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Are sibling models a suitable tool in analyses of how reproductive factors affect child mortality?

Demographic Research, 2020
Background: Several studies of how reproductive factors affect child mortality or other child outcomes have been based on sibling comparisons. With such models one controls for unobserved determinants of the outcome that are shared by the siblings and ...
Øystein Kravdal
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Assessing the quality of education reporting in Brazilian censuses

Demographic Research, 2020
Background: In developing countries, improving access to schooling has been and remains a priority. At the same time, a growing body of research relates education to demographic variables.
Marília Nepomuceno, Cássio Turra
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Invasion speeds for structured populations in fluctuating environments [PDF]

, 2010
We live in a time where climate models predict future increases in environmental variability and biological invasions are becoming increasingly frequent.
AK Sakai, C Tebaldi, CC Heyde, CC Horvitz, CC Horvitz, CC Horvitz, CR Carroll, CS Elton, CS Kolar, CV Haridas, D Schemske, DR Easterling, E Jongejans, H Caswell, H Caswell, H Caswell, H Jacquemyn, HF Weinberger, HF Weinberger, HF Weinberger, HG Andrewartha, J Fieberg, JF Silva, L Arnold, M Kot, Maureen E. Ryan, MC Runge, MG Neubert, MG Neubert, MS Boyce, NC Ellstrand, PL Chesson, PL Chesson, PM Vitousek, R Durrett, R Hengeveld, RA Fisher, RA Horn, RC Lewontin, RM May, RN Mack, S Tuljapurkar, S Tuljapurkar, S Tuljapurkar, S Tuljapurkar, S Tuljapurkar, SD Tuljapurkar, Sebastian J. Schreiber, T Camino-Beck de, WF Morris, YC Collingham   +50 more
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Linked lives: the utility of an agent-based approach to modelling partnership and household formation in the context of social care [PDF]

, 2012
The UK’s population is aging, which presents a challenge as older people are the primary users of health and social care services. We present an agent-based model of the basic demographic processes that impinge on the supply of, and demand for, social ...
Bijak, Jakub, Bullock, Seth, Evandrou, Maria, Falkingham, Jane, Noble, Jason, Rossiter, Stuart, Silverman, Eric, Vlachantoni, Athina   +7 more
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The determinants of Italian NEETs and the effects of the economic crisis

Genus, 2018
In recent years, the share of young people not in education, employment, or training (NEETs) has shown a remarkable increase in many European countries, such as Italy.
Claudio Quintano, Paolo Mazzocchi, Antonella Rocca   +2 more
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Семья и домохозяйство в России: демографический аспект

Демографическое обозрение, 2018
В статье рассматривается эволюция демографической структуры российских домохозяйств. Проведен детальный анализ отечественных переписей и микропереписей населения с использованием длинного временного ряда и описанием особенностей сопоставления данных ...
Анна Алексеевна Миронова, Лидия Михайловна Прокофьева   +1 more
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Editorial for Special Collection on New Relationships from a Comparative Perspective

Demographic Research, 2017
Background: This special collection is the result of a collaboration between a group of family scholars from Europe and the United States. It initially developed from the observation that in many Western countries new types of couple relationships have ...
Anne-Rigt Poortman, Belinda Hewitt
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Secularism, fundamentalism or Catholicism: the religious composition of the United States to 2043 [PDF]

, 2010
We provide a cohort-component projection of the religious composition of the United States, considering differences in fertility, migration, intergenerational religious transmission, and switching among 11 ethnoreligious groups.
Abramowitz, Ament, Barrett, Box-Steffensmeier, Chandra, CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), Davis, Day, Fiorina, Glaeser, Goujon, Groot, Guth, Haug, Hoffmann, Hout, Hummer, Hunter, Huntington, Inglehart, Jasso, Jones, Kaufmann, Kaufmann, Kiviat, Korey, Kung, Lehrer, Lehrer, McQuillan, Mearsheimer, Mosher, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, Rogers, Roof, Sander, Sherkat, Skirbekk, Smith, Smith, Steensland, Thornton, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, UN, UN, Voas   +49 more
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The age difference between spouses and reproduction in 19th century Sweden

Demographic Research, 2019
Background: The influence of spousal relations on reproductive outcomes has received considerable attention in the demographic literature. Previous studies have shown the complex interplay between age difference, female autonomy, and reproductive ...
Paul Rotering, Hilde Bras
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American political affiliation, 2003–43: a cohort component projection [PDF]

, 2012
The recent rise and stability in American party identification has focused interest on the long-term dynamics of party bases. Liberal commentators cite immigration and youth as forces which will produce a natural Democratic advantage in the future while ...
Alvarez Michael, Anne Goujon, Axinn William G., Bishop Bill, Bongaarts John, Burner David., Eric Kaufmann, Frey William., Green Donald, Horowitz Donald., Jackson Richard, Jennings M. Kent, Keith Bruce E., Liefbroer Aart, Lijphart Arend., Miller Warren, Phillips Kevin., Putnam Robert, Samir K.C., Teixeira Ruy., Teixeira Ruy., Teixeira Ruy., Teixeira Ruy., Toft Monica., Van de Kaa Dirk., Vegard Skirbekk, Weiner Myron   +26 more
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