I checked 9 sociology journals on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 using the Crossref API. For the period August 19 to August 25, I found 10 new paper(s) in 4 journal(s).

Social Forces

Review of “Fighting for a Foothold: How Government and Markets Undermine Black Middle-Class Suburbia”
Max Besbris
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Defended neighborhoods, vulnerable routines: routine activities, collective efficacy, and the social ecology of discrimination
Nicolo P Pinchak, Christopher R Browning, Bethany Boettner, J Brandon Carter, Catherine A Calder
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We describe hypotheses about how features of urban settings—including location types, sociodemographic composition, and the extent of collective efficacy (CE)—are differentially related to Black and White individuals’ risks of experiencing discrimination while conducting routine activities. These hypotheses are then tested with data from a large, representative sample of caregivers in the Adolescent Health and Development in Context study (2014–2016). We find that Black individuals are twice as likely as White individuals to report experiencing discrimination in their routine activities, and this Black-White gap is further increased among workplaces, grocery stores, and businesses relative to other locations. Additionally, Black and White individuals report similarly increased probabilities of experiencing discrimination at schools. Consistent with an extension of research on “defended neighborhoods,” exposure to higher CE is positively associated with discrimination for Black individuals especially among areas high in socioeconomic status or high in proportion White population. However, for White individuals, exposure to higher CE is negatively associated with discrimination especially among areas low in socioeconomic status or low in proportion White population. This study underscores that measuring social processes at routine activity settings, rather than just in home neighborhoods, is essential for research on everyday well-being. Further, the findings complement calls to invest in the resource capacity of high-poverty and low-proportion White neighborhoods.
Review of “Detroit Never Left: Black Space, White Borders, Latino Crossings”
Jessica Welburn Paige
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Reproduction, rejection, or adoption of indigeneity? Intergenerational patterns of ethnic classification in contemporary Mexico
Braulio GĂĽĂ©mez
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This paper examines the intergenerational transmission of Indigenous classification in Mexico, focusing on how respondents reproduce, reject, or adopt Indigenous identification in relation to how they classify their parents. Drawing on data from a novel, nationally representative survey, I analyze factors associated with two key trajectories: de-indigenization, in which respondents who classify at least one parent as Indigenous do not self-classify as Indigenous, and indigenization, in which individuals who claim no Indigenous parentage come to identify as Indigenous. The findings show that roughly 16 percent of the population differs from how they report their parents’ Indigenous status. Reports of the loss of Indigenous language across generations are primarily associated with de-indigenization. In contrast, perceived phenotypical features commonly linked to Indigenous belonging and reports of Indigenous language proficiency are more strongly associated with indigenization. Additionally, a notable subset (10 percent) identifies as both Indigenous and mestizo, a classification path correlated with higher levels of education. These patterns reveal the fluidity of ethnoracial boundaries in Mexico and illustrate how processes of cultural transmission, racialization, and stratification shape the social production of Indigenous identity through different pathways.
Sex differences in academic achievement in US adolescents: the role of maturation and impulse control
Liza Reisel, Atika Khurana
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This study investigates mechanisms underlying girls’ academic advantage over boys by examining the role of physical and pubertal maturation. Using longitudinal data from the Add Health study, we analyzed whether sex differences in maturation explain girls’ higher grade 10 GPAs, and whether these associations are mediated by planfulness or impulse control. Path analysis revealed that females’ higher GPAs were partially explained by their advanced physical maturation as rated by the interviewer (explaining 2.4 percent) and greater impulse control (explaining 7.7 percent), controlling for cognitive ability and other potential confounders. Still, a significant direct effect of biological sex on GPA remained, suggesting additional unexplained mechanisms. Planfulness predicted GPA but did not vary by sex, and neither planfulness nor impulse control were associated with perceived relative maturation.

Social Science Research

Doing gender, doing health: Disentangling the relationship between gender and health lifestyles
Bing Han, Trenton D. Mize
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Double robust, flexible adjustment methods for causal inference: An overview and an evaluation
Nathan I. Hoffmann
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Marriage endures, fertility evolves: Family dynamics and life satisfaction in China
Mengsha Luo
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Sociological Science

Social Class Differences in Parenting? Revisiting Classed Childrearing through a Video-Ethnography of Mealtime
Joanne Golann, Karen Kozlowski, Kara Brennan
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Socius

The End of Friday Nights with Friends
Neal Caren
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This study examines how Americans’ time with friends has changed over the week, focusing not on how much social interaction has declined but on when it has. Using American Time Use Survey data from 2003 to 2024 (N = 243,095), I map hourly patterns of “friend time” across the days of the week. In the early 2000s, social life followed a clear weekly rhythm: Modest weekday interaction built toward pronounced peaks on Friday and Saturday nights. Since the mid-2010s, that rhythm has collapsed. Friday night, once a central site of social activity, now looks like a typical weeknight. Saturday remains elevated but less so than before. Overall, time with friends has fallen by more than half. The mix of social activities, however, has remained stable. Americans have not replaced one form of interaction with another; they have reduced social interaction across the board. These findings point to a temporal reorganization of social life marked by the disappearance of the “night out.”