July - December 2008

Volume 19

19 December 2008 | research material

Union formation and fertility in Bulgaria and Russia: A life table description of recent trends

Volume: 19 Article ID: 62
Pages: 2057–2114
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.62

12 December 2008 | descriptive finding

The effects of socioeconomic and cultural characteristics of regions on the spatial patterns of the Second Demographic Transition in Finland

Tapani Valkonen, Jenni Blomgren, Timo M. Kauppinen, Pekka Martikainen, Elina Mäenpää

Volume: 19 Article ID: 61
Pages: 2043–2056
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.61

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10 December 2008 | research article

Educational differences in all-cause mortality by marital status: Evidence from Bulgaria, Finland and the United States

Iliana Kohler, Pekka Martikainen, Kirsten P. Smith, Irma T. Elo

Volume: 19 Article ID: 60
Pages: 2011–2042
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.60

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03 December 2008 | research article

Creative providers: Counseling and counselors in family planning and reproductive health

Anthony T. Carter

Volume: 19 Article ID: 59
Pages: 1969–2010
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.59

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28 November 2008 | research article

Postponement and childlessness - Evidence from two British cohorts

Dylan Kneale, Heather Joshi

Volume: 19 Article ID: 58
Pages: 1935–1968
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.58

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25 November 2008 | research article

Repartnering after marital dissolution: Does context play a role?

Silvia Meggiolaro, Fausta Ongaro

Volume: 19 Article ID: 57
Pages: 1913–1934
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.57

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18 November 2008 | research article

Men's childbearing desires and views of the male role in Europe at the dawn of the 21st century

Allan Puur, Livia Sz. Oláh, Mariam Irene Tazi-Preve, Jürgen Dorbritz

Volume: 19 Article ID: 56
Pages: 1883–1912
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.56

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24 October 2008 | research article

Beyond denomination: The relationship between religion and family planning in rural Malawi

Sara Yeatman, Jenny Trinitapoli

Volume: 19 Article ID: 55
Pages: 1851–1882
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.55

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14 October 2008 | research article

How can economic schemes curtail the increasing sex ratio at birth in China?

Debarun Bhattacharjya, Anant Sudarshan, Shripad Tuljapurkar, Ross Shachter, Marcus Feldman

Volume: 19 Article ID: 54
Pages: 1831–1850
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.54

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10 October 2008 | research article

Polygyny and HIV in Malawi

Georges Reniers, Rania Tfaily

Volume: 19 Article ID: 53
Pages: 1811–1830
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.53

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07 October 2008 | research article

Indonesia against the trend? Ageing and inter-generational wealth flows in two Indonesian communities

Philip Kreager, Elisabeth Schröder-Butterfill

Volume: 19 Article ID: 52
Pages: 1781–1810
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.52

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02 October 2008 | research article

Trends in educational mortality differentials in Austria between 1981/82 and 2001/2002: A study based on a linkage of census data and death certificates

Johannes Klotz, Gabriele Doblhammer

Volume: 19 Article ID: 51
Pages: 1759–1780
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.51

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30 September 2008 | reflection

Biodemography: Research prospects and directions

James R. Carey

Volume: 19 Article ID: 50
Pages: 1749–1758
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.50

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26 September 2008 | research article

A behaviorally-based approach to measuring inequality

Robert Schoen, Claudia Nau

Volume: 19 Article ID: 49
Pages: 1727–1748
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.49

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23 September 2008 | research article

The influence of parents on cohabitation in Italy - Insights from two regional contexts

Christin Schröder

Volume: 19 Article ID: 48
Pages: 1693–1726
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.48

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19 September 2008 | descriptive finding

Cohabitation and children's living arrangements: New estimates from the United States

Sheela Kennedy, Larry L. Bumpass

Volume: 19 Article ID: 47
Pages: 1663–1692
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.47

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16 September 2008 | research article

Sources of error and bias in methods of fertility estimation contingent on the P/F ratio in a time of declining fertility and rising mortality

Tom Moultrie, Rob Dorrington

Volume: 19 Article ID: 46
Pages: 1635–1662
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.46

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12 September 2008 | research article

Children’s school participation and HIV/AIDS in rural Malawi:: The role of parental knowledge and perceptions

Monica J. Grant

Volume: 19 Article ID: 45
Pages: 1603–1634
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.45

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09 September 2008 | reflection

Top-down and bottom-up research in biodemography

Hillard Kaplan, Michael Gurven

Volume: 19 Article ID: 44
Pages: 1587–1602
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.44

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05 September 2008 | reflection

Human Biodemography: Some challenges and possibilities

Kaare Christensen

Volume: 19 Article ID: 43
Pages: 1575–1586
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.43

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02 September 2008 | research article

Adult mortality and children’s transition into marriage

Kathleen Beegle, Sofya Krutikova

Volume: 19 Article ID: 42
Pages: 1551–1574
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.42

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29 August 2008 | research article

Women’s changing socioeconomic position and union formation in Spain and Portugal

Marta Dominguez Folgueras, Teresa Castro Martín

Volume: 19 Article ID: 41
Pages: 1513–1550
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.41

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26 August 2008 | reflection

Biodemography comes of Age

Kenneth W. Wachter

Volume: 19 Article ID: 40
Pages: 1501–1512
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.40

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22 August 2008 | research article

Gender roles and values of children: Childless Couples in East and West Germany

Ursula Henz

Volume: 19 Article ID: 39
Pages: 1451–1500
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.39

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14 August 2008 | research article

Blame the parents? The association between parental longevity and successful ageing

Edlira Gjonça, Paola Zaninotto

Volume: 19 Article ID: 38
Pages: 1435–1450
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.38

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01 August 2008 | research article

Adult mortality in a rural area of Senegal: Non-communicable diseases have a large impact in Mlomp

Géraldine Duthé, Gilles Pison

Volume: 19 Article ID: 37
Pages: 1419–1434
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.37

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29 July 2008 | descriptive finding

Trends in living arrangements in Europe: Convergence or divergence?

Tineke Fokkema, Aart C. Liefbroer

Volume: 19 Article ID: 36
Pages: 1351–1418
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.36

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25 July 2008 | research article

An integrated approach to cause-of-death analysis: cause-deleted life tables and decompositions of life expectancy

Hiram Beltran-Sanchez, Samuel Preston, Vladimir Canudas-Romo

Volume: 19 Article ID: 35
Pages: 1323–1350
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.35

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22 July 2008 | research article

The timing and partnership context of becoming a parent: Cohort and gender commonalities and differences in childhood antecedents

John Hobcraft

Volume: 19 Article ID: 34
Pages: 1281–1322
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.34

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18 July 2008 | descriptive finding

Fertility of Turkish and Moroccan women in the Netherlands: Adjustment to native level within one generation

Joop Garssen, Han Nicolaas

Volume: 19 Article ID: 33
Pages: 1249–1280
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.33

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15 July 2008 | research article

Hotspots and Coldspots: Household and village-level variation in orphanhood prevalence in rural Malawi

Alexander A. Weinreb, Patrick Gerland, Peter Fleming

Volume: 19 Article ID: 32
Pages: 1217–1248
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.32

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11 July 2008 | reflection

Biological and sociological interpretations of age-adjustment in studies of higher order birth rates

Mette Gerster, Niels Keiding

Volume: 19 Article ID: 31
Pages: 1205–1216
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.31

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08 July 2008 | research article

The modal age at death and the shifting mortality hypothesis

Vladimir Canudas-Romo

Volume: 19 Article ID: 30
Pages: 1179–1204
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.30

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