Further Analyses Reinforce Our Conclusions About Extreme Poverty
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Source: Demography - December 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Young Adults ’ Migration to Cities in Sweden: Do Siblings Pave the Way?
AbstractYoung adult internal migration forms a large share of the influx of people into large cities in the developed world. We investigate the role of the residential locations of siblings for young adults ’ migration to large cities, using the case of Sweden and its four largest cities: Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö/Lund, and Uppsala. We use register data for the full Swedish-born population of young adults aged 18–28 living in Sweden in the years 2007–2013 and multinomial logistic regression a nalyses of migrating to each of the four cities or migrating elsewhere versus not migrating. Our point of departure is the...
Source: Demography - December 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Preferences, Partners, and Parenthood: Linking Early Fertility Desires, Marriage Timing, and Achieved Fertility
AbstractIn the United States, underachieving fertility desires is more common among women with higher levels of education and those who delay first marriage beyond their mid-20s. However, the relationship between these patterns, and particularly the degree to which marriage postponementexplains lower fertility among the highly educated, is not well understood. We use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 cohort to analyze differences in parenthood and achieved parity for men and women, focusing on the role of marriage timing in achieving fertility goals over the life course. We expand on previous researc...
Source: Demography - December 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Material Hardship and Contraceptive Use During the Transition to Adulthood
AbstractDecades of research have attempted to understand the paradox of stubbornly high unintended pregnancy rates despite widespread use of contraception. Much of this research has focused on socioeconomic disparities in rates of unintended pregnancy, finding that economically disadvantaged women tend to use less effective contraceptive methods and use them less consistently. Building on this research, this study examines how material hardship is associated with less consistent contraceptive use among women who do not desire to become pregnant. Using the Relationship Dynamics and Social Life (RDSL) Study, a weekly longitu...
Source: Demography - December 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Another Plea for Caution When Using Survey Income Data From the Far-Left Tail
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Source: Demography - December 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Acknowledgment of Reviewers
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Source: Demography - December 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Young Adults ’ Migration to Cities in Sweden: Do Siblings Pave the Way?
AbstractYoung adult internal migration forms a large share of the influx of people into large cities in the developed world. We investigate the role of the residential locations of siblings for young adults ’ migration to large cities, using the case of Sweden and its four largest cities: Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö/Lund, and Uppsala. We use register data for the full Swedish-born population of young adults aged 18–28 living in Sweden in the years 2007–2013 and multinomial logistic regression a nalyses of migrating to each of the four cities or migrating elsewhere versus not migrating. Our point of departure is the...
Source: Demography - November 30, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Material Hardship and Contraceptive Use During the Transition to Adulthood
AbstractDecades of research have attempted to understand the paradox of stubbornly high unintended pregnancy rates despite widespread use of contraception. Much of this research has focused on socioeconomic disparities in rates of unintended pregnancy, finding that economically disadvantaged women tend to use less effective contraceptive methods and use them less consistently. Building on this research, this study examines how material hardship is associated with less consistent contraceptive use among women who do not desire to become pregnant. Using the Relationship Dynamics and Social Life (RDSL) Study, a weekly longitu...
Source: Demography - November 30, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Correction to: Gender Discrimination and Excess Female Under-5 Mortality in India: A New Perspective Using Mixed-Sex Twins
The article Gender Discrimination and Excess Female Under-5 Mortality in India: A New Perspective Using Mixed-Sex Twins, written by Ridhi Kashyap& Julia Behrman, was originally published electronically on the publisher ’s internet portal on 25th September without open access. (Source: Demography)
Source: Demography - November 25, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Another Plea for Caution When Using Survey Income Data From the Far-Left Tail
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Source: Demography - November 19, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Preferences, Partners, and Parenthood: Linking Early Fertility Desires, Marriage Timing, and Achieved Fertility
AbstractIn the United States, underachieving fertility desires is more common among women with higher levels of education and those who delay first marriage beyond their mid-20s. However, the relationship between these patterns, and particularly the degree to which marriage postponementexplains lower fertility among the highly educated, is not well understood. We use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 cohort to analyze differences in parenthood and achieved parity for men and women, focusing on the role of marriage timing in achieving fertility goals over the life course. We expand on previous researc...
Source: Demography - November 12, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Recent Trends in U.S. Childbearing Intentions
AbstractThe U.S. period total fertility rate has declined steadily since the Great Recession, reaching 1.73 children in 2018, the lowest level since the 1970s. This pattern could mean that current childbearing cohorts will end up with fewer children than previous cohorts, or this same pattern could be an artifact of a tempo distortion if individuals are simply postponing births they plan to eventually have. In this research note, we use data on current parity and future intended births from the 2006 –2017 National Survey of Family Growth to shed light on this issue. We find that total intended parity declined (from 2.26 ...
Source: Demography - November 9, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Parental Investment After the Birth of a Sibling: The Effect of Family Size in Low-Fertility China
AbstractA large body of research has examined the relationship between family size and child well-being in developing countries, but most of this literature has focused on the consequences of high fertility. The impact of family size in a low-fertility developing country context remains unknown, even though more developing countries are expected to reach below-replacement fertility levels. Set in China between 2010 and 2016, this study examines whether an increase in family size reduces parental investment received by the firstborn child. Using data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), this study improves on previou...
Source: Demography - October 29, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The Association Between Legal Status and Poverty Among Immigrants: A Methodological Caution
AbstractUsing nationally representative survey data, this research note examines the association between immigrant legal status and poverty in the United States. Our objective is to test whether estimates of this association vary depending on the method used to infer legal status in survey data, focusing on two approaches in particular: (1) inferring legal status using a logical imputation method that ignores the existence of legal-status survey questions (logical approach); and (2) defining legal status based on survey questions about legal status (survey approach). We show that the two methods yield contrasting conclusio...
Source: Demography - October 29, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Employment ’s Role in Enabling and Constraining Marriage in the Middle East and North Africa
AbstractWe investigate the role of employment in enabling and constraining marriage for young men and women in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia. Survival analysis methods for age at marriage are applied to comparable labor market panel surveys from Egypt (2012), Jordan (2010), and Tunisia (2014), which include detailed labor market histories. For men, employment and especially high-quality employment are associated with more rapid transitions to marriage. For women, past —but not contemporaneous—employment statuses are associated with more rapid transitions to marriage. After addressing endogeneity using residual-inclusion m...
Source: Demography - October 29, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
