Reposted by @butterickjoe.bsky.socialDemographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · 11/02/2026“How many sisters or cousins will you have? We've developed the first method to calculate the probability distribution of kin numbers across your lifetime – not just averages, but actual chances of having 0, 1, 2+ relatives at each age.” 📄👉https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/54/9 051
Reposted by @butterickjoe.bsky.socialESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 17/03/2025🔖 NEW paper by Butterick, Smith, Bijak and Hilton Extends research on #kinship models, showing how where people live – a #demographic characteristic ubiquitous across (and between) societies – can influence their #family networks. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comA mathematical framework for time-variant multi-state kinship modellingRecent research on kinship modelling in demography has extended age-structured models (i) to include additional characteristics, or “stages” (multi-st… 053