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Shifting spousal age gaps in Kenya and Ghana: Does education matter?
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1281–1312
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Couple migration patterns, gender power relationships and later-life depression in China
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1235–1280
19 December 2025
As we are preparing for the holiday break, we would like to once again thank you all sincerely for your trust and cooperation during the past year. We are looking forward to continuing these pleasant and rewarding collaborations in the new year.
The editorial office will be closed between December 20, 2025, and January 5, 2026. You may continue to submit your work via the online submission form, but please bear in mind that it will not be processed before the second half of January 2026. Thank you for your understanding.
We wish you a very happy holiday season and a joyful new year!
Your Demographic Research Editorial Team
Open Call for Papers
23 October 2025
We are inviting you to submit contributions to the Special Collection on the De/Re-institutionalization of Asian Families, organized by Lake Lui, Bussarawan Puk Teerawichitchainan, and Adam Ka-lok Cheung. Submissions to this collection are possible from November 1, 2025 until February 28, 2026.
Please find more information on the collection’s description and goals as well as on submission procedures here.
Editorial on p-values
23 October 2022
In the last few years, the American Statistical Association has published position statements on the correct use and interpretation of p-values and on avoiding possible traps in applied statistical work. As much of empirical research in demography relies on statistical methods, in order to meet the challenge, Demographic Research has now also issued editorial guidance on our expectations regarding statistical rigour and replicability in empirical work. Please find the full editorial here:
demographic-research.org/…/vol41/32
Recent Response Letters
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Do Ultra-Orthodox Jews Exhibit Natural Fertility?
25 January 2024
