Demographic Research
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Since the launch of DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH in 1999, our journal has been emphasizing diversity and openness, encouraging submissions that employ a variety of methods and approaches.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Happy holidays from Demographic Research! We appreciate your contributions and we wish you continued success and happiness in all your endeavors!
Here’s to even more papers, reviews, publications next year! And maybe something new to keep things exciting…
Wishing you a season full of cheer!!
Here’s to even more papers, reviews, publications next year! And maybe something new to keep things exciting…
Wishing you a season full of cheer!!
In Ghana and Kenya large spouse age gaps (ten years and above) are falling. The decline in Ghana is driven by more educated men; in Kenya there is a shift in partner selection. Smaller gaps, more equity. #GenderEquity #Agegap @demographyvienna.bsky.social
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December 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
In Ghana and Kenya large spouse age gaps (ten years and above) are falling. The decline in Ghana is driven by more educated men; in Kenya there is a shift in partner selection. Smaller gaps, more equity. #GenderEquity #Agegap @demographyvienna.bsky.social
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Using unique couple-level data, we identified six life-course couple migration patterns in China. We found that wives who reunited with their migrant husbands have fewer depressive symptoms in later life than left-behind wives.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Using unique couple-level data, we identified six life-course couple migration patterns in China. We found that wives who reunited with their migrant husbands have fewer depressive symptoms in later life than left-behind wives.
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Using UKHLS data, @claudiabrunori.bsky.social shows that transnational separation is widespread among childhood immigrants, underscoring the need for targeted survey questions and more research of its consequences.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Using UKHLS data, @claudiabrunori.bsky.social shows that transnational separation is widespread among childhood immigrants, underscoring the need for targeted survey questions and more research of its consequences.
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A global study of 913k Zoe users shows lesbian (48%) and bisexual (40%) identities dominate worldwide, while younger generations show rising diversity, with 6.6% pansexual, 3.4% queer, and 0.7% asexual. Sexuality is evolving globally.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
A global study of 913k Zoe users shows lesbian (48%) and bisexual (40%) identities dominate worldwide, while younger generations show rising diversity, with 6.6% pansexual, 3.4% queer, and 0.7% asexual. Sexuality is evolving globally.
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New survey module captures people’s first reproductive experiences (timing, outcomes, events) to quantify reproductive difficulties and successes, calculate Time to Pregnancy in the general population, and link this experience to broader life course factors. @fertdem.bsky.social
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Demographic Research - First reproductive experience: A survey module (Volume 53 - Article 37 | Pages 1173–1206)
Volume 53 - Article 37 | Pages 1173–1206
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December 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
New survey module captures people’s first reproductive experiences (timing, outcomes, events) to quantify reproductive difficulties and successes, calculate Time to Pregnancy in the general population, and link this experience to broader life course factors. @fertdem.bsky.social
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Unrealized fertility—having fewer children than desired—is common across the globe yet has been under-studied. A new paper in Demographic Research reviews what’s known and argues for a more coherent approach to its study across contexts.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Unrealized fertility—having fewer children than desired—is common across the globe yet has been under-studied. A new paper in Demographic Research reviews what’s known and argues for a more coherent approach to its study across contexts.
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Wars that leave families some agency can transform parenting: fewer children, better care, improved survival. Conflict isn’t always only destruction. @hcebolla.bsky.social @cchscsic.bsky.social @csic.es
#Demography #Conflict #ChildDevelopment
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#Demography #Conflict #ChildDevelopment
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December 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Wars that leave families some agency can transform parenting: fewer children, better care, improved survival. Conflict isn’t always only destruction. @hcebolla.bsky.social @cchscsic.bsky.social @csic.es
#Demography #Conflict #ChildDevelopment
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#Demography #Conflict #ChildDevelopment
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How do grades differ for children in stepfamilies formed through cohabitation compared to remarriage? This study fills a research gap by highlighting the educational disparities between children in cohabiting and remarried stepfamilies.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:32 AM
How do grades differ for children in stepfamilies formed through cohabitation compared to remarriage? This study fills a research gap by highlighting the educational disparities between children in cohabiting and remarried stepfamilies.
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Using GSE Panel, Liu & Kulu examine immigrant labor market trajectory alongside their family and legal status in Germany, showing women’s convergence in their propensity to participate in the labor market across immigrant groups upon the birth of a child. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
December 2, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Using GSE Panel, Liu & Kulu examine immigrant labor market trajectory alongside their family and legal status in Germany, showing women’s convergence in their propensity to participate in the labor market across immigrant groups upon the birth of a child. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
"We document large gender disparities in death registration in Guinea-Bissau. Gender differences in education explain most of the gap, with financial motives driving male registration and low awareness hindering both."
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November 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM
"We document large gender disparities in death registration in Guinea-Bissau. Gender differences in education explain most of the gap, with financial motives driving male registration and low awareness hindering both."
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While resilience to job loss has been linked to fertility intentions, new evidence indicates that uncertainty about coping with job loss lowers fertility intentions more than poor reemployment prospects for Swedish men in childless couples.
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November 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
While resilience to job loss has been linked to fertility intentions, new evidence indicates that uncertainty about coping with job loss lowers fertility intentions more than poor reemployment prospects for Swedish men in childless couples.
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Childhood left-behind experiences in China increase the odds of premarital cohabitation in adulthood. The effects vary by timing, and further analyses show heterogeneity by parental migration type and gender. #LifeCourse #LeftBehindChildren #Cohabitation www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Childhood left-behind experiences in China increase the odds of premarital cohabitation in adulthood. The effects vary by timing, and further analyses show heterogeneity by parental migration type and gender. #LifeCourse #LeftBehindChildren #Cohabitation www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
Latest 📄: "Reassessing the U-shaped relationship between gender equality and fertility: A replication and extension of Kolk’s (2019) study using comprehensive gender equality measures" Read it here 👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Latest 📄: "Reassessing the U-shaped relationship between gender equality and fertility: A replication and extension of Kolk’s (2019) study using comprehensive gender equality measures" Read it here 👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
"This study is the first of its kind to examine trends in son preference by parity across Indian districts in the last two decades using data from four consecutive rounds of large-scale national household surveys conducted between 2002 and 2021."
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November 18, 2025 at 7:11 AM
"This study is the first of its kind to examine trends in son preference by parity across Indian districts in the last two decades using data from four consecutive rounds of large-scale national household surveys conducted between 2002 and 2021."
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Long arm consequences of unintended childbearing in the US? Women with early unintended births report more unsecured debt at midlife. New research using the NLSY79. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Long arm consequences of unintended childbearing in the US? Women with early unintended births report more unsecured debt at midlife. New research using the NLSY79. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
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“We frame child mortality estimation as a survival analysis problem, and incorporate statistical techniques for complex survey designs to produce full child mortality schedules suitable for countries with no vital registration data.“ www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
October 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
“We frame child mortality estimation as a survival analysis problem, and incorporate statistical techniques for complex survey designs to produce full child mortality schedules suitable for countries with no vital registration data.“ www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
Joyeux anniversaire à l'INED! 🥳🎉🎂💐🥂
L’Ined a 80 ans aujourd’hui 🎂 !
📜C’est en effet le 24 octobre 1945 que l’Ined a été créé, pour répondre aux questions des pouvoirs publics sur la population de la France et ses dynamiques.
📜C’est en effet le 24 octobre 1945 que l’Ined a été créé, pour répondre aux questions des pouvoirs publics sur la population de la France et ses dynamiques.
October 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Joyeux anniversaire à l'INED! 🥳🎉🎂💐🥂
We are happy to announce an Open Call for papers on the topic of ‘De/Re-institutionalization of Asian Families.‘ Submissions will be open from November 1, 2026 until February 28, 2026. Please find out more about this planned collection www.demographic-research.org/files/202510...
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October 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We are happy to announce an Open Call for papers on the topic of ‘De/Re-institutionalization of Asian Families.‘ Submissions will be open from November 1, 2026 until February 28, 2026. Please find out more about this planned collection www.demographic-research.org/files/202510...
Among an Amish population in the United States, variations in household fertility are linked with neighbors’ identities and residential proximity, highlighting nuanced social and spatial patterns. 📄👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
October 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Among an Amish population in the United States, variations in household fertility are linked with neighbors’ identities and residential proximity, highlighting nuanced social and spatial patterns. 📄👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
Feminicide is reshaping Mexico’s demographic future. Between 2000 and 2019, nearly 50,000 women were murdered. #Feminicide #Mexico #Demography #GenderViolence
Demographic Research - Feminicide as a determinant of Mexican female life expectancy in the 21st century (Volume 53 - Article 24 | Pages 753–772)
Volume 53 - Article 24 | Pages 753–772
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October 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Feminicide is reshaping Mexico’s demographic future. Between 2000 and 2019, nearly 50,000 women were murdered. #Feminicide #Mexico #Demography #GenderViolence
📄 by Górny, Bijwaard & Grabowska on the impact of family situation and familial events on circular migration patterns, focusing on parenthood and gender, focusing on Ukrainian migration to Poland: www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
October 16, 2025 at 6:41 AM
📄 by Górny, Bijwaard & Grabowska on the impact of family situation and familial events on circular migration patterns, focusing on parenthood and gender, focusing on Ukrainian migration to Poland: www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
Obituaries shared online by funeral homes in Quebec & Ontario (CA) cover only a portion of recorded deaths, but their age and gender distributions closely match those of the general population, making them a supplement to conventional mortality datasets.
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October 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Obituaries shared online by funeral homes in Quebec & Ontario (CA) cover only a portion of recorded deaths, but their age and gender distributions closely match those of the general population, making them a supplement to conventional mortality datasets.
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Delaporte, Kulu & Ibbetson apply random survival forest (RSF) to longitudinal data from the Trajectories and Origins survey to analyse the predictors of having a first, second, and third birth among immigrants and their descendants in France.
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October 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Delaporte, Kulu & Ibbetson apply random survival forest (RSF) to longitudinal data from the Trajectories and Origins survey to analyse the predictors of having a first, second, and third birth among immigrants and their descendants in France.
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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...
October 2, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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...