Articles By Subject

family structure

16 February 2023 | research article

The sex preference for children in Europe: Children’s sex and the probability and timing of births

Ewa Cukrowska-Torzewska, Magdalena Grabowska

Volume: 48 Article ID: 8
Pages: 203–232
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2023.48.8

22 September 2021 | descriptive finding

The growth of education differentials in marital dissolution in the United States

Kim McErlean

Volume: 45 Article ID: 26
Pages: 841–856
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2021.45.26

31 March 2021 | research article

Stepfather families and children's schooling in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-national study

Vissého Adjiwanou, Germain Adebiyi Boco, Sanni Yaya

Volume: 44 Article ID: 27
Pages: 627–670
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2021.44.27

25 July 2018 | research article

Polygynous marriage and child health in sub-Saharan Africa: What is the evidence for harm?

David Lawson, Mhairi A. Gibson

Volume: 39 Article ID: 6
Pages: 177–208
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.39.6

05 December 2017 | descriptive finding

The magnitude and timing of grandparental coresidence during childhood in the United States

Mariana Amorim, Rachel Dunifon, Natasha Pilkauskas

Volume: 37 Article ID: 52
Pages: 1695–1706
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.37.52

19 September 2017 | descriptive finding

Parental nonstandard work schedules during infancy and children’s BMI trajectories

Afshin Zilanawala, Jessica Abell, Steven Bell, Elizabeth Webb, Rebecca Lacey

Volume: 37 Article ID: 22
Pages: 709–726
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.37.22

05 January 2017 | research article

Parental separation and children’s education in a comparative perspective: Does the burden disappear when separation is more common?

Martin Kreidl, Martina Štípková, Barbora Hubatková

Volume: 36 Article ID: 3
Pages: 73–110
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.36.3

04 December 2015 | research article

Mother’s educational level and single motherhood: Comparing Spain and Italy

Anna Garriga, Sebastià Sarasa, Paolo Berta

Volume: 33 Article ID: 42
Pages: 1165–1210
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2015.33.42

28 May 2013 | research article

Transitions to adulthood in urban Kenya: A focus on adolescent migrants

Shelley Clark, Cassandra Cotton

Volume: 28 Article ID: 37
Pages: 1053–1092
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2013.28.37

02 August 2011 | research article

Challenges in moving from macro to micro: Population and family structures in ageing societies

Katharina Herlofson, Gunhild Hagestad

Volume: 25 Article ID: 10
Pages: 337–370
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.25.10

31 August 2010 | research article

Children’s Experiences of Family Disruption in Sweden: Differentials by Parent Education over Three Decades

Sheela Kennedy, Elizabeth Thomson

Volume: 23 Article ID: 17
Pages: 479–508
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.23.17

08 April 2009 | research article

Poverty in the Texas borderland and lower Mississippi Delta: A comparative analysis of differences by family type

Tim Slack, Joachim Singelmann, Kayla Fontenot, Dudley L. Poston, Sáenz Rogelio, Carlos Siordia

Volume: 20 Article ID: 15
Pages: 353–376
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.15

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

08 March 2007 | research article

Demographic transitions and children's resources: growth or divergence?

Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue, C. Shannon Stokes

Volume: 16 Article ID: 7
Pages: 195–218
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2007.16.7

24 February 2006 | descriptive finding

Interconnections among changing family structure, childrearing and fertility behaviour among the Ogu, Southwestern Nigeria: A qualitative study

Onipede Wusu, Uche C. Isiugo-Abanihe

Volume: 14 Article ID: 8
Pages: 139–156
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.8