January - June 2026

Volume 54

10 June 2026 | research article

Partnering in turbulent times: Hooking up, dating, and romantic relationship formation in college, 2019–2024

Arielle Kuperberg, Briana D. Daniels, Celeste Curington, Jennifer Lundquist

Volume: 54 Article ID: 37
Pages: 1203–1250
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.37

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09 June 2026 | research article

Housing changes of immigrants and their descendants using long-term census panel data from England and Wales

Parth Pandya, Hill Kulu, Chia Liu

Volume: 54 Article ID: 36
Pages: 1159–1202
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.36

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05 June 2026 | research article

Formatting the two-step gender measure: Experimental insights from the United States

Tessa Holtzman, Aliya Saperstein

Volume: 54 Article ID: 35
Pages: 1125–1158
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.35

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04 June 2026 | research article

Economic resources and parity among US women: A conjoint experiment on preferred family scenarios

Julia Behrman, Emily Marshall, Christine Percheski

Volume: 54 Article ID: 34
Pages: 1095–1124
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.34

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03 June 2026 | research article

The power of inclusive labor force participation for mitigating population aging: Closing gaps at the intersection between race/ethnicity and gender in the United States

René Böheim, Thomas Horvath, Thomas Leoni, Martin Spielauer

Volume: 54 Article ID: 33
Pages: 1051–1094
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.33

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02 June 2026 | research article

Revisiting the association between women’s employment and separation: An analysis of harmonised longitudinal surveys in six countries

Konrad Turek, Matthijs Kalmijn

Volume: 54 Article ID: 32
Pages: 1009–1050
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.32

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28 May 2026 | data description

The European Parenting Leave Policies (EPLP) dataset: Leave duration entitlements for 21 countries from 1970 to 2024

Sonja Spitzer, Adèle Lemoine, Zhanxiong Song, Claudia Reiter, Angela Greulich, Agneta Herlitz, Alžběta Bártová, Elisa Brini, Zuzana Dančíková, Dovilė Galdauskaitė, Libertad González, Evi Hatzivarnava-Kazassi, Helena Honkaniemi, Sol Pía Juárez, Rannveig Kaldager Hart, Ida Lykke Kristiansen, Anna Kurowska, Katre Pall, Barbara Pertold-Gebicka, Tatjana Rakar, Tapio Räsänen, Konstantina Rentzou, Pedro Romero Balsas, Eva-Maria Schmidt, Laurène Thil, Dora Tuda, Lili Vargha, Daniele Vignoli, Sander Wagner, Katharina Wrohlich

Volume: 54 Article ID: 31
Pages: 987–1008
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.31

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27 May 2026 | descriptive finding

The ratio of births observed to births needed: An indicator to assess demographic sustainability

Thomas Spoorenberg, Vegard Skirbekk

Volume: 54 Article ID: 30
Pages: 973–986
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.30

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28 April 2026 | research article

Partnership life courses and completed fertility in Spain

Sergi Vidal, Danilo Bolano, Mariona Lozano

Volume: 54 Article ID: 29
Pages: 935–972
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.29

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23 April 2026 | research article

Bayesian multidimensional mortality reconstruction

Andrea Tamburini, Arkadiusz Wiśniowski, Dilek Yildiz

Volume: 54 Article ID: 28
Pages: 877–934
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.28

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22 April 2026 | research article

Spatial perspective on environmental migration: Empirical insights from a spatiotemporal approach in the United States, 1970–2010

Shuai Zhou, Guangqing Chi, Chuan Liao

Volume: 54 Article ID: 27
Pages: 835–876
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.27

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21 April 2026 | descriptive finding

Winter life expectancy reduction in Europe

Valentin Rousson, Fred Paccaud, Isabella Locatelli

Volume: 54 Article ID: 26
Pages: 821–834
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.26

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17 April 2026 | research article

Economic insecurity and material deprivation: Coping strategies among couple families with and without small children in Europe

Raffaele Grotti, Davide Gritti, Stefani Scherer

Volume: 54 Article ID: 25
Pages: 779–820
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.25

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16 April 2026 | interview

Bringing cause-of-death analysis into demography: An interview with France Meslé

France Meslé, Agnieszka Fihel, Heini Väisänen

Volume: 54 Article ID: 24
Pages: 763–778
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.24

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14 April 2026 | research article

Probabilistic population forecasts for small regions

Julius Goes, Henriette Engelhardt

Volume: 54 Article ID: 23
Pages: 719–762
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.23

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09 April 2026 | research article

The impact of household structure on fertility: A study in Vietnam

Khoa Nguyen, Tuyen Duong

Volume: 54 Article ID: 22
Pages: 677–718
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.22

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02 April 2026 | research article

Non-intact families and adolescents’ family satisfaction during the Second Demographic Transition: A test of the institutionalization hypothesis

Raffaele Guetto, Elena Pirani

Volume: 54 Article ID: 21
Pages: 645–676
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.21

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26 March 2026 | research article

Return migration and educational investments in children in China: Hukou differences and the role of parental coresidence

Xinyue Wu, Mariana Amorim

Volume: 54 Article ID: 20
Pages: 591–644
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.20

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25 March 2026 | descriptive finding

Between two worlds: Cohort fertility dynamics before, during, and after the transition to a market economy in Hungary – A decomposition analysis

Laura Szabó, Zsuzsanna Makay

Volume: 54 Article ID: 19
Pages: 577–590
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.19

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18 March 2026 | data description

Harmonised fertility histories in four British longitudinal cohort studies

Aase Villadsen, Samantha Parsons, Alice Goisis

Volume: 54 Article ID: 18
Pages: 559–576
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.18

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17 March 2026 | research article

COVID-19 emergency cash transfer and pregnancy in Brazil

Alexandre Gori Maia, Leticia Marteleto, Luiz Gustavo Sereno, Sneha Kumar, Molly Dondero

Volume: 54 Article ID: 17
Pages: 521–558
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.17

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13 March 2026 | research article

Settlement intentions of Ukrainian refugees in Germany: Adhering to social status back home or restarting again abroad?

Andreas Ette, Yuliya Kosyakova, Christian Kothe

Volume: 54 Article ID: 16
Pages: 481–520
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.16

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10 March 2026 | descriptive finding

Refining seasonal mortality estimates through age adjustment: Evidence from Serbia, 2015–2023

Ivan Marinković

Volume: 54 Article ID: 15
Pages: 471–480
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.15

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06 March 2026 | formal relationship

The groupwise decomposition: Estimating group-specific contributions to differences between demographic measures

Eugenio Paglino

Volume: 54 Article ID: 14
Pages: 441–470
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.14

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05 March 2026 | research article

Changes in the household expenditure basket in India during COVID-19

Pallavi Choudhuri, Sonalde Desai

Volume: 54 Article ID: 13
Pages: 405–440
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.13

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03 March 2026 | research article

A flexible model for reconstructing education-specific fertility rates: The case of sub-Saharan Africa

Dilek Yildiz, Arkadiusz Wiśniowski, Zuzanna Brzozowska, Afua Durowaa-Boateng

Volume: 54 Article ID: 12
Pages: 371–404
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.12

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17 February 2026 | descriptive finding

Partnership patterns and living arrangements of LGBTQ+ identifying US adults: Estimates from a probability-based survey

Christopher Julian, D'Lane Compton, Gayle Kaufman

Volume: 54 Article ID: 11
Pages: 351–370
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.11

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13 February 2026 | research article

Academic expectations and university enrolment of migrant-origin students in Italy: Evidence by migrant generation and origin group

Eleonora Trappolini, Francesca Di Patrizio, Cristina Giudici

Volume: 54 Article ID: 10
Pages: 309–350
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.10

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11 February 2026 | research article

Probabilistic projections of distributions of kin over the life course

Joe Butterick, Jason Hilton, Jakub Bijak, Peter W F Smith, Erengul Dodd

Volume: 54 Article ID: 9
Pages: 263–308
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.9

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10 February 2026 | research article

Brothers, sisters, and the legacy of sibship: Childhood coresiding siblings and late-life cognitive decline in the United States

Yiang Li

Volume: 54 Article ID: 8
Pages: 215–262
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.8

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04 February 2026 | research article

Learning and reproductive health: Do early cognitive skills contribute to better sexual and reproductive health outcomes among adolescents in Ethiopia?

Fatima Zahra, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Nicole Haberland

Volume: 54 Article ID: 7
Pages: 177–214
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.7

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28 January 2026 | descriptive finding

He said, she said: How third-party presence shapes infertility reporting in couples

Ester Lazzari, Nadja Milewski, Jasmin Passet-Wittig

Volume: 54 Article ID: 6
Pages: 159–176
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.6

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20 January 2026 | reflection

The demography of loneliness: Rethinking social connections in population research

Hisrael Passarelli-Araujo

Volume: 54 Article ID: 5
Pages: 133–158
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.5

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16 January 2026 | research article

Local dialect proficiency and migrants’ identity integration: A case of Shanghai

Simin Zhang, Muzhi Zhou

Volume: 54 Article ID: 4
Pages: 87–132
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.4

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13 January 2026 | descriptive finding

Tracking the decline of first marriage in South Korea: Timing, quantum decline, and pandemic disruptions

Sam Hyun Yoo

Volume: 54 Article ID: 3
Pages: 71–86
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.3

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07 January 2026 | research article

“Family-Anchored” transitions to adult life in Mexico

Federica Becca, Albert Esteve

Volume: 54 Article ID: 2
Pages: 37–70
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.2

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06 January 2026 | research article

Cumulative risk, center-based childcare and socio-emotional difficulties in early childhood: Evidence from Hungary

Zsuzsanna Veroszta, Zsolt Spéder, Krisztina Kopcsó

Volume: 54 Article ID: 1
Pages: 1–36
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.1

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