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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · 6d

Paper by Cozzani et al. explores a possible mechanism underlying ART birth disparities & highlights that these disparities do not appear to arise from treatment success, at least when treatments are performed in widely subsidized public context in Italy. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · 19d

A simple model for estimating the age and sex profiles of net international migration is developed in this paper. The model can be applied to any country situation, with or without data, or modified to incorporate new data or assumptions. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · 20d

New study maps China's fertility ideals and intentions: Ideals show north-south cultural split, intentions reveal coastal-inland economic divide. Local variation is key. #Fertility #China www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · 26d

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · 26d

Distinct time use patterns of adolescents from Japan, Korea, UK, and Finland across 3 decades. Persistent gender gaps in East Asia reflect persistent adult gender inequality, but gender gaps are not necessarily smaller in more gender equal societies. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · 28d

When do people become parents—and in what unions? @aledinal.bsky.social studies the risks of first parenthood (15–50) by union status and parental class across cohorts. Read more: www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

#FamilyFormation #ReproducibleResearch

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · 29d

“We explore how transitions from cohabitation to marriage affected working time and income in Europe in the 1990s, as cohabitation was emerging. We find a widening gender gap since women worked less after marrying, even if cohabiting before.”
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Graphic showing level models for weekly hours worked by union type, labor market participation, and gender - based on data from ECHP 1994–2001.

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Sep 5

Should we be concerned about low fertility? Øystein Kravdal discusses six possible arguments in this reflection: www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Aug 19

A new paper shows how an innovative ‘data-linked explanatory analysis’ using surveys and life history interviews can be used to help account for population-level patterns in studies using person-centered techniques to understand health behaviors. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Aug 15

Does self-selection into migration impact fertility differentials between migrants and stayers? Not necessarily. Polish migrants in the Netherlands have lower fertility even when socio-demographic differentials are controlled for.

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Aug 15

Polish women’s fertility in the Netherlands surges post-migration, especially for family migrants, but drops after four years. Tempo distortions mask varied childbearing patterns, most evident for those moving in peak reproductive years.
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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Aug 14

Europeans perceived non-traditional families as less favourable to child’s well-being but two thirds view same-sex and step families as comparable to mother-and-father family. Women are more open to alternative family forms than men. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Aug 12

"Using an intersectional life course approach & multi-channel sequence analysis we show that family and employment are mutually supportive life domains among migrant men, whilst they are competing and often incompatible among migrant women." www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Aug 8

What comes after #cohabitation for young adults? Using sequence analysis, the study maps 6 partnership-parenthood trajectories following cohabitation as first unions among early Millennials in the US, highlighting its diverse roles in family formation. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Aug 5

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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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Aug 1

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...

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Jul 30

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...

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Jul 29

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...

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.

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Jul 25

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...

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Jul 24

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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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Jul 17

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.

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.

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Jul 8

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...

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Jul 1

“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...

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Jun 11

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...

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