Eric Stone is a doctoral candidate at the University of Maryland, College Park. His research is situated in the realm of family, health, and aging – with an emphasis on the experiences of sexual and gender minority populations. Eric primarily uses quantitative methods to identify and explore patterns of inequality (and their consequences). His second-year paper focused on amounts and types of leisure as behavioral indicators of health and social integration. Using 2003-2017 American Time Use Survey (ATUS) data, he examined leisure activity differences between men and women in same-sex and different-sex couples. Eric's dissertation research is focused on the stratification of end-of-life planning among sexual minority Americans.