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Philip N Cohen

@philipncohen.com

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Sociologist and demographer, University of Maryland; director of SocArXiv. New book out! Citizen Scholar: Public Engagement for Social Scientists https://cup.columbia.edu/book/citizen-scholar/9780231555418
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Philip N. Cohen is an American sociologist. He is a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park, and director of SocArXiv, an open archive of the social sciences. .. more

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 20h

I'm about 18 months and 20,000 words into the "pronatalism" tag on Family Inequality. Surely this means my book is almost done.
familyinequality.wordpress.com/tag/pronatal...

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 8h

This year we could have saved everyone the time of going to the open enrollment "fair" by just sending out an email that said, "None of the plans cover it."

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 8h

(Assuming "attrition" includes death)

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 8h

I would love to see the table of attrition rates by age and weight.

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 8h

Or they haven't worked it out and just want to save money now?

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 10h

Ya, "early children" is interesting, but it's not the same as "children"

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 11h

This is Brad's graph: just children across time for age 25-35. It's not crazy but I think cohorts is better, and people changing views as they age concerns me as a thing to be untangled

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Emily Heydon @emilyheydon.bsky.social · 12h

they always claim to be having so many kids because they’re against birth control, but their views on birth control also conveniently expand the number of people who hold their conservative views very rapidly

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 12h

One problem is Brad had children born to women ages 18-40 or something by political views, as a group. But if you look by cohort and age, views change :-0 . People get more conservative with age, on average. And I'm guessing that's not unrelated to, say, going to college versus marriage and children

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 12h

Conservatives have more children nowadays. Seems to be true, descriptively (though Brad's analysis is a mess). This is women's probability of being conservative by number of children, across birth cohorts in the GSS
(note: 3 is >=3 children):

Reposted by Steve Peers, Philip N. Cohen, Erin O’Donnell

Paulina Ochoa Espejo @pochoaespejo.bsky.social · 16h

“I had to take the baby from my crying wife’s arms.“ It hasn’t even been a year, and this is not a scandal anymore? What is wrong with us?

Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens

www.nytimes.com

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Musa al-Gharbi @musaalgharbi.bsky.social · 16h

My first essay for @bostonglobe.com analyzes the 2025 elections and what, if anything, they portend for the midterms.

tldr: voters didn't show unique enthusiasm for @democrats.org or any particular faction or candidate therein. But the very banal outcomes are encouraging anyway.

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 20h

I would love to see the academic version of that sitcom set in the EUI offices

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 20h

Oh good, thanks for deciding!

Reposted by Philip N. Cohen, Christina Pagel

Politico @politico.com · 20h

Trump rages about New York Times story on age: ‘PERFECT PHYSICAL EXAM AND A COMPREHENSIVE COGNITIVE TEST’

The president, now 79, is the oldest person ever elected to the Oval Office.

dlvr.it

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 1d

Ok, that report is a wild ride. What a mess!

(My question is the political ideology effects of marriage/parenthood versus college on young adults. Someone must have done that?)

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Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · 1d

In Japan and want to learn about #openscience, #opendata, #datamanagementplan and The Japanese Social Stratification and Mobility Survey? Come out December 16th to the University of Tokyo @die-bonn.de @meta-rep.bsky.social

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 1d

130. Countries with higher total fertility have lower life satisfaction (using the Cantril ladder measure). This is mostly explained by development (HDI is life expectancy, education, and income). However, in the most developed countries the TFR-satisfaction relationship is strongly positive.

Reposted by Michael Barnett, Philip N. Cohen, Devon Greyson , and 1 more Michael Barnett, Philip N. Cohen, Devon Greyson, Ryan Calo

Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 1d

Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough.

Pertussis, best prevented with a vaccine, has killed three Kentucky babies in the last 12 months.

kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...

Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern

A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.

kentuckylantern.com

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 1d

EU countries don't have to allow same-sex marriages, but they have to recognize them if performed in other EU states. Sort of in between our Windsor and Obergefell cases.

www.reuters.com

Reposted by Marc Lynch, Philip N. Cohen, Peter Fallesen

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 2d

Gaza: Study Reveals Unprecedented Losses of Life & Life Expectancy
Researchers from MPIDR & the Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) investigated the impact of the conflict in Gaza on mortality. Life expectancy 2024 fell to nearly half the level expected without the war. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/GazaLE

Reposted by Philip N. Cohen, Rebecca Tushnet, Kate Jackson

Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 2d

Any time corporate executives are in a room together and don't know they're being recorded, the transcript is like: "Christ, I hate our customers. We're agreed that we all hate our customers? Let's lie to the IRS, criminally. Did I mention the Holocaust never happened? Put more lead in our soda."

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 2d

Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...

In the lawsuit, Garza alleges Bally said Campbell's makes
"highly processed food" for "poor people" and made several derogatory comments about Indian employees, calling them "idiots."
"We have s--t for f**king poor people. Who buys our s--t? | don't buy Campbell's products barely anymore. It's not healthy now that I know what the f—'s in it," part of the recording said. "Bioengineered meat -- I don't wanna eat a piece of chicken that came from a 3-D printer."

Reposted by Steve Peers, Philip N. Cohen, Alan Richardson , and 2 more Steve Peers, Philip N. Cohen, Alan Richardson, Kate Jackson, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 2d

Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...

Reposted by Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Jean Burgess, Philip N. Cohen , and 11 more Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Jean Burgess, Philip N. Cohen, Cathy N. Davidson, Benjamin Braun, Robert C. Richards, Laurent Dubois, Alan Richardson, Brian Keegan, Kate Starbird, Lisa Diedrich, Larry W. Hunter, Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 2d

Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.

www.cbsnews.com

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 2d

If not Cowen they might be just digging up what seem like obscure biblical names, like Ezekiel

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