Welcome to Demographic Research,

published by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Demographic Research publishes demographic research and related material from the full range of disciplines that bear on demography; the journal harnesses the potential of the Internet and, by freely and widely disseminating research papers over the Web, encourages the development of an international community of people concerned with population issues.

Demographic Research content, including Special Collection content, is covered in: ISI Web of Science, ISI Social Sciences Citation Index, The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Scopus (from Elsevier), Google Scholar, RePEc, Sociological Abstracts, and www.history-journals.de. Selected articles (especially fertility related) are included in both • POPLINE and • PubMed Demographic Research is most often abbreviated as: Demographic Res. Use as follows for citations (indicating volume and page numbers): Hoem JM (2005) Demographic Res 13:559-572.

The three most recent articles:

Volume   Article ID   Pages   Title, Author  Date Published

19 56 1883-1912 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 research article Open Access [ Abstract | Full Text (PDF, 326 kB) ] 18 Nov 2008

19 55 1851-1882 Beyond denomination: The relationship between religion and family planning in rural Malawi Sara Yeatman, Jenny Trinitapoli research article Open Access [ Abstract | Full Text (PDF, 481 kB) ] 24 Oct 2008

19 54 1831-1850 How can economic schemes curtail the increasing sex ratio at birth in China? Debarun Bhattacharjya, Anant Sudarshan, Shripad Tuljapurkar, Ross Shachter, Marcus Feldman research article Open Access [ Abstract | Full Text (PDF, 317 kB) ] 14 Oct 2008