PRPR editors David Warner and Susan Stewart at the 2026 PAA with former PAA president Wendy Manning!

Aging looks different for everyone! Lesbian/gay older adults expect less care from kids and more from chosen family. It’s a sweet story of community! Give the article a peek: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

From the Rainbow to the Sunset: Anticipated Availability of Informal Care for Older Sexual Minorities in the United States - Population Research and Policy Review

Population Research and Policy Review - Anticipatory support—defined as the perceived availability of future care—functions as a psychological safety net that promotes mental well-being...

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🚨New article alert 🚨 An overlooked chapter of Black migration reshapes how we understand late 20th-century segregation. Black movers between metro areas were more likely to enter majority White neighborhoods, offering a new lens on how housing openness changed. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Black Pioneers, Intermetropolitan Movers, and Housing Desegregation - Population Research and Policy Review

During the first two-thirds of the 20th century, millions of Black rural Southerners moved to cities—usually to the ghettoized urban cores of cities—in the phenomenon known as the Great Migration. By ...

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Same Journal- now with a cooler look! With the help of some lovely artists (AKA our editors Susan Stewart and David Warner), we have a new cover for PRPR!

🚨Research spotlight!🚨 Lonely epidemic among older adults in the U.S., but not in Japan—find out why Learn more by reading Shiro Furuya & James M. Raymo's article linked here! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

How are shifting gender identities reshaping what “family” means for the next generation? This study uncovers differences in fertility desires between cisgender and gender minority youth, offering a glimpse into the evolving landscape of parenthood in the U.S. Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Having fun? 🎉 Or having kids? 🍼 This research explores how the pursuit of freedom and excitement shapes ideas about the “right” age for parenthood—and how societal norms amplify or soften those effects This article by Yu-Chin Her & Mengni Chen is linked here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🚨New article alert! 🚨 The way we measure poverty in America is misleading- and this article can prove it! Authors J. Tom Mueller, Darcy Sullivan, Matthew Brooks, and Regina Baker propose a new way to measure the urban-rural poverty differential in America. Linked: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

This depicts declining numbers of Abortion clinics pre-and post-Texas Senate Bill 8. Look at “Geographic Realities of Abortion Access in Texas: Exploring the Heterogeneous Effects of Texas Senate Bill 8 with Mobile Phone Data” by Jessica Miller & Guangqing Chi. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Geographic Realities of Abortion Access in Texas: Exploring the Heterogeneous Effects of Texas Senate Bill 8 with Mobile Phone Data - Population Research and Policy Review

Restrictive abortion policies have generated reductions in abortion access, increased travel distance to abortion clinics as a result of clinic closures, and produced declines in maternal health outco...

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🚨New Publication🚨 In the August Issue of #PRPR, England & Xu present evidence that challenges the applicability of Second Demographic Transition theory to the U.S.—where disadvantage predicts cohabitation and non-marital births. Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

U.S. Women’s First Family-Forming Transitions to Cohabitation or Birth: Differences by Racial and Socioeconomic Disadvantage Challenge the Theory of the Second Demographic Transition - Population Rese...

Which do U.S. women do first—cohabit, have a birth, or marry? At what age do they experience this first family-forming event? How do these patterns differ by race, socioeconomic background, and their ...

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Population Research and Policy Review (PRPR) is now on Bluesky! The official journal of @sda-demography.bsky.social, PRPR publishes research of interest to demographers, population scientists, and those working in adjacent fields. Learn more at sda-demography.org/PRPR-journal.