Huge thanks to Thea Grindstad and her great Norwegian/Danish crew

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and miscarriage: The Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study Miscarriage is prevalent, occurring in around 15% of recognized pregnancies. Yet modifiable determinants remain elusive. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl subs…

Using the Norwegian MoBa cohort, we find no clear evidence that mid-pregnancy PFAS concentrations are associated with a recent miscarriage among women who have not experienced any pregnancy. Open access on Environmental Research 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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

More than 9,000 studies, reports, & book chapters published based on 400+ DHS surveys that were conducted in 91 countries, according to our bibliometric analysis (by @aasli.bsky.social). The termination could set the global research community back for years or even decades.
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“Sleeping With the Enemy…”: @aledinal.bsky.social & @brunoarpino.bsky.social examined data on nearly 30K British couples & found that couples holding divergent political party and Brexit preferences were at increased risk of union dissolution. @mpidr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

MPIDR - Couples with Opposing Political Views Face Higher Risk of Separation A recent study by researchers at the University of Padua and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) has revealed that political differences between partners can significantly increa...

Love across the ballot box? It's complicated!💔A 30-yr UK study shows that couples with opposing political views are 38% more likely to break up - & Brexit disagreements proved particularly divisive! @readdemography.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @aledinal.bsky.social @brunoarpino.bsky.social

In short, political harmony (or mismatch) is a piece of the puzzle when we try to understand why some couples stay together and others break up.

We thank the CRITEVENTS project, LIVES (UniL), @erc.europa.eu's projects DisCont and BIOSFER, and @mpidr.bsky.social for their great support.

So, not only individuals' ideologies, but also big political moments - like the Brexit debate - can strain a couple’s relationship.

Our study shows that partners' political views substantially matter as much as their homogamy in age, education, religion, or ethnicity.

Second, Brexit had an impact by itself. The 2016 referendum is a case study to examine the effects of emerging political cleavages.

We found that couples with opposing views on Brexit (eg., Remain vs. Leave) had a higher risk of union dissolution.

First, we examined how political differences - measured by party closeness, voting intention, or reported vote - affect couple stability, using two British surveys (BHPS & UKHLS, 1991-2019).
We found that political heterogamy is negatively associated with relationship stability.

Relationships are often built on shared values and beliefs, but what happens when political preferences create a divide?

@brunoarpino.bsky.social and I investigated how political (mis)match affects union dissolution in
@readdemography.bsky.social

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🚨New Publication📰🚨

Couples with Opposing Political Views Face Higher Risk of Separation💔 according to the findings of a new study in @readdemography.bsky.social by @brunoarpino.bsky.social (University of Padua) and @aledinal.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social.
Read:
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/separation

💡[SPOTLIGHT]💡
Study examines how pregnancy outcomes affect women’s health over time. @aledinal.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social compares the physical health of women who experienced pregnancy losses to those with live births.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

And huge thanks to @mpidr.bsky.social for the incredible support.

Both studies use data from @usociety.bsky.social and were funded by the Understanding Society Fellowship and the ERC Synergy Grant BIOSFER. Special thanks to @selinkoksal.bsky.social, Alice Goisis, and @heinivaisanen.bsky.social for their great comments.

Women’s physical health around live births and pregnancy losses: a longitudinal study Abstract. This study examines the long-term physical health impacts of pregnancy outcomes, comparing women who experienced live births to those who had pre

In EJPH, I show that pregnancy loss significantly worsens women's perceived physical health, at least as persistently and deeply as live births, even in the long term. academic.oup.com/eurpub/artic...

Pregnancy loss, however, triggers deep, albeit short-term, emotional setbacks for women. Partners are less affected by pregnancy loss, though the effects on some indicators of SWB may be more persistent.

Women report better subjective well-being one year before and after the transition to motherhood. Men's well-being either remains stable or slightly declines post-childbirth.

<em>Population and Development Review</em> | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library This study examines the trajectories of subjective well-being (SWB) of women and their partners transitioning to parenthood or remaining childless after experiencing pregnancy loss in the United King....

In PDR, I examine how pregnancy outcomes shape subjective well-being (SWB) for women and their partners. The patterns also vary by gender. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

In the last couple of years, I’ve explored how involuntary pregnancy loss and live birth impact mental and physical health. Two recent articles - published in Population Development Review and European Journal of Public Health - shed light on these topics.

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We are very happy to welcome Alessandro Di Nallo @aledinal.bsky.social to the MPIDR. He will be working in the project BIOSFER and focus on causes and consequences of pregnancy loss, subfertility, and other reproductive health-related issues. www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

The open access article is available on Socio-Economic Review.

This paper reveals that the state of joblessness is more complex than often portrayed in literature. The voluntariness and predictability of job end significantly influence how workers and their partners cope. Also, factors like stigma and self-perception likely play a role.

These findings also differ by gender. Women are more likely to be affected by their partners' job loss, whereas the opposite case is less common.

As one might expect, job separation significantly affects the worker more than the partner. However, less preventable and involuntary job terminations, like dismissals and redundancies, can also negatively impact the partners.

Other job separations, like fixed-term contract endings, often have minimal impact on workers who may seek jobs in advance. Terminations for undisclosed reasons are usually anticipated, with workers often feeling better afterwards, akin to resignations

In contrast, dismissals, which specifically target individual workers and are generally seen as more preventablethan redundancies, have a more significant impact. Their effects are typically observed only in the year they occur.

Though often seen as unavoidable and involuntary, redundancies can have negative effects on workers up to a year before they occur. This is likely due to rumors and union negotiations that make them widely known.

Not all forms of job termination impact workers and their partners equally.
Dismissals and redundancies (such as mass lay-offs and downsizing) have a greater effect on workers' well-being compared to the conclusion of fixed-term contracts.

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