Relationships and Marriages, Sex and Childbearing (plus abortion) among recent University graduates.
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Description of research project:
This project relies on longitudinal in-depth interviews to explainhow changes in the choices of how many children one can have change over time among recentuniversity graduates. Additionally, it seeks to understand their sexual reproductive lives byinterrogating their sexual experiences considering the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects.
Description of work that will be assigned to research assistants:
Duties on this project rangefrom short and full summary memo writing based on interview transcripts, creating excerpts,literature searches, preliminary qualitative data analysis; to, including others but with in similarcontexts.
-Orientation should be expected prior to any activity/duty and broad training will be providedwhere necessary.
-No prior knowledge on the topics of interest or duties is required.
Supervising Faculty Member: Professor Sarah Burgard
Graduate Student: Charles Katulamu
Contact information: katulamu@umich.edu
Average hours of work per week: 3-12
Range of credit hours students can earn: 1-4
Number of positions available: 2
