How reliable are web surveys for studying family structure & relationships? Comparing #KINMATRIX survey with demographic projections/surveys/registers for 10 Western countries reveals the potential & limits of nonprobability data in family demography. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

In countries with limited civil registration, household surveys do not include questions on HIV-related mortality. This study added HIV questions to the standard module on adult and maternal mortality used in household surveys. Results 👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

The birth squeeze, the effect on male and female birth rates from the population’s age-sex composition, is found to approximate the product of the population growth rate and the difference between male and female mean ages of fertility. 📄 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

China’s life expectancy rose sharply, yet regional dynamics mattered. Mortality decreased across the country. However, internal migration and population changes partially offset these improvements in certain regions. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Are partnership trajectories associated with fertility recuperation? @cristinasuero.bsky.social shows that women with multiple partners are more likely to recuperate births by shortening birth intervals, particularly the highly educated. 📄Full paper: www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

In this new publication, @ariellekuperberg.bsky.social and colleagues find that dating and long-term relationships stayed steady in college over COVID even as campuses closed, as students shifted to meeting online instead. 📄👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Using the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study for England and Wales, we are one of the few studies that examines the long-term residential mobility and housing tenure patterns among migrant origin groups and generations in the UK context. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

👀Looking to measure gender more inclusively without sacrificing data quality? 👀 (1/2)

Economically insecure conditions may be driving young people’s decisions to delay, forgo, or reduce childbearing. The authors provide new experimental evidence about whether economic resources and parity interact to predict preferred family scenarios. 👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Equalizing labor force participation between genders and demographic groups could add millions to US labor force by 2060, potentially offsetting the effects of #aging. #LaborForce #Inclusion 📄👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... @jku-economics.bsky.social @wifo.bsky.social

Despite shifting gender norms, full-time employment remains a critical factor shaping women’s ability to leave a union. Full paper by Konrad Turek & Matthijs Kalmijn: 👉https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/54/32/

New study led by Prof Arkadiusz Wiśniowski with Dr Andrea Tamburini & Dr Dilek Yildiz. found people with more education live significantly longer, with life expectancy gaps exceeding 10 years in some countries www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/e... @socialstats.bsky.social @demresjournal.bsky.social

📣We are excited to share another Call for Papers. This time for a special issue on 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺: 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘋𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. Submissions are possible from 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 15 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐜 15, 2026. ℹ️CfP with all the info here: www.demographic-research.org/files/202605...

How long can parents take leave, and how can they share it? The new EPLP Dataset tracks parenting leave in 21 European countries, 1970-2024, with 33 variables on duration, benefits, flexibility, and incentives for sharing www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... eplp-dataset.org

New by Spoorenberg & Skirbekk: "Is your country producing too many or too few births to keep its population size stable? We introduce a simple ratio that captures the immediate numerical balance between births and deaths, Bₒ/Bₙ.” #Demography #OpenAccess www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Partnership trajectories played a key role in shaping completed fertility of cohorts born 1962–77 in Spain. Delayed/foregone unions strongly reduced the likelihood of motherhood, while stable marriages supported progression to higher parity. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

"Our #Bayesian multidimensional mortality reconstruction integrates Eurostat, DHS, UN WPP & #WIC data to flexibly estimate age-, sex-, and education-specific mortality across countries." #Demography 📄👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... @dyildiz.bsky.social @socialstats.bsky.social

“Temperature anomalies shape U.S. migration patterns, with older adults exhibiting greater net migration in warmer, rural counties, while working-age adults exhibit lower net migration.” New paper by Shuai Zhou, Guangqing Chi & Chuan Liao: 📄 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Life expectancy in Europe is higher in summer than in winter, by 1 to 3 years depending on country, with greater seasonal differences for women than for men and a decline at the height of summer in Mediterranean countries. Read more 👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Paper using EU-SILC data shows: in heterosexual couples, when men experience an earnings loss, material deprivation rises. Stable female employment can buffer the shock; having small children shapes how prevalent this buffer is, not its effectiveness. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

It’s been exactly 20 years since we published these two papers in the Special Collection on ‘Determinants of Diverging Trends in Mortality’: By Jacques Vallin & France Meslé: www.demographic-research.org/articles/spe... By France Meslé: www.demographic-research.org/articles/spe...

Bayesian cohort-component forecasts deliver more accurate age-specific population projections for small regions, outperforming standard methods across 13 heterogeneous Bavarian districts. #forecasting 📄👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

In rural Vietnam, living with grandparents might boost fertility—strongest when both are present (+0.077 children)! New open-access study by Khoa Nguyen and Tuyen Duong #Demography #Fertility #Vietnam #FamilyStructure 📄👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Adolescents in non-intact families report lower family satisfaction. Although this penalty persists, it weakens as the Second Demographic Transition spreads—family disruption effects are more amenable to change than often assumed. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... @florenceups.bsky.social

Do returned children in China receive less support? We find a drop in financial investment (shadow education), especially for rural-hukou families. Study by Xinyue Wu & Mariana Amorim finds that caregivers often compensate by substituting time for money. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Women’s education and #family choices shaped fertility differently over time in Hungary. #Education mattered most for women born before 1960, childbearing behaviour after 1970, while those born in the 1960s formed a clear transition between the two. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

📣🪧The submission period for the SC on Socioeconomic Inequalities in Mortality in the Long-Run was extended until the end of the year to give more researchers a chance to contribute. Details on the SC here: www.demographic-research.org/files/Thomps... Please consider submitting your papers! 📝📄📃📜

New harmonized fertility data across four British longitudinal cohort studies (1946–90) show consistency with national statistics – opening up new possibilities for cross-generation research on fertility & family life in Britain. @clscohorts.bsky.social www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Emergency cash transfers during Covid-19 reduced pregnancy in Brazil, especially among the youngest and least educated, partly by improving contraceptive use amid socioeconomic uncertainties. Full 📄👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Many Ukrainian refugees in Germany do not plan to stay permanently – those with fewer resources are more inclined to settle, while the highly educated often plan to return. #ForcedMigration #Ukraine #Refugees Full 📄👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... @yuliyakosyakova.bsky.social

How seasonality shapes mortality: a new study refines the IDE framework through age adjustment, providing more realistic age-specific assessments of seasonal mortality in Serbia (2015–2023). 📄https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/54/15

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New decomposition method to quantify how specific subpopulations drive demographic gaps. E.g., estimating how foreign-born populations by race and ethnicity contribute to the gap between total and native-born life expectancy. @eugeniopaglino.bsky.social 👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

"Panel study using two rounds of household survey in the Delhi NCR shows that the Indian government’s expanded free foodgrains distribution program during the pandemic helped avert food insecurity and even led to a slight increase in dietary diversity." 📄 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

New estimates of education-specific fertility show significant variation across 36 Sub-Saharan countries, with divergent fertility trends. The new flexible model demonstrates differences between UN and Demographic and Health Surveys data. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Congratulations, Leverhulme! A fantastic win for you!! You will love having Jakub around. He's an absolute gem!! Well, you know this already. ☺️ #FangirlingForKuba

📢 Susie Lee, @tizianaleone.bsky.social Leone, and I invite submissions to a new @bspsuk.bsky.social session, “The Demography of Menopause”, focusing on population-level variation in menopausal timing and experience, and its drivers and consequences. We look forward to your submissions!

LGBTQ+ adults in the US have distinct partnership and living arrangements often missed in surveys: less often married, more likely to cohabit or have non-coresidential partners, and more likely to live alone, with roommates, or in smaller households. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Academic expectations don’t always become reality. @etrappolini.bsky.social, Di Patrizio & Giudici show that migrant-origin students — especially later arrivals — are less likely to enrol in university than Italian peers with similar expectations. Full📄 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Call for applications: European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2026-2027 To be held at @mpidr.bsky.social and @sghwarsaweu.bsky.social Application deadline: 27 March 2026 at 12 PM (noon) Program start: 1 September 2026 Scholarships are available Details: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...

“How many sisters or cousins will you have? We've developed the first method to calculate the probability distribution of kin numbers across your lifetime – not just averages, but actual chances of having 0, 1, 2+ relatives at each age.” 📄👉https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/54/9

Using HRS data linked to the 1940 Census, @yiangli.bsky.social shows that individuals with more childhood co-residing siblings are linked to steeper late-life cognitive decline, and women raised with brothers show the fastest deterioration. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Better reading and numeracy skills in childhood and early adolescence shape SRH knowledge and fertility preferences for adolescent boys and girls in Ethiopia. New publication 👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... @popcouncil.bsky.social

Who else is in the room matters. Third-party presence during interviews strongly influences infertility reporting and partner agreement about their ability to have a child. 📄👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

📣 Call for papers: We are inviting you to submit contributions to a Special Collection on the Socioeconomic Inequalities in Mortality in the Long-Run, organized by K. Thompson, T. Riswick & S. Clouston. Submissions to this collection are possible from January 28, 2026 until June 28, 2026. (1/2)

Loneliness has a demographic footprint. The new essay from @hpa_passarelli outlines how relational disconnection interacts with mortality, fertility, and migration – and why it matters for understanding population change. #Demography #Loneliness www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Language proficiency is a crucial factor in migrant integration. This paper provides new insights into a society marked by a dual-language system during the transitional period of hukou reform. #China #migration #integration #languageproficiency www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Oh, we really messed up now! Didn't mean to delete the post about today's publication and the apology for the wrong graphic!! But third time's the charm - maybe will get it right this time. Stay glued to your screens to witness success (or failure) in real time!

Is Korea’s marriage decline real – or just delayed? A new study uses tempo-adjusted indicators to unpack 30 years of change – postponement, structural shifts, and pandemic effects. Discover what the data shows. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... #Korea #marriage #demography