Estimating kinship networks is a data-intensive undertaking, usually conducted using empirical sources or demographic models. Although empirical data, such as population registers, provide observed...

Authors Siddartha Aradhya, Raffaele Grotti, and Rense Nieuwenhuis discuss the article, "" published in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World.

Sveriges befolkning väntas öka enligt nya prognoser från SCB.

I Sverige är intensivt föräldraskap normen i samhället. Men mammor som avfärdar dessa attityder mår bättre än andra, enligt en ny studie från Stockholms universitet. Hur hänger det ihop? Sunnee Billin...

Migrants from low-income countries living in care settings in Sweden were more likely to die from Covid-19 than people born in the country during the first year of the pandemic, according to a new stu...

If I had five years and generous resources, what would I most like to do? That is what Signe Svallfors was thinking before deciding to apply for the ERC starting grant. The dream project would be to f...

Individuals who pursue careers in health and education tend to have more children than those in other fields, according to a new study in demography. This is the case regardless of gender and educatio...

High income is increasingly associated with stable marriages among older people, a new study in demography reveals. Previously, the trend was the opposite – the higher the income, the greater the risk...

Barnafödandet fortsätter att rasa i Sverige, och har aldrig varit lägre än nu. Hur oroliga är politikerna, och vad kan de göra för att få till en ny babyboom? Behövs fler radikala åtgärder som sexmini...

Internal migration in China does not lead to greater gender equality in families, a new doctoral thesis in demography reveals. This challenges the common belief that simply moving from rural to urban ...

Researchers in demography have developed a new model that provides more accurate estimates of population sizes than the models currently used by government organisations. This alternative method has t...

A new study suggests that the children of immigrants face challenges in the labor market and are at a higher risk for overqualification than those with ...