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Inequality in the Origins and Experiences of Pain: What “Big (Qualitative) Data” Reveal About Social Suffering in the United States

Corey M. Abramson, Zhuofan Li, Tara Prendergast, Martín Sánchez-Jankowski
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences September 2024, 10 (5) 34-65; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2024.10.5.02
Corey M. Abramson
aAssociate professor in the Department of Sociology at Rice University, United States, and principal investigator of the Computational Ethnography Lab
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Zhuofan Li
bAssistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Virginia Tech, United States
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Tara Prendergast
cPhD candidate in the School of Sociology at the University of Arizona, United States
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Martín Sánchez-Jankowski
dProfessor in the Department of Sociology and director of the Center for Ethnographic Research at the University of California, Berkeley, United States
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    Semantic Network of Pain Discussions in AVP Data by Education, Four-Year College Degree or Higher

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    Semantic Network of Pain Discussions in AVP Data by Education, No Four-Year College Degree

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    Semantic Network of Pain Discussions in AVP Data by Gender Identity, Male

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    Semantic Network of Pain Discussions in AVP Data by Gender Identity, Female

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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences: 10 (5)
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Corey M. Abramson, Zhuofan Li, Tara Prendergast, Martín Sánchez-Jankowski
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Sep 2024, 10 (5) 34-65; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2024.10.5.02

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  • health
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  • social determinants of health
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