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. 

Silhouettes of refugees people searching new homes or life due to persecution

Is the Age Variation in the Migrant Mortality Advantage Real?

Matthew Wallace (Stockholm University) and Ben Wilson (Stockholm University London School of Economics) look to see if age differences in the migrant mortality advantage is genuine.

Matthew Wallace (Stockholm University) and Ben Wilson (Stockholm University London School of Economics) look to see if age differences in the migrant mortality advantage is genuine.

Childfree checkbox checked

Is it only a matter of economic resources?

Understanding intentions to be childless in Europe
Marco Albertini (University of Bologna) and Elisa Brini (University of Trento) focus on the analysis of voluntary childlessness of women and men in Europe, using data from the Generations and Gender Survey

Marco Albertini (University of Bologna) and Elisa Brini (University of Trento) focus on the analysis of voluntary childlessness of women and men in Europe, using data from the Generations and Gender Survey

Three people with an open book

Religiosity and Fertility Intentions

Do the highly religious form childbearing plans differently from their less religious counterparts?
Christoph Bein (NIDI-KNAW & University of Groningen), Monika Mynarska (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw) and Anne Gauthier (NIDI-KNAW & University of Groningen) investigate whether highly religious people perceive higher benefits and lower costs of having children than the less religious.

Christoph Bein (Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI-KNAW) & University of Groningen), Monika Mynarska (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw) and Anne Gauthier (NIDI-KNAW & University of Groningen) investigate whether highly religious people perceive higher benefits and lower costs of having children than the less religious.

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How Does Unemployment Affect Migrants’ Likelihood to Leave England and Wales?

An article in International Migration Review by Louise Caron and Mathieu Ichou (Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques, INED) refines the understanding of the role of unemployment at one’s destination on remigration behaviours.

An article in International Migration Review by Louise Caron and Mathieu Ichou (Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques, INED) refines the understanding of the role of unemployment at one’s destination on remigration behaviours.

Father cooking with kid

More Equal Sharing of Domestic Work?

Slow gender convergence in housework and childcare
Ariane Pailhé and Anne Solaz (Institut national d'études démographiques (INED)) and Maria Stanfors (Centre for Economic Demography, Lund University) analyse the trends of level shifts and gender differences in housework and childcare across France, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the U.S. from the mid-1980s to the early 2010s.

Ariane Pailhé and Anne Solaz (Institut national d'études démographiques (INED)) and Maria Stanfors (Centre for Economic Demography, Lund University) analyse the trends of level shifts and gender differences in housework and childcare across France, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the U.S. from the mid-1980s to the early 2010s.

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Is Population Policy Part of the Answer to Climate Change?

A Survey among Demographers
Van Dalen and Henkens (both Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute) consider the relationship between population and climate change as well as the prospect of using population policy by asking the community of European demographers and population scientists what they think.

Van Dalen and Henkens (both Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute) consider the relationship between population and climate change as well as the prospect of using population policy by asking the community of European demographers and population scientists what they think.

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Cohabitation and Attitudes toward Union Dissolution

Martin Kreidl (Masaryk University) and Zuzana Žilinčíková (Université Catholique de Louvain) examine how marriage and cohabitation differ in their effect on attitudes toward family dissolution.

Martin Kreidl (Masaryk University) and Zuzana Žilinčíková (Université Catholique de Louvain) examine how marriage and cohabitation differ in their effect on attitudes toward family dissolution.

The Importance of Caring Relations in eHealth

The Importance of Caring Relations in eHealth

Jens Lindberg, Robert Bhatt and Anton Ferm from Umeå University describe older people’s perceptions of caring relations in the context of rural eHealth, as well as to explore how such relations can facilitate engagement in digital primary healthcare.

Jens Lindberg, Robert Bhatt and Anton Ferm from Umeå University describe older people’s perceptions of caring relations in the context of rural eHealth, as well as to explore how such relations can facilitate engagement in digital primary healthcare.

Couple sitting on couch wearing surgical masks

The Spread of Uncertainty Causes a Drop in Birth Rates

Chiara Ludovica Comolli (University of Lausanne) and Daniele Vignoli (University of Florence) look at how we know whether the particular media interpretation of an event is accepted and influences the behaviour of the general public.

Chiara Ludovica Comolli (University of Lausanne) and Daniele Vignoli (University of Florence) look at how we know whether the particular media interpretation of an event is accepted and influences the behaviour of the general public.

Socio-Economic Background and Family Formation

Socio-Economic Background and Family Formation

To what extent does the societal context affect the influence of socio-economic status on the decision to have a child while cohabiting?
Judith Koops, Aart Liefbroer and Anne Gauthier (Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute) studied the role of the SES of one’s parents on having a first birth in cohabitation or marriage in 19 European and North American countries.

Judith Koops, Aart Liefbroer and Anne Gauthier (Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute) studied the role of the SES of one’s parents on having a first birth in cohabitation or marriage in 19 European and North American countries.