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New study: In Sweden, mothers with health problems, esp. chronic conditions, are less likely to qualify for generous parental leave.

By Amy Heshmati, @mussino.bsky.social & @soljuarez.bsky.social

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Kallas ”tyrann” efter migrationsbeskedet ”Barbariskt.” Över en halv miljon papperslösa ska beviljas asyl i Spanien – och landet går mot strömmen jämfört med många länder. Nu riktas kritik mot regeringen och premiärminister Sánchez.

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Childcare Matters More – and When It Matters Less: Fertility Planning in Italy

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When Advantage Turns into Risk: Older Migrants in Care Settings Faced Higher Covid-19 Mortality | Population Europe The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted this pattern. During its first year, older migrants in care settings were significantly more likely to die than their Swedish-born counterparts. Even after controlling for prior diseases and other background factors, the disadvantage persisted.

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Formal Childcare Use and Mothers’ Fertility Intentions and Behaviours: Evidence in Italy by Migration Background - European Journal of Population Numerous studies have explored the influences of family policies, such as formal childcare use, and migration on fertility, with mixed findings. However, limited research has examined how formal child...

Our article (with @mussino.bsky.social @etrappolini.bsky.social @alderotti.bsky.social & Cristina Giudici) is out in Eur J Popul 🎉

We explore how unmet childcare needs shape mothers’ fertility intentions and behaviours in Italy, across native and migrant backgrounds.

📖 doi.org/10.1007/s106...

We found that negative feelings about the future, especially about money and work, affected childbearing plans more for European migrants than for Swedish-born people. For non-European migrants, however, worries about the future seemed to make them more likely to want to have children soon

This study looks at how concerns about health and money during the pandemic influenced the decision to have children among migrants and Swedish-born people.

They faced higher death rates and more job and financial problems. In Sweden, the birth rate among migrants dropped in 2021, possibly due to their greater fear of health and financial risks from the pandemic.

Migrants’ and Natives’ Childbearing Intentions in Sweden During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Eleonora Mussino, Chiara Ludovica Comolli, 2025 The COVID-19 pandemic generated major health, social, and economic concerns that also influenced individuals’ childbearing decisions. Migrants have been disprop...

The COVID-19 pandemic was mainly a health crisis, but it also caused big problems for people's jobs, money, and daily lives. People may have changed their plans during this time, like delaying having children. Migrants were hit harder by the pandemic compared to Swedish-born people.

Did migrants experience a COVID-19 mortality disadvantage in the Swedish care setting? An observational cohort study on type of care and mortality among older migrants in Sweden Abstract. This study examines COVID-19 mortality across long-term care settings comparing migrants and Swedish-born during the first 2 years of the pandemi

Migrants from low-income countries living in care settings in Sweden were more likely to die from Covid-19 than natives. The finding stands out, since elderly migrants in daily care usually have higher life expectancy than Swedish-born individuals in similar circumstances. doi.org/10.1093/eurp...

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The Migration, Fertility and Family Dynamics workshop came to an end! Thank you all, see you in Bologna @age-it @eaps.bsky.social

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Do partners always see family planning the same way?

A new study using @ggp.bsky.social data by @mussino.eu and Caroline Uggla suggests: not always—especially when their migration backgrounds differ.

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In Sweden most couples agreed not to have a(nother)child—consistent with record-low birth rates. Yet, the dynamics differed by couple composition: migrant couples were the most in sync about their fertility plans, native couples were in the middle, and native-migrant couples were the most divided.

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How many people died of COVID? We likely undercounted, not overcounted COVID deaths

Persistent minimizing of the COVID death toll hits me especially hard in the #demography feels. To be clear:

➡️ Over one million Americans died of COVID-19.

➡️ Official COVID deaths were likely undercounted, not overcounted.

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Very nice article!
Here some data from Sweden...helping your argument
www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol5...