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Factors Affecting Attitudes towards Cohabitation among Iranian Youth [PDF]

open access: yesجامعه شناسی کاربردی
Introduction In previous decades, marriage has been more prevalent, while cohabitation has been largely limited to specific social groups. However, attitudes toward cohabitation are shifting in many countries, resulting in its increased acceptance and ...
Reyhane Ghasemi Neyasar   +2 more
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Causal assessment in demographic research

open access: yesGenus, 2020
Causation underlies both research and policy interventions. Causal inference in demography is however far from easy, and few causal claims are probably sustainable in this field. This paper targets the assessment of causality in demographic research.
Guillaume Wunsch, Catherine Gourbin
doaj   +1 more source

Individual quality of life and the environment – towards a concept of livable areas for persons with disabilities in Poland

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2021
Background The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities [1] highlights the need to create proper socioeconomic and political conditions for persons with disabilities, with a special focus on their immediate living conditions ...
Izabela Grabowska   +3 more
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Electronic demography decision making system

open access: yes, 2020
The article suggests an approach to the development of an electronic demographic decision support system using data warehouse and interactive analytical processing OLAP.
Nabibekova, G.Ch.
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Are the four Baconian idols still alive in demography?

open access: yes, 2014
In this paper, we examine the four Idols that beset human minds according to Francis Bacon’s Novum Organum (1620). These are: Idols of the Tribe – false assertions resulting from the belief that «the sense of man is the measure of things»; Idols of the ...
Franck, Robert   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Engineered extracellular vesicles enriched with the miR‐214/199a cluster enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy in ovarian cancer

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Loss of the miR‐214/199a cluster is associated with recurrence in ovarian cancer. Engineered small extracellular vesicles (m214‐sEVs) elevate miR‐214‐3p/miR‐199a‐5p in tumor cells, suppress β‐catenin, TLR4, and YKT6 signaling, reprogram tumor‐derived sEV cargo, reduce chemoresistance and migration, and enhance carboplatin efficacy and survival in ...
Weida Wang   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cohort Fertility, Parity Progression, and Family Size in Former Yugoslav Countries

open access: yesComparative Population Studies, 2020
Yugoslavia was a union of countries at the crossroads of cultures, rich in diversity, bringing together heterogeneous populations with very different demographic transition pathways, particularly with respect to fertility.
Ivan Čipin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and determinants of unmet need for contraception among women in low and high-priority segments for family planning demand generation in Nigeria

open access: yesArchives of Public Health, 2022
Plain Language Summary Existing studies have identified diverse predictors of unmet need for contraception. These predictors cut across individual, household, community, and health facility levels.
Bola Lukman Solanke   +4 more
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The demography of menopause

open access: yesMaturitas, 1996
Menopause marks a time of dramatic hormonal and often social change for women. Both risk factors and health needs are likely to change as women pass through menopause. This paper examines the demographic characteristics of the world population of menopausal and post-menopausal women, and also examines the implication of menopause for mortality risks ...
openaire   +2 more sources

On the Demography of Aging [PDF]

open access: yesDemography, 1980
This paper is concerned with the contributions of demography to gerontology or the demography of aging. The major interests of gerontological demographers and outstanding issues and problems are discussed in terms of the process of aging. Problems of definition of old age and aging are noted in terms of: 1) the lack of a universally acceptable ...
openaire   +2 more sources

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