Grandmotherhood and retirement in Italy
Devenir grand-mère et prendre sa retraite en Italie
Francesca Zanasi, Inge Sieben
The article explores the relationship between becoming a grandmother and retiring in Italy. In contrast to the US and other countries in Europe, the two events do not overlap in Italy, and the former hardly influences the latter. Francesca Zanasi and Inge Sieben interpret the findings in relation to the familistic structure of Italy. In
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Does population aging erode democratic support?
Vieillissement de la population : un risque pour la démocratie?
Uwe Sunde
Individual support for democracy in the population is essential for the stability of democracies. However, not much is known about how demographic change, such as population aging, affects attitudes in this respect. Uwe Sunde shows that support for democracy increases with age, but declines with expected proximity to death. This suggests that a reduction in
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Socioeconomic differences in life satisfaction and longevity in Spain
Différences socioéconomiques de longévité et de satisfaction dans la vie en Espagne
Aïda Solé-Auró, Mariona Lozano
Aïda Solé-Auró and Mariona Lozano present data on “satisfied life expectancy” by gender and educational level in Spain. One of their somewhat paradoxical findings is that even though Spaniards are living longer and healthier lives than ever before,
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Prevalence of chronic diseases associated with increased risk of severe COVID-19 in the Philippines
Prévalence de maladies chroniques associées à un risque accru d’atteinte sévère de COVID-19 aux Philippines
Jeofrey B. Abalos
The Philippines has the one of the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia. Using the 2016 National Disability Prevalence Survey, Jeofrey B. Abalos describes the prevalence of chronic diseases associated with increased risk of severe COVID-19
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How many people experience homelessness in Australia?
Combien de personnes sans domicile fixe en Australie?
James O’Donnell
Homelessness is damaging to individuals and society – and an exceedingly difficult phenomenon for researchers and policy makers to measure and analyse. In this article, James O’Donnell describes a new approach to estimating annual homelessness.
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Selecting highly educated immigrants may not significantly raise the average education of the U.S. labor force
Une politique de sélection d’immigrants très diplômés n’aurait pas d’effet significatif sur le niveau d’instruction moyen des travailleurs américains
Jennifer Van Hook, Alain Bélanger, Patrick Sabourin, Anne Morse
In the U.S., adopting a Canadian‐style admissions policy, i.e., explicitly selecting immigrants based on educational attainment,
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The subnational Human Development Index: details on inequality
L’indice de développement humain infranational: détails sur les inégalités
Iñaki Permanyer, Jeroen Smits
Studies on the distribution of human development across the globe tend to omit the variations that exist within countries. Iñaki Permanyer and Jeroen Smits fill this gap by developing a sub-national version of the well-known Human Development Index across all world countries.
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Education and sexually transmitted infections among Malawian adolescents
Niveau d’instruction et infections sexuellement transmissibles chez les adolescent(e)s au Malawi
Barbara S. Mensch, Monica Grant, Erica Erica Soler-Hampejsek
Barbara S. Mensch, Monica Grant and Erica Soler-Hampejsek estimate the effect of enrolment, grade attainment, and skills on herpes and HIV among Malawian adolescents.
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