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GENUS
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GENUS is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open-access journal of population sciences.
Website: genus.springeropen.com
New in GENUS: how does parental relationship quality affect child wellbeing in step- vs. nuclear families? - By @lenacwt.bsky.social, @stefaniamolina.bsky.social, Alonso-Perez & Kreyenfeld

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November 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
New paper out in GENUS!

👉 "A recent fast change: diffusion and acceptance of homosexuality among university students in Northern Italy during the twenty-first century" - by Castiglioni, Dalla Zuanna & Colombo.

Available #openaccess here:
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November 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
📣 Check out this new publication:

"Beyond conservative gender roles: exploring the division of paid and unpaid labour among Italian same-sex couples" - by Gioia Geremia & @agnese-vitali.bsky.social

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November 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
New publication by @francescaluppi.bsky.social, Rosina & Testa:

👉 Parenthood and self-fulfilment: does having children matter to Italian young-adults?

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October 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Global sequence analysis (1995–2023) of LGB+ rights across 193 countries identifies six distinct paths and suggests that first democratic transition is associated with when and how rights spread - by @lisadevries.bsky.social & @annakarmann.bsky.social

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October 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
❓Do all non-binary people face the same barriers in education? Measuring gender in two dimensions—(1) cis/trans/something else and (2) binary/non-binary—uncovers new educational inequalities.

👉 New paper by @sabiberco.bsky.social available here:

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October 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
How is separation after childbirth linked to the labour earnings trajectories of mothers in Sweden and West Germany? Are there differences by mothers’ socioeconomic position?

👉 New paper by @sschmauk.bsky.social & A.-K. Nylin!

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October 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🆕 Fresh in GENUS: A novel look at how migration changes what “replacement fertility” really means for European populations - by @nickparr.bsky.social.

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October 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
New evidence from Poland shows fertility fell with education after 1989, but women with strong cultural capital rebounded—highlighting the hidden role of class and culture in family patterns.

👉 New paper by Krzysztof Tymicki!

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October 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
👉Systematic review finds same-sex & different-sex parents show similar mental health, parenting stress & relationship quality. Same-sex parents face more stress related to discrimination and less family help.
@yuxuanjin.bsky.social @denimazrekaj.bsky.social

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October 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
📣 New paper just published:

"The influence of the documentation status on first employment outcomes in the host country: the case of Albanian returnees" - by Thaís García-Pereiro, Anna Paterno & Roberta Pace.

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September 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
❓: Is marriage ‘just a paper’?

"Why men and women choose cohabitation over marriage in the Philippines: insights from focus group data"

👉 New paper by Bernice Kuang just published!
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September 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Despite Spain’s high life expectancy, migrants from Latin America, Asia & Africa are found to have a significant mortality advantage over natives, particularly men.

New paper by @farid-flici.bsky.social, @sergitl.bsky.social & Permanyer available here:

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August 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
How does couples' stress relate to their shared childbearing goals? @karenguzzo.bsky.social, VanBergen, @wendymanning.bsky.social, @clairekampdush.bsky.social use @nchatstudy.bsky.social to find out!

Link to the study #openaccess:
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July 7, 2025 at 10:23 AM
New publication by @manuelastranges.bsky.social & Wolff!

👉 Family matters: among young migrants, minors entering with relatives stay much longer in reception centers. Over one half leave voluntarily, with exit reasons varying by origin and family status.

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July 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
👉 New paper by Caltabiano, Meggiolaro & Tocchioni (@florenceups.bsky.social) suggests that parental separation has a strong cultural effect on children’s trajectories to adulthood, especially on the formation of household, but also on economic independence.

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June 13, 2025 at 8:48 AM
How do different uncertainties shape fertility intentions in the US? Badolato, @karenguzzo.bsky.social, @srhayford.bsky.social unpack goal uncertainty, realization uncertainty & intensity of fertility goals highlighting age, parity & socioeconomic differences
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June 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Here’s a fresh read for your Monday brain🧠:

A new article by Mendola and Busetta on refugees’ health in Germany - now out in GENUS and available #openaccess.

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June 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Levels of #loneliness decline across cohorts, possibly because the negative impact of increased individualism on loneliness outweighs the positive effect of reduced family size across generations.

👉 New paper by Liat Raz-Yurovich available #OpenAccess

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May 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Using longitudinal population-based survey data from Australia, Ester Lazzari examines whether dealing with the uncertainty of #infertility prompts men and women to revise their pre-existing fertility preferences.

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May 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
New publication by Karun, McDougal & Singh:

👉Sex disparities in health of older adults in India: assessing the morbidity-mortality paradox through disability-free life expectancy.

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May 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
👉 Can distinct trajectories of fertility expectations be identified among Dutch childless? Do trajectories differ in terms of self-reported societal pessimism?

Read the answers in the new paper by @katyaoivanova.bsky.social 👇

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May 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
❓How open and effective are EU asylum systems?

Forte, Gatti, Gabrielli, Benassi & Strozza propose the RIP index to measure States’ capability to grant protection. Major disparities emerged before, during and after 2015–2016 refugee crisis.

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May 19, 2025 at 10:46 AM
👉 Check our new publication - by Li, Cheng, Liu & @emitanaka.org:

"Analysis of international life expectancies with manifold learning and neural networks"

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May 7, 2025 at 9:03 AM
🚨 Concern about climate change is linked to lower fertility intentions in Italy.

👉 New study out in Genus by @chiarapuglisi.bsky.social, Daniele Vignoli @florenceups.bsky.social & Raya Muttarak.

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May 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM