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Life expectancy in two Caucasian countries. How much due to overestimated population?
Yeganyan, Ruben; Badurashvili, Irina; Andreev, Evgeny M.; … - In: Demographic Research 5 (2001) 7, pp. 217-244
This study is a first attempt to produce reliable estimates of mortality in Georgia and Armenia in the 1990s. Official … statistics registered a decrease in mortality over the 1990s in spite of local wars, mass flows of refugees, and severe economic … and about 3.8 millions in Armenia. Non-official estimates based on migration surveys are much lower: 4.0-4.1 millions and …
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An inquiry into the uneven distribution of women’s HIV infection in rural Malawi
Poulin, Michelle; Muula, Adamson S. - In: Demographic Research 25 (2011) 28, pp. 869-902
Ecological comparisons in sub-Saharan Africa show that HIV prevalence is lower where men are generally circumcised than where they are not. Randomized controlled trials have found a 50-60% reduction in HIV acquisition for newly circumcised men. Yet in Malawi, HIV prevalence is highest in several...
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Unusually small sex differentials in mortality of Israeli Jews: What does the structure of causes of death tell us?
Staetsky, L. Daniel; Hinde, Andrew - In: Demographic Research 20 (2009) 11, pp. 209-252
life expectancy between Israeli Jews and Western countries, for each sex, and to sex differentials in mortality in both … populations. We quantify the major types of behaviourally induced mortality to show that it is especially low among Israeli Jewish … males. We also investigate mortality in certain subgroups of Israeli Jews to gain a better understanding of female mortality …
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The implications of long term community involvement for the production and circulation of population knowledge
Madhavan, Sangeetha; Collinson, Mark A.; Townsend, … - In: Demographic Research 17 (2007) 13, pp. 369-388
Demographic surveillance systems (DSS) depend on community acceptance and involvement to produce high quality longitudinal data. Ensuring community support also exposes power relations usually concealed in the research process. We discuss the Agincourt Health and Demographic Surveillance System...
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Social Mobility and Demographic Behaviour: Long Term Perspectives
Dribe, Martin; Bavel, Jan Van; Campbell, Cameron - In: Demographic Research 26 (2012) 8, pp. 173-190
fertility, marriage, migration, and social mobility. …
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Does nativity matter?
Buckley, Cynthia; Hofmann, Erin; Minagawa, Yuka - In: Demographic Research 24 (2011) 32, pp. 801-824
The Russian Federation has experienced simultaneous declines in health and rises in international migration. Guided by …
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Beyond the local marriage market
Maas, Ineke; Zijdeman, Richard - In: Demographic Research 23 (2010) 33, pp. 933-962
This study examines whether the increase of geographical heterogamy in the nineteenth and early twentieth century is related to modernization. Specifically, we test whether mass communication and mass transport enhanced the likelihood of a geographically heterogamous marriage as well as the...
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Spousal separation, selectivity and contextual effects: exploring the relationship between international labour migration and fertility in post-Soviet Tajikistan
Clifford, David - In: Demographic Research 21 (2009) 32, pp. 945-975
This paper contributes to the sparse literature on the impact of temporary migration on fertility in origin areas. It … examines the case of male labour migration from post-Soviet Tajikistan, a significant and relatively recent phenomenon …. Fertility and migration models are solved simultaneously to account for cross-process correlation. There is clear evidence for a …
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Masculine sex ratios, population age structure and the potential spread of HIV in China
Merli, M. Giovanna; Hertog, Sara - In: Demographic Research 22 (2010) 3, pp. 63-94
There is much speculation regarding the contribution of China’s changing demography to the spread of HIV/AIDS. We employ a bio-behavioral macrosimulation model of the heterosexual spread of HIV/AIDS to evaluate the roles that China’s unique demographic conditions -- (1) masculine...
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Moving close to parents and adult children in the Netherlands: the influence of support needs
Smits, Annika - In: Demographic Research 22 (2010) 31, pp. 985-1014
In this paper, the extent to which support needs lead to moves of adult children (aged 30 and above) to within one kilometer of their parents and vice versa is examined. Using Netherlands population data from 2004 and 2005, it is found that the divorce of the adult child increases the likelihood...
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