Gender-of-author differences in study design of older adult friendship surveys.
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Rebecca G. Adams, Professor (Creator)
- Jenny Berggren (Contributor)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: This research extends literature documenting gender differences in choice of quantitative or qualitative methods by examining whether men and women make different decisions regarding study design within one type of quantitative method—survey research. The population consists of 117 surveys (1960–1999) of older adults about friendship. We find that the use of communal methods, especially by women scholars, increased over time, and researchers who are women are more likely to use "communal" survey methods than researchers who are men. The gender difference in use of communal methods is not necessarily explained by essential differences between men and women or even by gender differences in commitment to feminist research as previous scholars have argued; rather, it is possibly explained by structured differences in access to resources to do agentic research.
Gender-of-author differences in study design of older adult friendship surveys.
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Personal Relationships 13(4):503-520
- Language: English
- Date: 2006
- Keywords
- Elderly, Friendship, Relationships