Racial classification as a multistate process [PDF]
Demographic ResearchBACKGROUND: Although the existence of racial fluidity is generally accepted in both Brazil and the United States, changes in racial classification over the life course are often not incorporated into standard demographic estimates. OBJECTIVE: By taking a
Jerônimo Muniz +2 more
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Religious affiliation and child mortality in Ireland: A country-wide analysis based on the 1911 Census [PDF]
Demographic ResearchBACKGROUND: Previous studies have identified a link between religious affiliation and child mortality, yet the underlying factors that contributed to this association are not fully understood.
Lucia Pozzi +3 more
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Longevity à la mode: A discretized derivative tests method for accurate estimation of the adult modal age at death [PDF]
Demographic ResearchBACKGROUND: The modal age at death (or mode) is an important indicator of longevity associated with different mortality regularities. Accurate estimates of the mode are essential, but existing methods are not always able to provide them.
Paola Vazquez-Castillo +2 more
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Measuring short-term mobility patterns in North America using Facebook advertising data, with an application to adjusting COVID-19 mortality rates [PDF]
Demographic ResearchBACKGROUND: Patterns in short-term population mobility are important to understand, but the data required to measure such movements are often not available from traditional sources.
Lindsay Katz +2 more
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Fertility decline, changes in age structure, and the potential for demographic dividends: A global analysis [PDF]
Demographic ResearchBACKGROUND: The demographic dividend, a concept that is widely used in development cooperation, describes the economic growth potential based on shifts towards a large share of working-age population in the course of the demographic transition.
Markus Dörflinger, Elke Loichinger
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A kunhegyesi járás társadalmi sajátosságai = Social Particuliarities of Kunhegyesi District [PDF]
, 2021 Kárász, Katalin, Lipcsei, József
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The optimal transition to a stationary population for concentrated vitality rates [PDF]
Demographic ResearchBACKGROUND: Several countries nowadays and in the past face a birth rates below replacement level. To what extent should the fertility of this shrinking population be increased during a given planning period such that it approaches stationarity at the ...
Gustav Feichtinger, Stefan Wrzaczek
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Mind the gap: Exploring urban–rural differences in US inter-county migration decisions [PDF]
Demographic ResearchBACKGROUND: Labor and housing market conditions, alongside political climate, are recognized as pivotal drivers for domestic migration. However, limited research examines how urban/rural status of areas influences the interplay between these factors and ...
Anqi Xu
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How do environmental stressors influence migration? A meta-regression analysis of environmental migration literature [PDF]
Demographic ResearchBACKGROUND: The amount of literature on environmental migration is increasing. However, existing studies exhibit contradictory results. A systematic synthesis of the environment–migration relationship is much needed.
Shuai Zhou, Guangqing Chi
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GENETIC SEGREGATION OF MITOCHONDRIAL 3697>GA MUTATION IN PGD CYCLES
Fertility and Sterility, 2021 Dongmei Ji +6 more
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