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Mating Market and Dynamics of Union Formation
The paper investigates the relationship between structural partner market constraints and the timing and educational sorting of unions in Germany...
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Teaching women to question and control: public pedagogies of birth and vaccine refusal
In the US, birth has become a carefully planned experience for those with the greatest access to resources. Pregnancy preparations, including...
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Adolescent Residential Mobility and Life Satisfaction in Emerging Adulthood
Moving in adolescence could be a stressful experience, potentially disturbing development into adulthood. This study investigated the relationship...
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From the Fringes to the Heart of the Welfare State—Growth in ECEC Coverage
This chapter addresses the birth of the modern ECEC service in the Nordic countries from its legislative foundation around 1970 to achieving full...
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The Early Emergence of SES Achievement Gaps: Disparities Across Race, Ethnicity, and Immigrant Status
Research documents positive associations between socioeconomic factors and children’s cognitive development. However, the benefits of socioeconomic...
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Work history, economic resources, and women’s labour market withdrawal after the birth of the first grandchild
Typically, grandmothers are actively involved in the lives of their grandchildren, most frequently as care providers. At the same time, these...
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‘I Was More Emotional at the Beginning … Missing Poland a Lot. But Once You Have Kids It’s Different’: Kee** Families Connected
This chapter concerns how migration, a significant life event, shapes intergenerational relationships, particularly in the context of becoming a...
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Can LARC Fulfill Its Potential to Reduce U.S. Women’s Unintended Pregnancy Risk? Examining Women’s Contraception and Childbearing in the Year Before Initiating LARC
Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) have received increased attention in recent decades for their potential to reduce the high level of...
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The relay for human longevity: country-specific contributions to the increase of the best-practice life expectancy
This study investigates the long-term dynamics of longevity by taking into account the specific contribution of each country, and how this has...
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Differences between Behavior and Maturation: Developmental Effects of Father Absence
ObjectiveA substantial body of research has investigated the effects of early family environments on sexual maturity and behavior, focusing mostly on...
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The Intergenerational Impact of Terror: Did the 9/11 Tragedy Impact the Initial Human Capital of the Next Generation?
Given the unexpected nature of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, a specific cohort of children were exogenously exposed to increased...
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Why Use a Cohort Approach to Analyse Internal Migration Trajectories?
Period and cohort approaches provide complementary insights into demographic behaviour and often proceed in tandem in fertility and mortality...
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Newborn Care Practices and Barriers to Service Utilisation
Promoting skilled attendance at birth may not alone be sufficient for the survival of newborns as the first few weeks after birth are the riskiest...
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Children and marital dissolution in China
Using data for women from the 2010, 2012 and 2014 Chinese Family Panel Studies, this study investigated several aspects of children’s effects on the...
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Analysis of unintended pregnancy and influencing factors among married women in China
Unintended pregnancy often ends with induced abortion, an outcome that affects a woman’s physical and mental health and consumes social resources. A...
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On the Implications of Age-Specific Fertility for Sibships and Birth Spacing
Demographic analyses of fertility customarily focus on age-specific birth rates, implicitly assuming that, at every age, fertility is the same for...
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Early Poverty and Children’s General Health at 8 Years of Age in the Taiwan Birth Cohort Study
There are growing concerns about the effects of poverty on children’s health, but few studies have examined how the long-term experience of poverty...
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Regional fertility predictors based on socioeconomic determinants in Slovakia
The study's primary purpose was to recognise the effects of determinants on the level of fertility and thereby explain the differences in trends in...
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Childhood Chronic Poverty Estimations: Looking Beyond a Count Index
Previous works have estimated the level of chronic poverty suffered by children using a count index, that is, the number of times a child was...
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Country Fertility Transition Patterns
This chapter focuses on the fertility transitions of individual countries. Countries are the entities that make policy decisions and implement family...