Ernestina CoastAssociate Professor of Population Studies, London School of Economics

Associate Professor of Population Studies, London School of Economics
Female genital mutilation/cutting in Africa: ineffective policies and persistent inequalities
Mutilations génitales féminines / excision en Afrique : politiques inefficaces et inégalités persistantes
Valeria Cetorelli, Ben Wilson, Ewa Batyra, Ernestina Coast

Using nationally representative data from Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, Valeria Cetorelli, Ben Wilson, Ewa Batyra and Ernestina Coast examine whether national policies banning
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Fertility decisions in Poland: looking beyond national boundaries
Choix de fécondité en Pologne : prendre en compte la situation par-delà les frontières
Joanna Marczak, Wendy Sigle, Ernestina Coast

Researchers have often assumed that only circumstances within national borders influence fertility decisions. In an integrated Europe, however, people may know about and compare conditions across countries.
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Demographic data are inadequate for many older Africans
Des données démographiques insuffisantes sur les Africains les plus âgés
Ernestina Coast, Sara Randall

Why do we need better data on older people? To accurately understand population change – its scale, speed, determinants and variants – we need accurate data on the age of a population’s members.
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