Demographic Research

Polygamous men have more children—just like women. But unlike women, education doesn’t consistently lower fertility for men in Sub-Saharan Africa: 📄👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
#male_fertility #demography #education #Sub-Saharan_Africa
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Hidden population heterogeneity: Using highly stratified neonatal cohort lifetables @jschoeley.com shows how mortality selection acts on the observed distribution of frailties and provides a test for the selection hypothesis of "ontogenescence". www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

From 2001 to 2021, Indigenous fertility in Canada declined from replacement level to 1.54. Inuit rates remain highest. The gap with non-Indigenous Canadians narrowed, pointing to convergence. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Black and white photo of a grandfather and his grandchild standing hand in hand on a beach, facing the ocean with waves gently rolling in. The adult is wearing a cap, a jacket, and cargo pants, while the child wears a knit hat, a hoodie, and jeans. In the background, there are distant hills under a partly cloudy sky.

When the lives of relatives overlap, interactions across generations are richer and more important. This paper shows how to calculate the lifetime overlap in a kinship network from basic demographic information. #Kinship www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

New study shows that parental work intensity moderates the link between poverty and children’s development. Parental work intensity acts as a resilience mechanism, especially for girls and Hispanic children. #Poverty #ChildDevelopment www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

How did American adults change their #fertility desires during #COVID-19—and why? New research shows that pandemic-specific concerns, like fear of infection and social distancing, shaped fertility desires beyond economic or emotional hardship.
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Alongside with editors from other journals, our Deputy Editor Agnieszka Fihel had the pleasure to represent Demographic Research at the session ‘Meet the Editors: How To Get Published in a Peer-reviewed Journal’. They discussed how young scholars can contribute to the scientific community as authors, reviewers and, one day, editors.

IPC 2025
Alongside editors from other journals, our Deputy Editor Agnieszka Fihel had the pleasure to represent Demographic Research📖 at the session ‘Meet the Editors’. They discussed how young scholars can contribute to the scientific community as authors, reviewers and, one day, editors.

Lina María Sanchez-Cespedes presents a simple method to adjust model life tables to estimate mortality curves with excess mortality and their backward projections. It enables the estimation of the decrease in life expectancy due to external causes. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

“We used sequence analysis to reveal five distinct postpartum pregnancy exposure patterns in Ethiopia. This approach offers holistic understanding of postpartum fecundity and measuring unmet need for family planning.” www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

By linking survey data with longitudinal #register data, study examines the predictive power of immigrants’ #migration expectations in the Netherlands and finds that expectations such as return or onward migration are strong predictors of actual behavior. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Most U.S. grandchildren live close to a grandparent: almost half live within 10 miles and 13% live within 1 mile of a grandparent. When families live closer, they spend more time helping one another, playing important roles in each other’s lives.
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“We examine first, second, and third birth rates amongst those who moved to the UK as children, were born in the UK to two foreign-born parents, or were born to one foreign-born and one UK-born parent.” @jiseonbaek.bsky.social
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The number of one-person #households in #Germany has steadily increased since reunification. A #decomposition of German #Microcensus data from 1991 to 2021 suggests shifting mechanisms driving this trend in both East and West Germany.
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Who gets the privilege of free time? Across Europe, fathers enjoy more leisure time than mothers, especially in Southern and Eastern countries. New research across 13 countries shows persistent gender gaps in parental leisure. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Converges with what @yacouba-compaore.bsky.social found using #HDSS data in #Senegal, #TheGambia, and #BurkinaFaso.

Ghanaian data shows weak support for the nuclear convergence hypothesis. Urbanisation hasn't led to the dominance of nuclear families—extended types persist.
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Changes in fertility intentions in Russia during the Russia-Ukraine armed conflict: subjective factors (such as emotional state and attitudes toward the political situation) found to play a greater role than characteristics like age or employment status. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

🗞️ Hot off the (last month’s) press: Happy to finally share that the paper with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social on family life course predictors of wealth has been published in @demresjournal.bsky.social ! See the whole article (open access 🫶) here: www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

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Open call for Associate Editors at our journal!! To find out more about requirements and application procedures 👀 here www.demographic-research.org/files/Call_f...

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How do demographic trends shape kinship networks? This replication study compares Swedish & Dutch kinship networks, showing how fertility patterns & divorce rates impact family ties across generations. #Replication #Kinship #POPNET. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... @bokanyie.bsky.social

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New scoping review shows that literatures on Family resilience and Social Resilience are disconnected. The lens of family inequalities in socioeconomic contexts can bridge these two perspectives. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

The American Community Survey’s rich social variables complement CAPED-2010s’ comprehensive demographic coverage, demonstrating the credibility of two separate large databases for studies of the Amish. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Family structures shape caregiving dynamics and are considered key drivers of inequality. Using the 10th wave of the ESS, Saverio Minardi investigated the age prevalence of family structures across groups through multinomial logistic regression. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

“An old question, but an updated approach! We use #microsimulation to examine how #education, union events, and physiology interact to produce (part of) the #fertility gap in a recent birth cohort of Dutch women.” www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

🚨 New Research 🚨

Professor @nicolekapelle.bsky.social has published a paper in @demresjournal.bsky.social with her co-author, Carla Rowold. 👏

🔗 Read the article here: tinyurl.com/2mn2bphj

#sociology #sociosky @tcdssp.bsky.social