Working longer despite poorer health in South Korea
With increasing life expectancy, people are expected to work longer, but longer working lives are not inherently healthier. By estimating the years people spend working with chronic disease, Anastasia Lam ... Read more
When babies and PhDs collide: a gendered story
Becoming a parent during doctoral training carries lasting career consequences, but not equally for women and men. Xinyi Zhao presents the results of a global study on 8,097 academic parents ... Read more
Too old to give blood? Not in South Korea
As populations age across East Asia, blood banks face a double squeeze: fewer young donors and more elderly patients needing transfusions. South Korea, Oh Seok Kim notes, has promptly responded ... Read more
National identity and fertility intentions in Hungary
National identity, defined as attachment to the nation, shapes behaviour. As fertility declines, childbearing may become a national issue. If the nation is important to individuals, are they more likely ... Read more
Longer lives, less healthy ageing? The Australian case
Migrants in Australia live longer than the Australian-born population, but their health advantage fades with age. The gap is especially striking for migrant women. A longer life, Guogui Huang and ... Read more
Life trajectories of African unwed mothers after the loss of their child
Yingyi Lin, Emily Smith-Greenaway, Camila Cortes Rodriguez, and Shelley Clark examine how the death of a premaritally born child affects an unmarried mother’s future life trajectory in 26 sub-Saharan Africa ... Read more
Did you know?
In 2024, nearly 78 per cent of women aged 15–49 who wanted to avoid pregnancy used modern contraceptive methods. Despite this progress, more than 250 million women of reproductive age still do not use modern contraception.
Source: United Nations (2024), Estimates and Projections of Family Planning Indicators 2024. Available at: www.un.org/development/desa/pd/ data/family-planning-indicators.
Note: Oceania excludes Australia and New Zealand.
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