Week 6 - Submit 1st Journal article information with complete title / author (APA format) ONLY. If you are not familiar with APA format, please conduct a goggle search as there is plenty of information on the format. Again, the only thing you are submitting is the name of the journal study and author in APA format. Please read the instructions on what is an acceptable journal and what is not acceptable. If the study is older than 2014, it is too old for the assignment. Also, the study should be conducted in the United States. Studies conducted outside of the U.S. are not acceptable. The article you selected should be submitted to the assignment folder in Brightspace. Please be advised that the 1st Journal Assignment is due the week of March 4 - March 9th. For your review, I have attached a copy of a journal assignment as an example of how your assignment should look like. Please note the format and specifics on how this assignment will be graded. If you have any questions, feel free to reach me via an email. Journal Article Report Example 1. Name: Dr. Angela West 2. Date: October 14, 2023 3. Subject, Article title: = 10 points McCall, Leslie. AGender and the New Inequality: Explaining the College/Non-College Wage Gap. American Sociological Review 65, 2, (2000): 234-255. (This example citation for a periodical is in MLA format for a print article and only one of many types. Carefully review APA style guides for proper formatting of the article you use. See Begley Library web page for style guides.) 4. The research question - 15 points The research question of this article is whether there are differences by gender in the rising gap in income between college and non-college graduates. In specific it examined whether this rising inequality could be explained for either men or women or neither by the fall in demand for low skill workers versus those with higher level information or technology based skills. Other possible explanations examined for this gap in wages were: insecure employment conditions as-well-as differences by region and population growth or decline. 5. Research method: = 15 points The research method was secondary analysis of census data. Census data used were: the Census of Population Public Use Microdata Samples (5 percent) for 1990, the fully weighted Census of Population Public Use Microdata Samples (5 percent) for 1990, the 1987 Economic Census Location of Manufacturing Plants for counties, and the Regional Economic Information System for counties. Samples used were of females (1,516,731) and males (1,710,139) 25 to 64 years old working in 554 labor markets as-well-as adults, ages 18 to 64, working in 554 regional labor markets. 6. Results: 25 points a. It was found that the college/non-college wage gap was about the same for men and women aged 25 to 64, but that the reasons for this gap in income differed by gender. For women about 1/5th of regional variation in the college/non-college wage gap was explained by insecure employment conditions (joblessness, casual employment, and immigration). This variation was more than explained by all other variables combined. For men the conventional explanation for the college/non-college wage gap wa significant (that it is caused by differences in wages between low skilled and high skilled jobs), but only explained 5% of the variance across regions. Population changes as well as regional differences were 1 7. seen as better explanations of the college/non-college income gap for men. In general it was concluded that these differences in explanation by gender of regional variance in the college/non-college wage gap were due to lingering gender inequality. The likelihood of women to be in insecure temporary or sporadic positions was seem as a better explanation of the college wage gap for them than skill or even population or regional characteristics. Usefulness of study: = 10 points I believe this article is important in its usefulness to working women and advocates for women-s rights. For working women without college, the results of this study show that it is not so much lower skill that explains their differences in wages with women who graduate college, but the inherent insecurity of their position in comparison with women who graduate college. This points to women without college but secure position being able to make nearly as much on average as women who have graduated college. A downside here would be these results showing the low value given to women s degrees or their not tracking as well as mens to technical position (the results for men did show some importance for technical skill). For advocates, the above points to continuing wage inequalities for technically trained men versus women and the importance of secure position in dealing with wage differentials. Wage inequality by gender may still be an issue. * Do not forget to attach the first page of the article used when submitting your report. 1. Name SOCIOLOGY 121 - FALL 2023 Journal Article Outline 2. Date 3. Subject, Topic related to text chapter, Journal title and author (s) APA citation = 10 points = 15 points 4. Research question 5. Research method = 15 points - Refer to chapter 2 6. Results - Brief description - 1 or 2 paragraphs (the main findings and any conclusions from the article). = 25 points 7. Usefulness of the study (who could benefit from the study?) = 10 points Paper must be: • Typed, 2 full pages in length • 12 inch font • Doubled spaced only (points will be deducted for incorrect formats Attach a copy of the first page of the article you selected with the title and author when submitting your report. Correct English usage and proper sentence structure are expected in all written work and will be a factor in your grade. Again a copy of the first page of the article reviewed must also be attached to your paper.