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Population Changes and Emerging Challenges to Global Primary Education Provision

open access: yesPopulation and Development Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Global demographic changes in recent decades have sharply altered the contexts in which governments provide education. Focusing on primary education, we demonstrate, first, that recent demographic trends have been highly polarizing for education systems worldwide. Persistent expansionary pressures burden some of the least‐resourced educational
Emily Hannum, Jeonghyeok Kim, Fan Wang
wiley   +1 more source

War, Gender, and Family Dynamics: A Couple Analysis

open access: yesPopulation and Development Review, EarlyView.
Abstract A growing demographic literature outlines how war exposure has long‐lasting and far‐reaching impacts on individuals. Yet the nascent literature leaves questions of whether and how the war exposures of key relatives, such as spouses, affect individuals.
Yingyi Lin, Emily Smith‐Greenaway
wiley   +1 more source

A Global Perspective on Trends in the Use of Withdrawal and Periodic Abstinence for Pregnancy Prevention

open access: yesPopulation and Development Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Periodic abstinence and withdrawal (the dominant methods in the “traditional methods” category) have been used to prevent pregnancy in both historical and contemporary contexts and, in some countries, continue to be used despite increased availability and use of modern methods. Yet research on family planning programs and contraceptive methods
Vladimíra Kantorová   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leveraging High‐Frequency Digital Data to Analyze Forced Displacement Dynamics: A Case Study from the Gaza Strip

open access: yesPopulation and Development Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The quantification and analysis of forced displacement, driven by political unrest or natural disasters, has become increasingly central to both humanitarian and demographic research. With displaced populations reaching record numbers, there is an urgent need for accurate and timely data on displacement patterns, particularly disaggregated by ...
Edith Darin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structured Inequality, Uncertain Lifespans: Demographic Perspectives on Predicting Individual‐Level Longevity

open access: yesPopulation and Development Review, EarlyView.
Abstract There are striking disparities in life expectancy across sociodemographic groups in the United States, shaped by structural forces such as racism, class inequality, and policy environments. To what extent do sociodemographic characteristics structure—or fail to structure—individual lifespans? Using U.S.
Casey F. Breen, Nathan Seltzer
wiley   +1 more source

Health Influences on Second‐ and Third‐Birth Probabilities in Norway

open access: yesPopulation and Development Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We examined how several health variables were associated with mothers’ probability of having a second or third child and the timing of the second birth. Data from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) and linked registers were used.
Øystein Kravdal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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