The editors & staff of Demography thank the 100s of individuals who served as reviewers over the past year. Assessing ~650 submissions annually is a monumental task that is possible only with your dedicated and expert assistance. @popassocamerica.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

“Divorce Effects on Teenagers’ Higher Education”: Yen-Chien Chen et al. study whether divorce affects Taiwanese teens’ university admission, w/ younger individuals having worse outcomes; they determined that income disadvantage is unlikely to play a role. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

In their study of LARC use & “Right Time Births,” @miekeeeckhaut.bsky.social et al. found 68-69% of both privately insured & Medicaid-insured women reported a birth following LARC discontinuation as “at the right time.” @udelaware.bsky.social @umd-mprc.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

In “The Influence of Developmental Idealism on Fertility,” @keeraallendorf.bsky.social, A Thornton, L Young-DeMarco & @colterm.bsky.social examine whether Nepali women's endorsement of DI beliefs influences their fertility (by # of children). @umisr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

“Deportations & Latino Segregation”: @fertmortmig.bsky.social @jakerugh.bsky.social & Hao Liang examine how 287(g) enforcement slowed drops in local segregation by 1/3rd, esp. in New South states, entrenching “patterns of residential stratification & inequality.” read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

In “Worker-Driven Social Responsibility & Infant Health,” Joaquin Rubalcaba & Alberto Ortega find that county-level participation in the Fair Food Program “helped reduce low-weight births among foreign-born mothers from Latin America” by 9%. @iuoneill.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

“Who Partners With Whom in Diverse Societies?”: @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social & @frankvantubergen.bsky.social use NL register data & find “Muslim groups maintain boundaries for union formation to other national origin groups." @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @rug.nl read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

“Severe Tornadoes & Infant Birth Weight”: In considering “environmental hazards as drivers of inequality & stratification,” @nickdemark.bsky.social et al. show how severe tornadoes led to ↓ in birth weight for the infants of Black mothers, esp. early in pregnancy. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

Now published #openaccess: my sole-authored article @readdemography.bsky.social investigates how circular parental labor migration affects children who experience frequently changing family living arrangements.

“Does Changing Late-Life Activity Impact Older Adults’ Help to Their Adult Children?”: Siren & Amilon used Danish Longitudinal Study of Ageing data & found that a shift to more active aging & extended working “does not weaken social connectedness btw generations.” read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

In “Why Do Black Women Have a Higher Obesity Prevalence Than White Women?” Frisco et al. find that living in disadvantaged n'hoods & single-parent HHs as adolescents & having ↓ adult incomes explain much of the difference. @ssripennstate.bsky.social @pop.psu.edu read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

“Duration & Timing of Parental Out-migration & Early Childhood Development”: Using CFPS data, @sukieyang.bsky.social accounts for longitudinal exposure to parents’ migration & the dynamic selection process to examine the effects on c'hood development. @upenn.edu read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

“Kin Propinquity, Residential Mobility & Segregation”: @benjarvis.bsky.social, @kchihaya.bsky.social & @eduardotapia.bsky.social examine ancestry & segregation; they find ancestry sorting effects are 3X greater than kin propinquity effects. @iasliu.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

In “The Present & Future Dementia Burden in China,” @kai-feng.bsky.social, @xisong.bsky.social & H. Caswell estimate kin availability & dementia prevalence in kin networks, finding the caregiving burden is expected to climb 18-fold in several decades. @upenn.edu read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

This Editorial Note (@sararcurran.bsky.social & @fertmortmig.bsky.social), Commentary (@ollehammar.bsky.social et al) & Response (Begum et al) address journal editorial processes & focus on issues raised regarding the 2018 piece “Gender Bias in Parental Attitude.” read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

In “Bayesian Projection of Extant Refugee & Asylum Seeker Populations,” @herbps10.bsky.social & @adrianraftery.bsky.social propose a time-series model for projecting refugee & asylum seeker population statistics by country of origin. @nyumedpostdocs.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

“Understanding Latino & Asian Panethnic & Ethnic Subgroup Residential Segregation”: @acrowell.bsky.social et al. recommend that researchers adopt the described measurement practices "to accurately assess patterns of ethnic group segregation.” @tamusoci.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

“Adult Children’s Unemployment on Parental Mental Health”: Using 8 waves of SHARE for 16 countries, Anna Baranowska-Rataj et al find that coresidence w/ an unemployed child exacerbates parental mental health, esp. for mothers. @umeauniversitet.bsky.social @uab.cat read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

“Distributions of Adverse Childbearing Experiences Across Racial & Ethnic Groups”: M Thomeer & C Williams use LCA to examine “collective experiences that unfold across the reproductive life course” to document disparities in childbearing & long-term consequences. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

In “Consequences of Community Violence for Contraceptive Use & Provision in Mexico,” @signesvallfors.bsky.social @mlcaudillo.bsky.social & O. Torrisi find exposure to violence is associated with accelerated transition to first use, esp. for long-term exposure. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

“Six Decades of Educational Assortative Mating in South Korea”: Using 1960-2020 census data on >840K married couples, H. Park & @atkim.bsky.social found that “educational homogamy likely intensified as access to higher education broadened” & the economy shifted. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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 & educational progress in Africa, polygyny & fertility in SSA & more. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/i...

In “Goodbye Norway,” @afconstant.bsky.social Astri Syse & Marianne Tönnessen study 1st-generation working-age immigrants & show how returnees & onward migrants differ by their education & earnings. @pennpsc.bsky.social @cesifo.org o.org @nibrresearch.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

In “...Educational Expansion to Trends in Life Expectancy & Lifespan Variation,” @jdzazueta.bsky.social @ugobas.bsky.social @ezagheni.bsky.social et al. show how expansion contributes to ↑ expectancy and ↓ variation. @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

In “Evolution of Widowhood Lifespan," @morettimarg.bsky.social K Korhonen, @alysonvanraalte.bsky.social @timriffe1.bsky.social & P Martikainen find widowhood is less common & occurs later in life. @pophel.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @opik-ikerketa.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

In “Polygyny & Fertility: Continuity or Change in SSA,” @sophiachae.bsky.social & V. Agadjanian employ DHS data from 23 nations & show how declining polygyny prevalence contributes to ↓ fertility, as do ↓ fert rates in monogamous unions. @ccpratucla.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

“Cumulative Effect of Retirement on Mortality” examines Social Sec. eligibility & mortality. @furuyashiro.bsky.social finds that each additional year retired ↑ mortality risk w/in the next 2 yrs by 0.9 pp. @harvardpopcenter.bsky.social @purduesociology.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

“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 immigrant sample.” read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

In “Variation in Black & White Life Expectancy Across State Policy Groups, 1990-2019,” Anneliese Luck documents an ↑ liberal life expectancy advantage across race-sex groups, w/ White women in conservative states falling behind B & W peers in more liberal states. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

@vanhookjenny.bsky.social & @marasheftel.bsky.social —“Growth & Diversity of Older Undocumented Immigrants”—find that the undocumented population has diversified beyond Mexico & C.A. & those from newer origins tend to arrive at older ages. @rutgersifh.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

“Comparing the Role of Selection in Early Adolescent Substance Use Disparities”: JD Thorpe & R Crosnoe “tested conceptually defined mechanisms of selection into single-mother families that might also influence early adolescent behavior.” @uncpopcenter.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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...

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...

“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 read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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...

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 read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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...

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...

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

“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...

“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...

@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...

“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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

“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...

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...