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Grace Chang @gczching.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Friday, it is coming up to Week 0 in Oxford, and I am ready for the work, to meet my cool colleagues again, and embracing autumn! 🎃Also the chaos of trying to apply for as many small grants as possible, of course! My small solace is that it's mid-autumn festival next Monday🥮

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Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · 15d

📝💡 New research by Prof @manyeekan.bsky.social & Dr @gczching.bsky.social finds that teenage girls spend more time on domestic work than boys - with the largest gender gaps found in Western societies, though still pronounced in East Asia.

🔗 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/stud...

Quote from Dr Grace Change: "Understanding adolescent behaviours enables demographers to identify early life cycle factors contributing to gender inequality, examine their effect on transitions to adulthood, and assess their long-term implications for population change and behaviour."

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Grace Chang @gczching.bsky.social · 26d

#HappyFriday! Happy that my paper with @manyeekan.bsky.social is out! www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... Can I also say the managing editor for DR is incredibly nice, efficient, and patient!

https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/53/17🥳

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Grace Chang @gczching.bsky.social · 26d

3/ You can find the full version of the paper here! www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Demographic Research - Gendered adolescent time use in Japan, Korea, Finland, and the United Kingdom across three decades (Volume 53 - Article 17 | Pages 511–524)

Volume 53 - Article 17 | Pages 511–524

www.demographic-research.org

Grace Chang @gczching.bsky.social · 26d

2/ Gender gaps in East Asia are most pronounced in sports/exercise and leisure, but gender gaps in domestic work are larger in Western societies. Over time, the gender gaps in East Asia remain stable, showing slower progress than Western contexts

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Grace Chang @gczching.bsky.social · 26d

1/ There are minimal gender gaps in sleep/personal care and education. Globally, girls spend more time on domestic work, and there is a rise in general leisure across decades, but gender gaps have not narrowed across time

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Grace Chang @gczching.bsky.social · 26d

@manyeekan.bsky.social and I show distinct time use patterns of 10-17 yo in Japan, Korea, UK, and Finland across 3 decades. Persistent 🚺🚹 gaps in East Asia reflect adult gender inequality, but gender gaps in domestic work are not nec smaller in more gender equal ctrys
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Grace Chang @gczching.bsky.social · 28d

I have been getting in touch with Malaysian researchers to understand their expertise and thoughts surrounding fieldwork and surveys with adolescents, and am really touched at how they go out of their way to advice & share their experiences, often quoting "Anything for the nation" #midweekmotivation

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National Centre for Social Research @natcen.bsky.social · 29d

📢 Don’t miss NatCen’s Better Start Annual Report Webinar!

Hear from leading researchers incl. Mary McKaskill, Thea Schei, Natasha Phillips, Janet Boddy, Beth Young & Makenzie Uglow on what works to improve outcomes for children + families.

🔗 natcen.ac.uk/events/bette...

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Grace Chang @gczching.bsky.social · Sep 5

@ruhuama.bsky.social presented her findings about gender ideologies in China and the likelihood of marriage. Women who are more gender equal are less likely to marry, even after controlling for financial situations. For men, this relationship is less pronounced. @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025

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Grace Chang @gczching.bsky.social · Sep 4

4/ women doing > paid labour than their partners are happier, but opposite for men if they do > paid labour.

5/ Still more work to be done, really appreciated all the feedback and ideas at the conference!

Grace Chang @gczching.bsky.social · Sep 4

3/ gender ideology does not mediate the relationship between gender division of (un)paid labour and wellbeing

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Grace Chang @gczching.bsky.social · Sep 4

2/ more gender traditional men have lower happiness and life satisfaction

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Grace Chang @gczching.bsky.social · Sep 4

1/ we find that unequal gender balance in chores leads to lower happiness and life satisfaction among women

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Grace Chang @gczching.bsky.social · Sep 4

I was really happy to host the gender ideologies session, and do the first presentation of our work using the UK GGS on gendered division of labour and gender ideologies on wellbeing with @matthewhluo.bsky.social @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025 @sociologyoxford.bsky.social