Sociologist and demographer interested in stratification, family, education, and survey methodology. Occasional baker.
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Does the idea of college as a great equalizer apply to when and whom one marries? In a new paper out in Demography (@PopAssocAmerica), I use first-gen college grads as a test and find that it does not appear to apply to marriage, for a number of reasons. read.dukeupress.edu/demograp…
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Mike King retweeted
12 Jul 2024
Who receives social safety net benefits?
Find out with new #CensusData from our 2023 Survey of Income and Program Participation.
Explore fact sheets, data tables and our #DataVisualization: census.gov/newsroom/press-re…
#SIPPdata #DataViz
ALT An interactive data tool. Image text reads: Who is receiving social safety net benefits?
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Mike King retweeted
4 Mar 2024
20.7% of households with children received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in 2021, compared to 11.4% of households without children.
Check out more #CensusData on #SNAP.
▶️ census.gov/library/fact-shee…
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Mike King retweeted
12 Feb 2024
73% of adults 18 received pandemic-related Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) in 2021.
Check out our fact sheet to learn more about how these stimulus checks were used: census.gov/library/fact-shee…
#COVID19 #CensusData #SIPPdata #DataVisualization
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Mike King retweeted
19 Jan 2024
#CensusData highlights from our 2022 Survey of Income and Program Participation are now available in short, digestible data snapshots.
Explore #SIPPdata on income and social safety net participation of individuals and households in the U.S.
👉 census.gov/programs-surveys/…
ALT Three fact sheets. The image text reads: Snapshots from the Survey of Income and Program Participation
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Mike King retweeted
27 Apr 2023
March 1, 2023 marked the end of extra Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in 32 states and the District of Columbia, resulting in smaller monthly #SNAP payments for roughly 32 million people.
Learn more ▶️ census.gov/library/stories/2…
#AmericaCounts
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Mike King retweeted
21 Sep 2022
#CensusData show that the plan to reduce student loans by $10,000 would completely wipe out balances for 29.0% of those with #studentdebt and that certain demographic groups would benefit more than others.
Read more: census.gov/library/stories/2…
#AmericaCounts #surveys
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Mike King retweeted
24 May 2022
Our new interactive data tool sheds light on the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the individuals and households that received a range of social safety net benefits from 2013 to 2019.
Learn more 👉 go.usa.gov/xJx7c
#AmericaCounts
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Mike King retweeted
22 Apr 2022
BLS is planning a new survey of young people, with a focus on their education, important life events, and movement into adulthood and the labor force. We want your help in shaping the new survey by answering some questions at norc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/f… #BLSdata #NLSY
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Mike King retweeted
28 Oct 2021
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, 1 in 6 older adults participated in a wide range of needs-based assistance programs, according to an analysis of recently released data from our Survey of Income and Program Participation.
Learn more 👉 go.usa.gov/xexVd
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Does the idea of college as a great equalizer apply to when and whom one marries? In a new paper out in Demography (@PopAssocAmerica), I use first-gen college grads as a test and find that it does not appear to apply to marriage, for a number of reasons. read.dukeupress.edu/demograp…
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I argue prior lit on college as an equalizer may overstate mobility by ignoring non-economic outcomes, like marriage. First-gen women may not be reaching the full potential of their upward mobility if they aren't concentrating advantage through marriage like other college grads.
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Also, a big thanks to all those from @UWSoc and @UW_CDE who helped make this paper what it is, including Christine Schwartz, @ArianeOphir, and many others! read.dukeupress.edu/demograp…
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Student Debt Weighed Heavily on Millions Even Before Pandemic census.gov/library/stories/2…
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More than 1 in 7 social safety net recipients in 2017 were college grads census.gov/library/stories/2…
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This is an important distinction. And also a nice reminder that the experiences of first-gen college students are not entirely attributable to nor defined by family income or wealth.
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