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Peer-reviewed, no-fee, open-access journal of population sciences. Published by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.
Rostock, Germany
Joined July 2012
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Innovative methods to measure #mortality beyond age 50 in LMICs are needed. This study evaluates the potential of parental #survival histories, in which respondents provide data on their parents’ ages, and if deceased, their age at death and date of death.
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This paper by Everton Lima et al. proposes an alternative for estimating #mortality for small areas in countries with limited data. The estimates show how data quality and adult mortality are evolving over time and are related to #socioeconomic factors.
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“The cubic parameterization can simplify the representation of age curves of fertility rates while capturing their essential features.“ Read more in Bob Schoen’s paper here:
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The big genealogical database #FamiLinx, which contains extensive demographic and #kinship information, offers much promise for demographic research but careful sample #selection is necessary. .@MPIDRnews @ErcGenpop @andre_colasurdo @OmentiRiccardo
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😳And here is the proper link to the call for papers:.
🎯 Call for Papers extended! Guest editors of SC on Family Resilience, Child/Youth Well-Being & Global Socioeconomic Crises are inviting contributions for review. New Deadline: January 15, 2025 .ore information: .Share widely & submit, submit, submit!!
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🎯 Call for Papers extended! Guest editors of SC on Family Resilience, Child/Youth Well-Being & Global Socioeconomic Crises are inviting contributions for review. New Deadline: January 15, 2025 .ore information: .Share widely & submit, submit, submit!!
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The historical fertility transition began with stopping, and then involved both stopping and spacing, with similar patterns across social classes. Evidence from applying cure models to microdata from Southern Sweden. @edoardoredivo .
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Chance outcomes of #survival and #reproduction create differences among individuals in the number and ages of their kin. These differences can now be calculated with a new formal demographic model of #kinship networks.
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General population household survey findings conducted in multiple countries in Africa between 2015–2019 indicate households where PLWH resided experienced excess mortality relative to other households. @ICAP_ColumbiaU .📰
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RT @XaharRaheem: Death is arguably the most important event in our lives, but ironically, it is very difficult to measure. In this paper we….
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Using data from 25 Demographic and Health Surveys, this study advances our understanding of sample selection bias in mobile phone survey estimates of demographic indicators ➡️
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‘Childlessness in the UK remains positively correlated with educational attainment. #Fertility levels vary across the UK's countries not only due to #childlessness but also because of differences in #family size’.
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Interracial couples are more likely than same-race White couples, but less likely than same-race minority couples, to live with parents. #Interracial_couples with minority wives are more likely to live with parents than those with White wives. #coresidence
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Are parents’ social disadvantages becoming more concentrated over time? The findings suggest that single motherhood increased disproportionally among less-educated women.
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Explore the shift from young to middle-age mortality in Italy! The authors’ Bayesian model shows the changing landscape of age at death. #MortalityTrends #PopulationHealth.
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Analyses using DHS data (2000–2020) show a steady decline in the proportion of young children living in polygynous households in SSA, though the pace of decline is smaller than concurrent shifts in the prevalence of polygynous unions.
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“This study extends the effect of migration duration and education on the rise of young one-person households in China. The clear prevalence of one-person households should be considered an indicator of the SDT.”
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.@tabeanaujoks explores how couples' educational differences shape housework & childcare reporting gaps during the transition to #parenthood. Homogamous couples with tertiary degrees have the lowest predicted probability of a reporting gap.
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