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title: "Appendix A: Distinctive terms by topic in r/Parenting posts"
description: "All 29,925 Reddit posts in our dataset were classified by mentions of three topics: family finances, technology use, and division of labor. We used a pointwise mutual information (PMI) metric to identify terms that are associated with posts mentioning each topic. Distinctive terms for each topic are listed in the table below."
date: "2025-11-12"
authors:
  - name: "Anna Lieb"
    job_title: "Computational Social Science Assistant"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/anna-lieb/"
  - name: "Athena Chapekis"
    job_title: "Data Science Analyst"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/athena-chapekis/"
  - name: "Sono Shah"
    job_title: "Associate Director, Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/sono-shah/"
  - name: "Aaron Smith"
    job_title: "Director, Data Labs"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/aaron-smith/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/2025/11/12/appendix-a-distinctive-terms-by-topic-in-r-parenting-posts/"
categories:
  - "Children & Tech"
  - "More Platforms & Services"
  - "Parenthood"
  - "Social Media"
  - "Social Relations & Tech"
---

# Appendix A: Distinctive terms by topic in r/Parenting posts

All 29,925 Reddit posts in our dataset were classified by mentions of three topics: family finances, technology use, and division of labor. We used a [pointwise mutual information](https://www.pewresearch.org/decoded/2022/07/13/analyzing-text-for-distinctive-terms-using-pointwise-mutual-information/) (PMI) metric to identify terms that are associated with posts mentioning each topic. Distinctive terms for each topic are listed in the table below.

[![A table showing Distinctive terms by topic in r/Parenting posts](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2025/11/pl_2025.11.12_reddit-parenting_a_01.png?w=420)](https://www.pewresearch.org/?attachment_id=279047)

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