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 T 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 T 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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