Thanks to the external referees and editors @ReadDemography! 🙏

These 3 pieces--Editorial Note (Sara Curran & @fertmortmig), Commentary (@ollehammar et al) & Response (Begum et al)--address journal editorial processes & focus on issues raised regarding the 2018 article “Gender Bias in Parental Attitude” @I4Replication https://t.co/M2DHyIL9wH

In “Bayesian Projection of Extant Refugee & Asylum Seeker Populations,” Herbert Susmann & @AdrianRaftery1 propose a hierarchical time-series model for projecting future refugee & asylum seeker population statistics by country of origin. @nyugrossman https://t.co/U5hZPt29pE

In “A Path Forward for Understanding Latino & Asian Panethnic & Ethnic Subgroup Residential Segregation,” Crowell et al. recommend researchers adopt the described measurement practices "to accurately assess patterns of ethnic group segregation.” @TAMUSoc https://t.co/Sz3HzHu0Zu

Join us on Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 3:30pm ET in DC for an expert panel of leading social scientists' presentations on U.S. fertility trends and related policies. https://t.co/JmMEE9mZlo @JenniferSciubba @kearney_melissa @ncdemography

On December 10, join COSSA for the final Headlines webinar of the year. We will cover key policy developments and Congressional activity that affected the social and behavioral sciences in 2025 and preview what’s ahead for 2026. Register now ➡️

“Adult Children’s Unemployment on Parental Mental Health”: Using 8 waves of SHARE data for 16 countries, @BaranowskaRataj et al find that coresidence w/ an unemployed child exacerbates parental mental health, esp. for mothers. @umeauniversity @UABBarcelona https://t.co/J8xidKmhno

“Adverse Childbearing Experiences Across Racial & Ethnic Groups”: @MiekeBeth & Courtney Williams use LCA to examine “collective experiences that unfold across the reproductive life course” to document disparities in childbearing & long-term consequences. https://t.co/tIEEGzoUrl

In “Consequences of Community Violence for Contraceptive Use & Provision in Mexico,”S Svallfors, M Caudillo & O Torrisi find that “exposure to violence is associated with an accelerated transition to first contraceptive use,” esp. for long-term exposure. https://t.co/Dlru4zPadA

“Six Decades of Educational Assortative Mating in South Korea”: Using 1960-2020 census data on >840K married couples, H. Park & @kimandrew found that “educational homogamy likely intensified as access to higher education broadened” & the economy shifted. https://t.co/1ytNZuVLa9

Rescheduled! On 12/10, our panel of social scientists will discuss birth rate trends and how policy incentives like tax credits, paid family leave, affect decisions to start families. Timely discussion w/ recent interest in boosting national birth rates.

The October issue is up, comprising 3 notes & 11 articles on immigrant morbidity & disability, Black/White life expectancy disparities across states, dementia risk & education, fertility decline & educ. progress in Africa, polygyny & fertility in SSA... https://t.co/ZahxwmPLqM

In “Goodbye Norway: Top-Earners Selection...,” @afconstant299 @astrisyse & Marianne Tönnessen study first-generation, working-age immigrants & show how returnees & onward migrants differ by their education & earnings. @PennPSC @CESifoNetwork @nibr_no https://t.co/Ayg2xSs5TX

“Contribution of Educational Expansion to Trends in Life Expectancy & Lifespan Variation”: J-D Zazueta-Borboa @ugobas @ezagheni et al. demonstrate that educational expansion contributes to ↑ expectancy and ↓ lifespan variation. @OxfordDemSci @MPIDRnews https://t.co/9jIsasWaql

In “Polygyny & Fertility: Continuity or Change in SSA,” Sophia Chae & Victor Agadjanian employ DHS data from 23 nations & show how declining polygyny prevalence contributes to ↓ fertility, as do ↓ fertility rates in monogamous unions. @CCPRatUCLA https://t.co/8KtdsKtuda

“Evolution of Widowhood Lifespan”: Using Finnish pop data, @MorettiMarg K Korhonen, A van Raalte @timriffe1 & P Martikainen find that widowhood is becoming less common & occurs later in life, with a declining duration for women. @PRUhelsinkiuni @MPIDRnews https://t.co/hfgfdEGeIz

“Cumulative Effect of Retirement on Mortality” examines Social Security eligibility at age 62 & mortality. @FuruyaShiro finds that each additional year of retirement ↑ mortality risk within the next 2 years by 0.9 pp. @HarvardPopCtr @PurdueSociology https://t.co/0axLi0GmQV

“Do Immigrants Experience Morbidity & Disability Disadvantages at Older Ages?” In comparing HRS & NHIS data, Hui Zheng & Wei-hsin Yu demonstrate “how sensitive our evidence on immigrants’ aging & health is to the data source & the specific ... sample.” https://t.co/7VqDmy3sRe

In “Variation in Black & White Life Expectancy Across State Policy, 1990-2019,” Anneliese Luck documents ↑ liberal life expectancy advantage across race-sex groups, w/ White women in conservative states falling behind B & W peers in more liberal states. https://t.co/xNiuDb6NG9

Does your work or field of study relate to counting or characterizing populations, or generating/using population data to make decisions? If "Yes" to any of these, then this conference is for you. Submit your session proposal by Oct. 23: https://t.co/MrGKACIjUU