“Developmental disparities associated with a forced migration background emerge early and persist beyond parental mental health, indicating that individual family resources do not fully explain these inequalities.” www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

This study uses a data-driven approach to map the uneven alignment across women’s empowerment dimensions and, in the global pursuit of gender equity, raises the broader question of what actually constitutes an empowered woman. 👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Sara Yeatman talked with Tom Pullum to gain his personal perspective on the history of the World Fertility Survey and The Demographic and Health Surveys Program – and we are pleased to announce that this interview was published today! 🥳😍 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Timing of first labor migration relative to marriage & childbearing changed rapidly among rural Chinese individuals: negative links btwn first labor migration & marriage as well as childbearing have grown stronger over birth cohorts btwn 1951 and 2000. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Counterintuitively, our study shows that in Quebec, residential mobility following union dissolution is delayed among non-immigrants, but occurs immediately among immigrants. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... #Quebec #Immigration #ResidentialMobility #Familytransitions #Demography

Why do working-class children have more behavioural difficulties? New study uses Ireland's Great Recession to show that class gaps in child behavioral difficulties largely reflect financial strain and parental depression, not stable cultural values. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Focusing on #China, we find #EducationalCompetition (proxied by private tutoring centers within 800m of schools) correlates with a 0.04-child reduction in #FamilySize — this link is striking for low-to-middle income households. #PopulationResearch 📄👇 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

After an economic crisis, some children grow up to provide more comfort and support to other people. But speaking of resilience hides a web of market pressures, gender norms and care needs, argues @gmari.bsky.social 📄👉https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/55/1

How reliable are web surveys for studying family structure & relationships? Comparing #KINMATRIX survey with demographic projections/surveys/registers for 10 Western countries reveals the potential & limits of nonprobability data in family demography. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

In countries with limited civil registration, household surveys do not include questions on HIV-related mortality. This study added HIV questions to the standard module on adult and maternal mortality used in household surveys. Results 👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

The birth squeeze, the effect on male and female birth rates from the population’s age-sex composition, is found to approximate the product of the population growth rate and the difference between male and female mean ages of fertility. 📄 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

China’s life expectancy rose sharply, yet regional dynamics mattered. Mortality decreased across the country. However, internal migration and population changes partially offset these improvements in certain regions. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Are partnership trajectories associated with fertility recuperation? @cristinasuero.bsky.social shows that women with multiple partners are more likely to recuperate births by shortening birth intervals, particularly the highly educated. 📄Full paper: www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

In this new publication, @ariellekuperberg.bsky.social and colleagues find that dating and long-term relationships stayed steady in college over COVID even as campuses closed, as students shifted to meeting online instead. 📄👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Using the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study for England and Wales, we are one of the few studies that examines the long-term residential mobility and housing tenure patterns among migrant origin groups and generations in the UK context. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

👀Looking to measure gender more inclusively without sacrificing data quality? 👀 (1/2)

Economically insecure conditions may be driving young people’s decisions to delay, forgo, or reduce childbearing. The authors provide new experimental evidence about whether economic resources and parity interact to predict preferred family scenarios. 👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Equalizing labor force participation between genders and demographic groups could add millions to US labor force by 2060, potentially offsetting the effects of #aging. #LaborForce #Inclusion 📄👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... @jku-economics.bsky.social @wifo.bsky.social

Despite shifting gender norms, full-time employment remains a critical factor shaping women’s ability to leave a union. Full paper by Konrad Turek & Matthijs Kalmijn: 👉https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/54/32/

New study led by Prof Arkadiusz Wiśniowski with Dr Andrea Tamburini & Dr Dilek Yildiz. found people with more education live significantly longer, with life expectancy gaps exceeding 10 years in some countries www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/e... @socialstats.bsky.social @demresjournal.bsky.social

📣We are excited to share another Call for Papers. This time for a special issue on 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺: 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘋𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. Submissions are possible from 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 15 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐜 15, 2026. ℹ️CfP with all the info here: www.demographic-research.org/files/202605...

How long can parents take leave, and how can they share it? The new EPLP Dataset tracks parenting leave in 21 European countries, 1970-2024, with 33 variables on duration, benefits, flexibility, and incentives for sharing www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... eplp-dataset.org

New by Spoorenberg & Skirbekk: "Is your country producing too many or too few births to keep its population size stable? We introduce a simple ratio that captures the immediate numerical balance between births and deaths, Bₒ/Bₙ.” #Demography #OpenAccess www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Partnership trajectories played a key role in shaping completed fertility of cohorts born 1962–77 in Spain. Delayed/foregone unions strongly reduced the likelihood of motherhood, while stable marriages supported progression to higher parity. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

"Our #Bayesian multidimensional mortality reconstruction integrates Eurostat, DHS, UN WPP & #WIC data to flexibly estimate age-, sex-, and education-specific mortality across countries." #Demography 📄👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... @dyildiz.bsky.social @socialstats.bsky.social

“Temperature anomalies shape U.S. migration patterns, with older adults exhibiting greater net migration in warmer, rural counties, while working-age adults exhibit lower net migration.” New paper by Shuai Zhou, Guangqing Chi & Chuan Liao: 📄 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Life expectancy in Europe is higher in summer than in winter, by 1 to 3 years depending on country, with greater seasonal differences for women than for men and a decline at the height of summer in Mediterranean countries. Read more 👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Paper using EU-SILC data shows: in heterosexual couples, when men experience an earnings loss, material deprivation rises. Stable female employment can buffer the shock; having small children shapes how prevalent this buffer is, not its effectiveness. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

It’s been exactly 20 years since we published these two papers in the Special Collection on ‘Determinants of Diverging Trends in Mortality’: By Jacques Vallin & France Meslé: www.demographic-research.org/articles/spe... By France Meslé: www.demographic-research.org/articles/spe...

Bayesian cohort-component forecasts deliver more accurate age-specific population projections for small regions, outperforming standard methods across 13 heterogeneous Bavarian districts. #forecasting 📄👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...