Ateneo Social Science Research Center
List of Completed Research and Extension Projects by Category (1970-2009)
Children and Youth
Women and Gender Issues
Fertility, Family Planning and Population
Education
Health
Environment
Agriculture
Cooperatives
Housing and Urban Development
Business
Politics and Governance
Program Planning and Evaluation
Bicol Data Set
Research Articles
Development and the Urban Poor: Bridging the Gap between Research and Users
by Sonia S. ImperialThe social scientists contribute to the dissemination of their research findings, but their involvement is less recognized in the planning stage. This unhappy state would probably explain the failure of government policies and even well-planned poverty reduction programs to address the very roots of the problem. For their part, committed social scientists contend that the government's overconcentration of economic growth has tended to sidetrack the realities of poverty and the societal structure that promotes it. In fact, the perpetuation of poverty is sometimes viewed as an un-intended side effect of macro-economic policies.
Musings of a Male on Male Aggression in a University Campus
by Jon Michael R. VillaseñorCuriosity appears to be the lamest reason, particularly for such acts as voyeurism and tsansing". Participants explain that such acts are meant only to have a peek at what women are wearing underneath their clothes or how certain prominent body parts of a female feel like.
As one male student puts it, "I have seen her insides and touched a sensitive part; I can therefore best fantasize about her in my group, and my peers exalt me for it."
Determinants of Two Major Early-childhood Diseases and their Treatment in the Philippines: Findings from the 1993 National Demographic Survey of the Philippines
by Michael A. Costello, Lauro C. Lleno and Eric R. JensenUnwanted children were not only more likely to fall ill with acute respiratory infection but also less likely to receive adequate health care.