Reproductive life concentrated into ever-shorter windows*
Demographers have long tracked how many children women have and when. But how widely fertility is spread across reproductive ages has received comparatively little attention. Thomas Spoorenberg introduces a simple ... Read more
Can we really predict individual-level longevity?
Disparities in life expectancy across sociodemographic groups are large in the U.S. Still, using linked Census and mortality records for men born in 1910, Casey Breen and Nathan Seltzer find ... Read more
Son preference and reproductive behaviour in Uzbekistan
Using data from the 2021–2022 Uzbekistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, Khilola Dushamova, Rashid Javed, Gayrat Suyunov and Munira Zakirova find that son preference shapes reproductive behaviour among Uzbek women. Women ... Read more
Why menstrual health belongs in population surveys
Population surveys measure health and wellbeing but overlook menstrual cycle status and symptom burden, a blind spot affecting nearly half the population. Drawing on a survey review and qualitative research, ... Read more
Child stunting: lessons from global history
Child stunting, being too short for one’s age, is widely seen as a problem of today’s poorer countries. A systematic review of data from 122 countries since the 19th century ... Read more
Change is the only constant: living arrangements in the United States, 1850–2021
Living arrangements are the reflection of demographic and social change. Using historical census data from the United States, Ginevra Floridi and Albert Esteve summarise 170 years of change in household ... 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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