Malaysian Chinese women had a total fertility rate of 0.8 last year, well below the 2.1 replacement level generally needed to maintain a stable population.

Religious leaders have unique potential to motivate individuals and governments to address climate change. Nevertheless, there is currently a lack of systematic information on religious leaders’ views...

January-June uptick could signal bottoming out of rapid declines since COVID-19

Background and ObjectivesCentral and general adiposity have been linked to dementia risk, but their relation to blood-based Alzheimer disease (AD) biomarkers is unclear. We examined life course adipos...

Family planning programmes must be revitalised in a resource-scarce country

As India’s fertility rate falls below replacement level for the first time, young people tell Namita Singh they are weighing parenthood against their careers, freedom and a very different vision of fa...

We explored the relationship between the number of children and cognitive outcomes in later life in a large cohort of older females and males from Nor…

Berkay Ozcan discusses falling birth rates, whether immigration might provide the answer and what a smaller global population would mean for the environment.

Previous studies have shown that secularization altered historical Western fertility patterns, but few studies have addressed the role of religion in …

In a column I published last week, I mentioned the influence of an author and book that changed my thinking about population. That author is Christopher Tucker and the book is “A Planet of 3 Billion” ...

Men die early to a much greater extent than women. How can this excess mortality be prevented?

The country will need to prepare for the consequences of sustained low fertility rates.

Raising the total fertility rate (TFR) by an average of 2% annually is a key target under a Ministry of Health plan implementing the program on ensuring replacement-level fertility by 2030.

Bishop Lubaale said having many children is good because children are a blessing from God

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This paper investigates the demographic consequences of militarisation in transition economies by analysing the effect of armed forces size on fertility rates across 15 post-Soviet countries from 199...

Men die early to a much greater extent than women. How can this excess mortality be prevented?

Economista, demógrafo e cientista social Vegard Skirbekk Foto: Instituto Norueguês de Saúde Pública - Universidade de Oslo (Noruega) O economista, demógrafo e cientista social Vegard Skirbekk, do Ins...

Job title: PhD-fellowship (296402), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, March 31, 2026

About the positionWe invite applicants for a three- to four-year position as a PhD research fellow at the Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Job title: PhD-fellowship (296402), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, March 31, 2026

About the positionWe invite applicants for a three- to four-year position as a PhD research fellow at the Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences

Worldwide, the path leading to delayed fertility is more complex than it may appear at first sight. Thomas Spoorenberg and Vegard Skirbekk offer a few keys to better interpret current ... Read more

Traditional dependency ratios typically define dependency based on a fixed age cutoff, which may not accurately reflect the true burden of an aging population.

  Ageing and Health The Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health (Ageing and Health) is a publicly funded national centre of expertise in ageing and older people’s health in Norway. W...

Unequal access to contraception poses risks to reproductive-age women, families and Nigeria’s development.

The project will examine men’s family, work, health and cognition in Norway particularly during the life period most characterized by family transitions and work experiences.

The project will examine men’s family, work, health and cognition in Norway particularly during the life period most characterized by family transitions and work experiences.

The year of the fire horse (called “Hinoeuma” in Japanese) is one of the sixty Chinese zodiac symbols used to count years. According to superstition, fire horse women are said to have troubled marriag...

This study documents the concentration of childbearing to later reproductive ages, analyzing global patterns of fertility postponement from 1950 to 2040. We study late fertility (ages 30+) and very l...