Trends in age at menarche in low- and middle-income countries
Évolution de l’âge aux premières règles dans les pays à revenu faible et intermédiaire
Tiziana Leone, Laura Brown
Understanding the timing and determinants of age at menarche is key to determining potential linkages between onset of puberty and health outcomes from a lifecourse perspective.
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From deprivation to neonatal and post-neonatal mortality in Bolivia
Le lien entre pauvreté et mortalité néonatale et post-néonatale en Bolivie
Filippo Temporin
Filippo Temporin identifies three possible mechanisms whereby deprivation can affect neonatal and post-neonatal mortality. Using data from the 2008 Bolivia Demographic and Health Survey, however, he concludes that in a context of widespread poverty,
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Religion as a moderating factor in the education-fertility relationship
La religion comme modérateur de la relation entre niveau d’instruction et fécondité
Nitzan Peri-Rotem
Female education is often linked to lower fertility levels and higher rates of childlessness. However, this relationship does not necessarily hold for all population groups.
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Internet: a tool for promoting contraceptive uptake in sub-Saharan African countries
Internet : un outil pour favoriser l’accès à la contraception en Afrique subsaharienne
Veronica Toffolutti, Hai Ma, Giulia Menichelli, Ester Berlot, Letizia Mencarini, Arnstein Aassve
The Internet is a time-saving and cost-effective modern technology to enact general healthcare programs.
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U.S. immigrant men’s earning trajectories vary by country of origin
Pour les hommes immigrés aux États-Unis, l’évolution des revenus varie selon le pays d’origine
Leafia Ye, Michal Engelman
Immigrant men who arrived in the United States in the latter part of the twentieth century experienced varied earning trajectories. Leafia Ye and Michal Engelman show that those who came from several countries in Asia and Africa experienced substantial earnings growth
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Strong combined impact of smoking, obesity, and alcohol on survival improvements in Europe
Les effets combinés du tabagisme, de l’obésité et de l’alcool freinent l’amélioration de la survie en Europe
Fanny Janssen, Sergi Trias-Llimós, Anton Kunst
Smoking, obesity and alcohol are considered key public health problems in Europe. Fanny Janssen, Sergi Trias-Llimós, and Anton Kunst show how changes over time in these three lifestyle factors have affected secular trends in survival
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Health at older ages: childless adults not always worse off than parents
La santé des personnes âgées sans enfant n’est pas toujours moins bonne que celle des parents
Nekehia T. Quashie, Bruno Arpino, Radoslaw Antczak, Christine A. Mair
As children are often the main source of support in later life, childless older adults are presumed to have higher risks of poor health compared to parents. Nekehia T. Quashie, Bruno Arpino, Radoslaw Antczak, and Christine A. Mair show that this is not always the case:
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Women’s employment 1996-2016: US vs Europe
Emploi des femmes 1996-2016: les États-Unis comparés à l’Europe
Jennifer L. Hook, Eunjeong Paek
Among OECD countries, the United States was once a leader in women’s labor force participation, but is now a laggard. Jennifer Hook and Eunjeong Paek compare trends in American and European women’s employment to investigate why the American gender revolution has stalled.
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