Clifford Ross

Got some film developed from a gloomy day at Boston Common during #gsa2025. Also a picture of Hamlet because there was one photo left on the roll.

Women with early unintended births have more unsecured debt at midlife than those without an unintended birth. New work with Mieke Beth Thomeer, @wolfesociology.bsky.social, and Shantay Williams is out in @demresjournal.bsky.social!

Reposting this with the finalized (and much better looking!) article link.

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Went to Chicago for #ASA2025 and accidentally only took photos of the architecture tour and a hotdog.

Happy peach season to those who celebrate.

It turns out that racial disparities in end-of-life quality are complex. See our new #jgss study to find out how!

Five days left to submit your abstract(s) for the 2025 SDA Meeting in Lexington, KY (due Friday, July 25)! Check the meeting website for more info about the conference and for the link to submit your paper or poster abstract or to propose a session/panel: sda-demography.org/sys/website/...

I was able to spend a few hours as a tourist post- #PAA2025

If you look closely, you can see some Tennessee representation to the top right! It was a great day advocating for population research on Capitol Hill.

Twin study of heritability of eating bread in Danish and Finnish men and women - PubMed Bread is an elementary part of the western diet, and especially rye bread is regarded as an important source of fibre. We investigated the heritability of eating bread in terms of choice of white and ...

I have always hated rye, which is a bummer because I like all the other components of a Reuben.

I was happy to learn that I could blame it on genetics. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20397746/ (or at least that’s what I chose to do after reading this)

The Health Benefits of Extended Union Membership Among Women: A Family Status Perspective - Clifford Ross, 2024 Workers in labor unions have better access to high-quality health insurance plans, better pensions, and higher wages leading to increased lifetime earnings like...

It turns out that over the life course unions matter for women’s health!

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