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...

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...

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...

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

“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.” www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

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

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...

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. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

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...

"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...

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...

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 @demographyvienna.bsky.social

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

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.

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...

“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...

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...

Most U.S. grandchildren live close to a grandparent: almost half live within 10 miles and 13% live within 1 mile of a grandparent. When families live closer, they spend more time helping one another, playing important roles in each other’s lives. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

“We examine first, second, and third birth rates amongst those who moved to the UK as children, were born in the UK to two foreign-born parents, or were born to one foreign-born and one UK-born parent.” @jiseonbaek.bsky.social www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

The number of one-person #households in #Germany has steadily increased since reunification. A #decomposition of German #Microcensus data from 1991 to 2021 suggests shifting mechanisms driving this trend in both East and West Germany. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Who gets the privilege of free time? Across Europe, fathers enjoy more leisure time than mothers, especially in Southern and Eastern countries. New research across 13 countries shows persistent gender gaps in parental leisure. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Converges with what @yacouba-compaore.bsky.social found using #HDSS data in #Senegal, #TheGambia, and #BurkinaFaso.

Ghanaian data shows weak support for the nuclear convergence hypothesis. Urbanisation hasn't led to the dominance of nuclear families—extended types persist. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... @josephineabaafi.bsky.social @rebeccasear.bsky.social @anushe.bsky.social

Changes in fertility intentions in Russia during the Russia-Ukraine armed conflict: subjective factors (such as emotional state and attitudes toward the political situation) found to play a greater role than characteristics like age or employment status. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

🗞️ Hot off the (last month’s) press: Happy to finally share that the paper with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social on family life course predictors of wealth has been published in @demresjournal.bsky.social ! See the whole article (open access 🫶) here: www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... Little 🧵

Planning a career in demographic research?🌍 This studentship scheme may be of interest if you're looking to study MSc Demography & Health or MSc Reproductive and Sexual Health Research @‌LSHTM this September. Apply by 26 May 2025 👇 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

Demographic Research is proud to be a member of COPE. Sharing its latest statement on external influence on editorial decisions here: publicationethics.org/news-opinion...

Open call for Associate Editors at our journal!! To find out more about requirements and application procedures 👀 here www.demographic-research.org/files/Call_f...

How do demographic trends shape kinship networks? This replication study compares Swedish & Dutch kinship networks, showing how fertility patterns & divorce rates impact family ties across generations. #Replication #Kinship #POPNET. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... @bokanyie.bsky.social

New scoping review shows that literatures on Family resilience and Social Resilience are disconnected. The lens of family inequalities in socioeconomic contexts can bridge these two perspectives. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

The American Community Survey’s rich social variables complement CAPED-2010s’ comprehensive demographic coverage, demonstrating the credibility of two separate large databases for studies of the Amish. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Family structures shape caregiving dynamics and are considered key drivers of inequality. Using the 10th wave of the ESS, Saverio Minardi investigated the age prevalence of family structures across groups through multinomial logistic regression. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

“An old question, but an updated approach! We use #microsimulation to examine how #education, union events, and physiology interact to produce (part of) the #fertility gap in a recent birth cohort of Dutch women.” www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

🚨 New Research 🚨 Professor @nicolekapelle.bsky.social has published a paper in @demresjournal.bsky.social with her co-author, Carla Rowold. 👏 🔗 Read the article here: tinyurl.com/2mn2bphj #sociology #sociosky @tcdssp.bsky.social

🚨 New paper: when researchers study epidemics, disasters, or conflicts but don't know how many people died, they often subtract pre and post population estimates or do a crude projection. Unfortunately, this almost never provides an accurate death toll 🧵 www.demographic-research.org/Volumes/Vol5...

In historical and conflict demography, it is common to estimate a large death toll as the discontinuity between two observed or projected population estimates. @hggaddy.bsky.social and @thegargiulian.bsky.social show why this method creates important problems for demographic and econometric work.

Which family life course aspects shape wealth the most? Our (@crowold.bsky.social @nicolekapelle.bsky.social) novel data-driven study uncovers the key family-related predictors of wealth in late working age. Hint: It’s not as simple as you think! 👀👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

📢 The Human Life-Table Database #HLD was updated Data is freely available at lifetable.de 🔓 The collection includes 14.045 life tables for 142 countries/areas 🌍 Want to learn more about the HLD? Keep reading 👇🧵 #episky #mortality #opendata

Study by @ryotamugiyama.bsky.social shows that increased employment instability contributes to cross-cohort delays in first marriage and first birth for men in Japan, highlighting the key role of labor market changes in postponing family formation. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

New study by John Iceland & Jaehoon Cho finds that married couples face fewer hardships than others. Single-parent households struggle most. Wealth is most important in explaining disparities, followed by income, demographic factors. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

There are two new additions to our collection of Editor’s Choice publications. Congratulations to the awardees!! Take a closer look here www.demographic-research.org/articles/edi... and 👇 (1/3)

Discover how cohort fertility trends affect tempo distortions in period TFR. Our findings reveal how shifts in timing, scale, and shape parameters reshape period fertility measures. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Since 2015, drugs, homicide, and unintentional injuries have significantly contributed to the stalling and widening of the Black-White mortality gap, especially among men without a college degree. 📄👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

🎉🎉🎉Congratulations!🏆IUSSP Early Career Award 2025 Europe for Diego Alburez-Gutierrez @demography.bsky.social The award recognizes and honors outstanding contributions to the development of our discipline and the wider field of population studies. @iussp.bsky.social www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

Which religion you follow matters for life expectancy. Even in a secular country such as Finland, there are differences of up to six years between different denominations. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... @martinkolk.bsky.social

Mobile phone surveys are a promising tool for rapid measurement of age-specific mortality in settings where face-to-face surveys are difficult to implement. Researchers computed mortality levels from national MPS conducted in 2021–2022 in Burkina Faso. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...