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Demography publishes research drawing on several disciplines including the social sciences, geography, history, biology, statistics, epidemiology, and public health. Published bimonthly by Duke University Press. Subscribe to Open.
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...
December 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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...
December 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“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...
December 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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...
December 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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...
December 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“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...
December 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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...
December 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“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...
December 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
“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...
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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.
@readdemography.bsky.social investigates how circular parental labor migration affects children who experience frequently changing family living arrangements.
“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...
December 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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.
@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...
December 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“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...
December 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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...
December 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
“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...
December 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
“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...
December 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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...
December 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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...
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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...
December 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
“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...
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“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...
November 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
“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...
November 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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...
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“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...
Volume 62 Issue 5 | Demography | Duke University Press
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October 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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...
October 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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...
@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...
October 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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...
@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...
October 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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...