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Alcohol consumption is associated with increased all-cause mortality in Russian men and women: a cohort study based on the mortality of relatives [PDF]

, 2005
Objectives: To examine the relationships between frequency of alcohol consumption and of binge drinking and adult mortality in Russian men and women.Methods : Using modified indirect demographic techniques, a convenience cohort was constructed based on ...
Bobak, M, Marmot, M, Murphy, M, Nicholson, A, Rose, R   +4 more
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Contextualising demography: the significance of local clusters of fertility in Scotland [PDF]

This study links empirical analysis of geographical variations in fertility to ideas of contextualising demography. We examine whether there are statistically significant clusters of fertility in Scotland between 1981 and 2001, controlling for more ...
E. Graham, Paul J. Boyle, Z. Feng
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Meanings and attitudes attached to cohabitation in Poland: Qualitative analyses of the slow diffusion of cohabitation among the young generation

Demographic Research, 2007
This study contributes to the understanding of the low level of non-marital cohabitation in Poland at the beginning of the XXI century. We employ an interpretative analysis of semi-structured interviews in order to capture the meanings and attitudes ...
Laura Bernardi, Monika Mynarska
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SIMFIRMS - SIMULATING THE SPATIAL DEMOGRAPHY OF FIRMS, WITH AN APPLICATION IN THE NETHERLANDS [PDF]

Recently, there is an increasing demand in spatial planning for models based on the demographic concepts of birth and death of firms. This paper describes the structure of a spatial demographic simulation model of firms, and its application within the ...
-DISCUSSANT: Max Keilbach, Leo van Wissen   +1 more
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Life and death in wolverines [PDF]

, 2013
Developing trustworthy conservation planning for endangered species requires a deep understanding of the variations of their populations in both space and time.
Rauset, Geir Rune
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Unconventional approaches to mortality estimation [PDF]

Most developing countries do not have complete registration of deaths on which to base mortality estimates. Four broad categories of unconventional methods have been developed to provide mortality estimates in such settings.
Ian Timæus, Kenneth Hill, Yoonjoung Choi   +2 more
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Lowest-Low Fertility: Signs of a recovery in Italy?

Demographic Research, 2009
This study aims to describe the process of birth postponement and recovery in Italy, a country with persistent very low fertility levels. The case of Italy is particularly significant given that this country carries great demographic weight in " ...
Marcantonio Caltabiano, Maria Castiglioni, Alessandro Rosina   +2 more
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Whose Benefit is it Anyway? Public Expectations of Public Benefits from Health Informatics Research

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2018
Introduction Public benefits serve as a key justification for secondary uses of data in health research. Yet, while it is known that assurances of public benefits are vital for ongoing public support, there is a lack of clarity regarding what constitutes
Mhairi Aitken, Carol Porteous, Emily Creamer   +2 more
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Introduction to the Special Collection “Human Mortality over Age, Time, Sex, and Place: The 1st HMD Symposium†[PDF]

This introduction to the special collection “Human Mortality over Age, Time, Sex, and Place: The 1st HMD Symposium†describes the Human Mortality Database project and briefly summarizes the Special Collection articles.
Dana Glei, John R. Wilmoth, Vladimir Shkolnikov   +2 more
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Change and instability

Demographic Research, 2003
This article examines changes in network structure using data on conversational networks from the 1998 and 2001 rounds of the Malawi Diffusion and Ideation Change project.
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