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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · 20h

In “Temporary Employment & First Births: A Path Analysis,” Inga Lass, @irmamooi.bsky.social, M Bujard & M Wooden show that temp. employment is associated w/ ↓ odds of 1st birth, but this diff varied across countries, work types & gender. @uniheidelberg.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · 21h

Tom Vogl, in “Fertility Decline & Educational Progress Among African Women & Children,” examined the 3 legs of the fertility-education triangle, finding that women’s education predicts falling fertility & men’s education predicts ↑ children’s schooling. @nber.org read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · 1d

“Trends in Postsecondary Enrollment During COVID-19 Pandemic”: @patrickadenice.bsky.social & K Andersen report a big drop in enrollment among HS grads in the 1st year of the pandemic & no recovery in the 2nd, w/ esp. large ↓ among Hispanics & Blacks. @westernu.ca
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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · 12d

In “Single Parenthood, Gender & Mortality” @minekuhn.bsky.social @angelacar.bsky.social J Caputo, L Ahrenfeldt & @annaoksuzyan.bsky.social examine “variations in mortality by pathway into single p'hood" & other factors. @sociologytiu.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · 13d

Cha, Farina & @mdhayward.bsky.social ask: “How Does the Risk of Dementia Change With Each Additional Year of Education?” They find a gradual ↓ in risk w/ each year across groups, & step-change ↓ for some w/ HS diploma. @uwcsde.bsky.social @capsutaustin.bsky.social
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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Sep 2

The August issue posted last week--5 notes, 9 articles & a note from the new Editors in Chief. This issue includes research on mobility-based segregation, child migration in Africa, educational inequality in biological aging, and inequalities in dementia risk. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/i...

Volume 62 Issue 4 | Demography | Duke University Press

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Aug 19

In “Mobility-Based Segregation in US Metropolitan Areas,” Yongjun Zhang & @siweicheng.bsky.social offer measures of intragroup isolation & intergroup exposure & find that activity space is “an important locale of segregation & isolation." @stonybrooku.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Claus Pörtner @clausportner.bsky.social · Aug 19

New in Demography: ‘How Is Fertility Behavior in Africa Different?’ Using DHS/MICS data, SSA–other-region fertility gaps rise through primary school and narrow at higher schooling; little difference among women with secondary+. doi.org/10.1215/0070... @readdemography.bsky.social @seattleu.edu

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Aug 13

“Female Advantages in Education & Union Formation”: @danielaurbinaj.bsky.social uses DHS & Colombia census data to assess changes in union entry & assortative mating in a middle-income setting where women are, overall, better educated. @uscsociology.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Aug 13

“How Is Fertility Behavior in Africa Different?” Using DHS & MICS data for East & South Asia, Latin America & SSA, @clausportner.bsky.social finds that “offspring mortality & school quality diffs both play a substantial role” in fertility outcomes across regions. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Aug 8

@chrisajulian.bsky.social et al, in “Half of the Picture: Measuring the Sexual Identity Composition of Couples,” employ @nchatstudy.bsky.social dyadic data to provide national estimates of the sexual identity composition of couples using both partners’ identities. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Aug 7

“Dynamic Family Size Preferences During the COVID-19 Mortality Crisis”: @leticiamarteleto.bsky.social & S. Kumar report 40% of women w/ children changed desired family size toward having more kids. @pennpsc.bsky.social @sesp-nu.bsky.social @dzc-upenn.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Aug 7

In “Life Expectancy & Health Expectancy in the 21st Century,” Crimmins describes “the unthinkable, the inconceivable & the unknowable” & calls for “integration of our understanding of indiv. life circumstances, behaviors & policy" in forecasting population trends. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Aug 7

In “Impacts of COVID-19 on Internal Population Movements,” M Gonzalez-Leonardo, @fcorowe.bsky.social et al. used Facebook mobility data to show that contrary to the Global North, “Mexico did not see an urban exodus during the pandemic." @geodatascience.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Aug 5

In “Widow & Widower Mortality in India,” Megan Reed et al. employ IHDS data & find no higher mortality risk for widows or widowers aged 60+ relative to married individuals, but among those aged 25-59, the risk was 50% and 40% greater among widowers & widows, resp. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Aug 5

“Retirement Trajectories & Health in Japan”: Mizuochi & Raymo use sequence analysis & naive classification approaches to study trajectories of FT regular employees at 59 & their health at 66, finding “no clear causal effect of retirement trajectories on health.” read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Jul 31

Hudomiet et al.--in “Inequalities in the Duration & Lifetime Risk of Dementia”--report that, among those dying after 70, 41% had dementia 6 mos. before death & 20% had it 5 yrs. before death. Lifetime risk was ↑ among Black & Hispanic persons & the less educated. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Jul 31

“Increasing Educational Inequality in Biological Aging”: Farina et al assess whether educational inequalities in health are accompanied by widening diffs in biological age, finding that the diff doubled to ~2 years—driven by aging deceleration among college grads. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Jul 30

In “Child Migration in Eastern and Southern Africa,” Menashe-Oren uses HDSS data from 5 countries to examine tied & independent child migration, finding that most first out-migrations are indeed tied but some are related to death or mother’s migration history. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Panel Study of Income Dynamics @umpsid.bsky.social · Jul 30

“Whose Parents Matter? Intergenerational Transmission of Earnings Arrangements in Different-Sex Couples: A Research Note” was published in the July 25 issue of @readdemography.bsky.social. 🧵 (1/3)
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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Jul 25

In another August article with a leading question—“Whose Parents Matter?”—Wen Fan & Yue Qian examine 1968-2021 @umpsid.bsky.social data and find that “women earn more if their husband’s mother contributed more to the family income two years after her first birth.” read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Jul 25

Anita Li has posed the question, “Is It Daddy Time Yet?” From a longitudinal analysis of 1989-2020 CPS data, the answer is: men with a child born in the 2010s worked ~3 hrs less per week during the birth month than peers in the 1990s--a modest but notable change. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Jul 24

PAA and the Demography team are pleased to mark the occasion of our incoming Editors in Chief with this “Note From the New Editors.” Here the Duke University trio—Hedy Lee, Giovanna Merli & Marcos Rangel—introduce new policies on reproducibility & AI use. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Jun 30

The June issue has posted—2 research notes and 13 articles, including research on legalization and employment & assimilation outcomes of immigrant workers, how changing demographic rates shape kinship networks, mothers’ work schedules over three decades...& more. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/i...

Volume 62 Issue 3 | Demography | Duke University Press

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Jun 12

In “Changing Demographic Rates Reshape Kinship Networks,” @shajiang.bsky.social W Zuo, Z Guo & S Tuljapurkar “explore how demographic transition, especially the speed of transition, affects the number & age of kin” & kin networks. @stanford.edu @mpidr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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