cadre du systeme scolaire. Il examine les variables comme le sexe, la race, l'âge, l'origine sociale et montre que ce phenomene concerne surtout les eleves qui ont des attentes sur le plan educationnel qui ne correspondent pas a leurs aspirations, qui doivent m…
Gender Stratification in the Science Pipeline: A Comparative Analysis of Seven Countries
This study uses a 'science pipeline' model and cross-national data to examine women's participation in science education and occupations in seven countries. Gender stratification in later science education and in science occupations is found in every country examined. Young women's participation in science education decreases with each stage in the science pipeline, but there is considerable cross-national variation in the extent of gender strati…
Gender, Family Resources, and Success in Science
This research examines the effect of gender and family resources on success in multiple areas of science. Science experiences are measured using longitudinal science trajectories. Findings show that young women are less likely than young men to persist in science, whether it is science achievement, access, or attitudes. Large numbers of women permanently exit the science pipeline after their sophomore year of high school. However, results from th…
Lost Talent: Women in the Sciences
Lost Talent: Women in the Sciences
Balancing Act: Motherhood, Marriage, and Employment among American Women
Lost Talent: Women in the Sciences
Introduction 2. Science Experiences in School and Beyond 3. Science Resources 4. Gender and Resources 5. Who Survives in Science? 6. Conclusions Appendix: Measures and Analysis Design References Index
Women, Sports, and Science: Do Female Athletes Have an Advantage
Both functionalist and conflict theories of sports suggest that participation in sports may have a positive influence on achievement in science, especially for young women. The research presented here found that young women's involvement in high school sports often has a strong and positive association with their success in science in their sophomore and senior years of high school, but that participation in cheerleading is usually negatively ass…
Women in Male Domains: Sport and Science
A Critical Feminist perspective and data from the nationally representative National Educational Longitudinal Study are used to explore the relationship between involvement in sports and success in science for a recent cohort of high school aged women. We also consider whether women from different social classes and racial/ethnic groups and with different sport experiences derive similar benefits from sport. Variation in sport experience involves…
African American Women in Science: Experiences from High School through the Post-Secondary Years and Beyond
This essay uses data from the National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS) to provide information on the science achievement, access (course-taking), and attitudes of young African American women at various points in the science education system. In addition, it uses recent data from the NELS 2000 panel to examine these young women's entry into science occupations in the early adult years. This essay also examines the extent to which their exper…
Psychology (28 works) · Sociology (24 works) · Economics (11 works) · Gender Studies (11 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Career Development and Diversity (8 works) · Demographic economics (8 works)