Exploring social science data
Projects in progress
I’m in the early stages of these projects, but I’ve got some interesting basics in place. I’ll be updating this website as I work through these datasets.
Understanding the Fundamentally Different Life-Patterns of U.S. Millennial Women
Using data from a large longitudinal study (NLSY97), I look at how differently situated women put together lives with widely contrasting mixes of education, partying, sexual activity, cohabitation, churchgoing, having children, and income — and how these various mixes combine into recognizable sequenced life-patterns.
The Big Demographic Splits Driving U.S. Politics
Using an enormous dataset combining various large publicly available sources (CES, GSS, ANES, PRRI, Pew, etc.), I take a look at the highest-impact divisions involving race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, education, income, region, age/generation, work, and so on.
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I’m Jason Weeden, a retired lawyer and researcher. I’m not monetizing or selling anything — just having fun trying to understand and explain complex topics that interest me. You can look me up on Google Scholar for a list of academic publications. JD from the University of Texas at Austin; PhD in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.
Substack: chartyarps.substack.com
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