How siblings shape cognitive aging. Evidence from American families
Yiang Li’s research on Americans born in the early 20th century shows that adults who grew up with multiple brothers and sisters, especially siblings close in age, experienced markedly faster cognitive ... Read more
Measuring life expectancy with care needs in Ibero-American countries
Increasing life expectancy across the world calls for a comprehensive understanding of how these additional years are lived by individuals. By estimating years of life expectancy with care needs in ... Read more
Economic cycles and first births among natives and migrants’ children in Belgium
Economic cycles shape first births in Belgium and help explain aggregate fertility trends. However, as Wood, Neels and Marynissen show, pro-cyclical fertility holds for natives and European descendants, but not ... Read more
Extending working lives: how European birth cohorts compare
Promoting longer working lives has become a key policy response to population ageing. Jan Einhoff finds that successive European birth cohorts have spent a growing number of years in employment ... Read more
Beyond national borders: assessing avoidable mortality across European districts (2002–2019)
Avoidable mortality is traditionally analysed at the national level. Using district-level data from 10 European countries between 2002 and 2019, Sophie Stroisch, Michael Mühlichen, Pavel Grigoriev and Tobias Vogt reveal ... Read more
Every year of schooling counts for dementia risk in the US
In the US, each additional year of education is linked to a lower risk of dementia in later life, Hyungmin Cha notes. The decline is steady across the education spectrum, ... 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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