Grace Chang
gczching.bsky.social
Grace Chang
@gczching.bsky.social
Quantitative researcher in Sociology, Survey Methods & Demography. Expertise on adolescence time use, wellbeing & life course transitions. Currently on the GenTime project at Oxford in comparing East Asian & Western gendered time use
We had a fun time at Mox asking children which chores they enjoy/dislike, and getting people's guesses on hours men and women in the UK spend on these activities!🧽🏡🍳@zhuofeilu.bsky.social @matthewhluo.bsky.social @manyeekan.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social #ESRCFestival @socsci.ox.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
@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
@sociologyoxford.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 6:29 AM
@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
September 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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
September 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
@mortenkthomsen.bsky.social discusses about intersex population and age-specific mortality using admin data from Denmark. Compared to endosex men, there is higher risk of mortality for intersex men in early years, and this risk decreases in later years @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025
September 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Binnaz on dating, sexual attitudes & behaviour of students in Turkey. Queer students are more likely to agree that casual dating is normal, & are more likely to disagree on patriarchal dating statements @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025
September 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
@annacaprinali.bsky.social examines whether higher education relates to higher partnership among LGB people. They find that there is no benefit of higher education. Gay/lesbian also have slower transition into a first cohabitation. @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025
September 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Honorata in estimating Europe's non-binary population using the ESS. Non-binary are less likely to be married and have children, and more likely to report having received discrimination @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025
September 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Midanna about narrative and framings around contraceptive use amount individuals, healthcare workers & decision makers in Malawi. Contraception use is framed to bring health benefits, fertility decision making and poverty reduction, raise women's education @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025
September 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
MC Compans @soc-misc.bsky.social examines factors for care seeking behaviours after miscarriages. Youngest and oldest women, women in larger towns are less likely to seek hospital care. Questions accessibility, supply of medical care, and medical preferences @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025
September 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Yujia on comparative APC effects on gender division of paid and unpaid work. Between 1985-2020, the gap in paid and unpaid work have significantly narrowed except for Japan. Gender gaps narrow across cohorts, but with some exceptions. Inverted U shape across age. @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025
September 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Shiyi examines how working from home shapes couple's housework division over time. Men working from home ⬇️ women's housework, but mainly pre-Covid, & among women with higher bargaining power. Changes are still task specific (e.g. cooking). Might show bargaining power @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025
September 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Maria Petrillo: UK cohort effects & deprivation on gender gap in unpaid care. Gender care gaps are persistent across cohorts, and likelihood of caring peaks at mid-age, probability of providing care is higher in deprived areas, below poverty line. Effects are additive @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025
September 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
@zhuofeilu.bsky.social on working from home pre-, during & after COVID on wellbeing in the UK. Mothers work from home less than any other groups. Mothers have lower enjoyment levels when working from home instead of working on site @bspsuk.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social #bsps2025
September 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
@sedovicmicha.bsky.social examine the rel. betw. internalising & externalising symptoms ➡️ fertility outcomes in UK birth cohorts. Highest externalising behaviour ⬆️ have children, more children. Highest internalising behav ⬇️ children, esp. men in higher social classes @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025
September 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Meredith examines how mental health predicts fertility, and whether there are mental health consequences after fertility. Using twin models, they find parent reported conduct problems ▶️ fertility, but not teacher/student report & Fertility ▶️ lower conduct problems #bsps2025 @bspsuk.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Zerui Tian on how online dating relates to fertility & marital outcomes across GGS countries ⬇️ Likelihood of marriage & childbearing but no diff in rel. satis or break ups. Little diff in types of matches by demog char (hypergany/hypogany) online Vs offline @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025
September 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
@yan-zhang.bsky.social On complex (or non-standard) family trajectories and mental health at age 51 in the UK. They identified 4 clusters: stable marriage, serial cohabitors, lone parents & multi-partner fertility (MFP) groups.
September 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Fane Groes gave an interesting talk at the @sociologyoxford.bsky.social Seminar Series today on education gradients in IVF success & dropout and the implications for fertility in Denmark
January 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM