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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.
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@csisunitn.bsky.social

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...

As it was high time to honor France’s achievements, Agnieszka Fihel and Heini Väisänen sat down with France to talk with her about her career and about bringing #cause-of-death analysis into #demography.

Please read the full interview here
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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

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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

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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
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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...

An image of Figure 1 showing settlement intentions of Ukrainian refugees in Germany (weighted).

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

Figure 2 showing a heatmap of differences between ideal and observed mortality rates (IDE MR – OBS MR), by age, sex, region, and period

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).
📄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
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Figure depicting average per capita monthly consumption of grain in quantities in India, 2019–2021

"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...

@dyildiz.bsky.social @iiasa.ac.at @socialstats.bsky.social @demographyvienna.bsky.social

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!

Screenshot of website for publication 54-11

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...

Figure 1 showing adjusted predicted probabilities of student’s expectations–enrolment by migrant background.

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-...

A figure showing diagrams about the probability of the number of kin for cousins and sisters at 20 years and 50 years of age. Cousins (age 20) mean=0.8, sd=0.92, skew=1.19; Cousins (age 50) mean=0.77, sd=0.9, skew=1.21; Sisters (age 20) mean=0.88, sd=1.01, skew=1.24; Sisters (age 50) mean=0.84, sd=0.98, skew=1.26

“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.”

📄👉www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/54/9

Figure showing predicted cognitive functioning trajectory with years since baseline by sibship size, Health and Retirement Study, 1998–2020, linked to the 1940 census (N = 42,530 person-wave observations)

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

Screenshot of Figure 1. Graph illustrating infertility reporting at the individual-level by third-party presence.

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.
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