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Adams, Jimi; Trinitapoli, Jenny - In: Demographic Research 21 (2009) 10, pp. 255-288

Scholars have recently become increasingly interested in the role religion plays in the responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. Here, we present the Malawi Religion Project (MRP), which provides data to examine the relationship between religion and HIV/AIDS through surveys and...

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Hotspots and Coldspots: Household and village-level variation in orphanhood prevalence in rural Malawi

Weinreb, Alexander A.; Gerland, Patrick; Fleming, Peter - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 32, pp. 1217-1248

relationship between the presence of orphans and a range of individual, household and village-level characteristics, including … most important covariates of orphan presence are the density of settlement, household size, and religious characteristics …, with the latter measured simultaneously at both household and village-level. Other characteristics like education, reported …

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The Netherlands: Childbearing within the context of a "Poldermodel" society

Fokkema, Tineke; Valk, Helga A.G.; Beer, Joop A.A.; … - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 21, pp. 743-794

The Netherlands has seen a considerable decline of the period total fertility rate and delayed childbearing, just like all other European countries. The drop in fertility, however, has not been as sharp as in many other regions of Europe. The period total fertility rate in the Netherlands has...

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Change and instability

NNN1Weinreb, FFF1Alexander A. - In: Demographic Research Special Collections 1 (2003) 12, pp. 373-396

This article examines changes in network structure using data on conversational networks from the 1998 and 2001 rounds of the Malawi Diffusion and Ideation Change project. The principal aims are to show that network structure can change significantly in relatively short periods - in particular...

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Womenâ€™s changing socioeconomic position and union formation in Spain and Portugal

Domínguez-Folgueras, Marta; Castro-Martín, Teresa - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 41, pp. 1513-1550

Economic and sociological theories of marriage have long emphasized the impact of womenâ€™s education and employment on union formation. In this study, we explore the relevance of the female economic independence hypothesis to explain womenâ€™s patterns of entry into marriage and...

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Geographical diversity of cause-of-death patterns and trends in Russia

Vallin, Jacques; Andreev, Evgeny M.; Meslé, France; … - In: Demographic Research 12 (2005) 13, pp. 323-380

This paper performs a systematic analysis of all currently available Russian data on mortality by region, census year (1970, 1979, 1989, and 1994) and cause of death. It investigates what links may be found between these geographical variations in cause-specific mortality, the negative general...

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Is Latin America starting to retreat from early and universal childbearing?

Rosero-Bixby, Luis; Castro-Martín, Teresa; … - In: Demographic Research 20 (2009) 9, pp. 169-194

The 2000 censuses show that the proportion of women below age 30 who are mothers has dropped substantially in most Latin America countries, suggesting that the social imperative of early motherhood, which has long prevailed in the region, is weakening. Surveys conducted in 14 Latin American...

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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 hardships faced by populations. According to...

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Not truly partnerless: Non-residential partnerships and retreat from marriage in Spain

Castro-Martín, Teresa; Domínguez-Folgueras, Marta; … - In: Demographic Research 18 (2008) 16, pp. 443-468

have a stable partner in a different household. Hence, the drop in marriage rates and low prevalence of cohabitation cannot …

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Adult mortality in a rural area of Senegal

Duthé, Géraldine; Pison, Gilles - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 37, pp. 1419-1434

This study provides original estimates of adult mortality in Mlomp, a rural population of Senegal which has been monitored for twenty years. Causes of death are assessed through verbal autopsies which are completed by medical information. Between ages 15 and 60, male mortality is much higher...

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