Pop digests

PopDigests

PopDigests are short, comprehensive summaries of research results with a link to the original publication (if accessible online). This allows population experts and other interested audiences to be able to easily access information to the latest research results. 

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Generous parental leave is protective against poorer mental health among parents

In this study, Amy Heshmati, Helena Honkaniemi and Sol P. Juárez (Stockholm University) evaluate the international scientific literature on the association between parental leave and parents’ mental health for both mothers and fathers.

In this study, Amy Heshmati, Helena Honkaniemi and Sol P. Juárez (Stockholm University) evaluate the international scientific literature on the association between parental leave and parents’ mental health for both mothers and fathers.

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More Money, More Say?

Gender Balance in Financial Decision-Making
In their latest study, Martin Klesment and Jan Van Bavel investigated how women’s relative education and earnings determine who makes important decisions for the family, particularly decisions to spend significant sums of money, to borrow money or spend savings.

In their latest study, Martin Klesment and Jan Van Bavel investigated how women’s relative education and earnings determine who makes important decisions for the family, particularly decisions to spend significant sums of money, to borrow money or spend savings.

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Smoke in any direction

The contribution of smoking on regional mortality differences
Pavel Grigoriev and Sebastian Klüsener (German Federal Institute for Population Research) and Alyson van Raalte (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research) examine the effect of smoking on German regional differences in mortality.

Pavel Grigoriev and Sebastian Klüsener (German Federal Institute for Population Research) and Alyson van Raalte (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research) examine the effect of smoking on German regional differences in mortality.

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Are ideals and norms related to fatherhood equal in Europe?

Individual attitudes towards reproductive decisions and the exercise of fatherhood in Germany, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the UK
Teresa Martín-García (Spanish National Research Council, CSIC), Marta Seiz (National University of Distance Learning, UNED) and Teresa Castro-Martín (Spanish National Research Council, CSIC) explored ideals and norms related to fatherhood in five European countries: Germany, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
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Without a child or partner

The effects of kinless-ness on loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic
Bruno Arpino (University of Florence), Christine Mair (University of Maryland), Nekehia Quashie (University of Rhode Island) and Radoslaw Antczak (SGH Warsaw School of Economics) analysed data on more than 35,000 adults aged 50 and older to examine if unpartnered and childless older adults reported more loneliness and how that changed over the course of the pandemic.

Bruno Arpino (University of Florence), Christine Mair (University of Maryland), Nekehia Quashie (University of Rhode Island) and Radoslaw Antczak (SGH Warsaw School of Economics) analysed data on more than 35,000 adults aged 50 and older from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe to examine if unpartnered and childless older adults reported more loneliness and how that changed over the course of the pandemic.

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Understanding delayed parenthood

Having children at an older age has different effects for the careers of women and men
Jessica Nisén (University of Turku), Maarten J. Bijlsma (University of Groningen), Pekka Martikainen (University of Helsinki), Ben Wilson (Stockholm University) and Mikko Myrskylä (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research) investigated how educational and labour market trajectories of women and men depend on the timing of parenthood.

Jessica Nisén (University of Turku), Maarten J. Bijlsma (University of Groningen), Pekka Martikainen (University of Helsinki), Ben Wilson (Stockholm University) and Mikko Myrskylä (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research) investigated how educational and labour market trajectories of women and men depend on the timing of parenthood.