This report contains the model description for a prototype model of migration decision making which is based on the theory of planned behavior. It makes use of empirically estimated demographic transition rates and is thus, to our knowledge, the first decision model of migration which is...

Objectives: Improved health may extend or shorten the duration of cognitive impairment by postponing incidence or death. We assessed the duration of cognitive impairment by BMI, smoking and levels of education. Methods: Multistate life tables estimated the duration of cognitive impairment....

In this editorial note, we reflect on the trajectory of Comparative Population Studies (CPoS) over the last decades, highlight major milestones along the road, and sketch our hopes and ideas for its future development. In 1975, the predecessor journal of CPoS named ZfB was established as the...