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. 

Loving African American husband touching wife face with tender

Do couples who use Medically Assisted Reproduction pay a mental health penalty?

The effects of natural conceptions and medically assisted conceptions on mental health
Marco Tosi (University of Padua) and Alice Goisis (University College London) investigate whether and how couples’ mental health changes around natural conceptions and MAR conceptions.

Marco Tosi (University of Padua) and Alice Goisis (University College London) investigate whether and how couples’ mental health changes around natural conceptions and MAR conceptions.

Portrait of multi generations Indian family at home

Are older adults receiving the emotional support they need?

Changes in family makeup and their effects on emotional support in old age
The results show that even the most intimate circle of social relationships, namely the family, is subject to a considerable number of changes in old age and that it depends on contextual factors and individual motivations.

The results show that even the most intimate circle of social relationships, namely the family, is subject to a considerable number of changes in old age and that it depends on contextual factors and individual motivations.

Pregnant woman unhappy

Socio‑Economic Differences in Single Motherhood in North America and Europe

Judith Koops, Aart Liefbroer and Anne Gauthier (Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)-KNAW/University of Groningen) assess the relationship of parental SES on women’s likelihood of becoming a single mother in more detail.

Judith Koops, Aart Liefbroer and Anne Gauthier (Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)-KNAW/University of Groningen) assess the relationship of parental SES on women’s likelihood of becoming a single mother in more detail.

Adult son moving out

Should I stay or should I go?

Young Adults’ Intentions to Leave Home and the Drivers Behind Them
Katrin Schwanitz (Tallinn University), Francesco Rampazzo (Saïd Business School, Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, and Nuffield College, University of Oxford) and Agnese Vitali (Università degli Studi di Trento) conduct a wide-ranging 12-country study on leaving-home intentions and their determinants.

Katrin Schwanitz (Tallinn University), Francesco Rampazzo (Saïd Business School, Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, and Nuffield College, University of Oxford) and Agnese Vitali (Università degli Studi di Trento) conduct a wide-ranging 12-country study on leaving-home intentions and their determinants.

granddaughter walking with senior woman holding stick in park and wearing mask for safety against covid-19

Caregiving in the Time of COVID-19

The effects on mental health, family obligations and access to care
Michael Bergmann (Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy and the Technical University of Munich) and Melanie Wagner (Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy) ask how care networks were affected by the pandemic and to what degree personal care was provided to those who needed it most?

Michael Bergmann (Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy and the Technical University of Munich) and Melanie Wagner (Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy) ask how care networks were affected by the pandemic and to what degree personal care was provided to those who needed it most?

family with two children carrying boxes and plant in new home on moving day.

Do long-distance moves damage children’s education?

Patricia McMullin, Elina Kilpi-Jakonen and Jani Erola (University of Turku) and Aleksi Karhula (University of Helsinki and University of Turku) study the relationship between children moving and dropping out of school in both Finland and Germany.

Patricia McMullin, Elina Kilpi-Jakonen and Jani Erola (University of Turku) and Aleksi Karhula (University of Helsinki and University of Turku) study the relationship between children moving and dropping out of school in both Finland and Germany.

African descent grandmother and grandchild gardening in outdoor

Can we ask grandma to watch the kids?

The effect of grandchildren on grandparental labour supply and the gender employment gap
Andreas Backhaus (BiB) and Mikkel Barslund (HIVA-KU Leuven) use SHARE data and an instrumental variable strategy to estimate the causal effect of grandchildren on the labour supply of grandparents.

Andreas Backhaus (BiB) and Mikkel Barslund (HIVA-KU Leuven) use SHARE data and an instrumental variable strategy to estimate the causal effect of grandchildren on the labour supply of grandparents.

Wooden blocks with Jobs written on them

Even worse than the undocumented?

Assessing the refugees’ integration in the labour market of Lombardy in 2001- 2014
Livia Elisa Ortensi (University of Bologna) and Elena Ambrosetti (University of Rome La Sapienza) aim to assess possible gaps in labour market integration of refugees compared to other migrants, including irregular migrants in the Italian region of Lombardy in 2001-2014.

Livia Elisa Ortensi (University of Bologna) and Elena Ambrosetti (University of Rome La Sapienza) aim to assess possible gaps in labour market integration of refugees compared to other migrants, including irregular migrants in the Italian region of Lombardy in 2001-2014.