Pop digests

PopDigests

PopDigests are short, comprehensive summaries of research results with a link to the original publication (if accessible online). This allows population experts and other interested audiences to be able to easily access information to the latest research results. 

Pregnant person trying to cool down

How does heat affect birth outcomes?

Social inequalities in the negative impact of heat on birth outcomes in Spain
Risto Conte Keivabu and Marco Cozzani (European University Institute) focus on Spain to uncover the impact of heat on birth outcomes and the stratified effect of SES. They do so by leveraging data on temperature and birth outcomes from 1990 to 2016 in 50 provincial capitals covering more than 4 million live births.

Risto Conte Keivabu and Marco Cozzani (European University Institute) focus on Spain to uncover the impact of heat on birth outcomes and the stratified effect of SES. They do so by leveraging data on temperature and birth outcomes from 1990 to 2016 in 50 provincial capitals covering more than 4 million live births.

Sticker on lamp post that says 'stay single'

20-something and single?

Changes in available childbearing time in post-socialist countries
Sunnee Billingsley and Livia Oláh (Stockholm University) calculate changes in time spent in co-residential relationships during women’s twenties across 11 post-socialist countries.

Sunnee Billingsley and Livia Oláh (Stockholm University) calculate changes in time spent in co-residential relationships during women’s twenties across 11 post-socialist countries.

Old person taking pills

Is dementia at the end of life becoming more prevalent than before?

The changing morbidity profile at the end of life
A new study by Gabriele Doblhammer, Thomas Fritze, Constantin Reinke and Anne Fink (University of Rostock and German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease, Bonn) investigated whether, at the end of life, dementia will become more common in the future or whether other diseases, such as cancer, will come to the fore.
covid vaccine vials

Vaccines for all?

A game theoretic approach to the donation of surplus vaccines to vaccine-poor countries
Pieter Vanhuysse (University of Southern Denmark), Adam Lampert (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan (The Hebrew University) and Markus Tepe (University of Oldenburg) develop a ‘Rich-to-Poor Vaccine Donation Game’ to examine when donating their surplus vaccines, rather than stocking them domestically helps vacine-rich countries.

Pieter Vanhuysse (University of Southern Denmark), Adam Lampert (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan (The Hebrew University) and Markus Tepe (University of Oldenburg) develop a ‘Rich-to-Poor Vaccine Donation Game’ to examine when donating their surplus vaccines, rather than stocking them domestically helps vacine-rich countries.

Couples holding baby shoes

Understanding fertility declines

Changes in union and first birth dynamics in Finland
Julia Hellstrand (University of Helsinki), Jessica Nisén (University of Turku) and Mikko Myrskylä (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research) investigated changes in the union and first birth dynamics from 2000 through 2018 in Finland.

Julia Hellstrand (University of Helsinki), Jessica Nisén (University of Turku) and Mikko Myrskylä (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research) investigated changes in the union and first birth dynamics from 2000 through 2018 in Finland.

Caregiver with Asian elderly woman outdoor

Are we meeting people's needs in social care?

Dynamics of unmet needs in England
Athina Vlachantoni, Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham and Min Qin (University of Southampton) explore how need and unmet need are both conceptualised theoretically and operationalised empirically by incorporating a temporal dimension in the analysis to investigate the dynamics of met and unmet need for social care over time.

Athina Vlachantoni, Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham and Min Qin (University of Southampton) explore how need and unmet need are both conceptualised theoretically and operationalised empirically by incorporating a temporal dimension in the analysis to investigate the dynamics of met and unmet need for social care over time.

Couple sitting on a rug surrounded by boxes

Should we move in together?

Examining partnership transitions among young adults in England and Wales
Alina Pelikh (University College London), Júlia Mikolai (University of St Andrews) and Hill Kulu (University of St Andrews) use data from BHPS and UKHLS to study how first partnership transitions have changed across three birth cohorts: 1974-1979, 1980-1984 and 1985-1990, who were observed between 1991 and 2016 and were aged between 16 and 27.

Alina Pelikh (University College London), Júlia Mikolai (University of St Andrews) and Hill Kulu (University of St Andrews) use data from BHPS and UKHLS to study how first partnership transitions have changed across three birth cohorts: 1974-1979, 1980-1984 and 1985-1990, who were observed between 1991 and 2016 and were aged between 16 and 27.

Different forms of contraception

Why some women went off the pill

Concerns about adverse side-effects and claims of naturalness as reasons for rejecting hormonal contraception in Western countries
Mireille Le Guen (Ined and UCLouvain), Clémence Schantz (IRD-Ceped), Arnaud Regnier Loilier (Ined) and Elise de La Rochebrochard (Ined, Inserm-Cesp) conducted a systematic review of the scientific literature in order to build a typology of arguments given by female users and their male partners against hormonal contraceptive methods.

Mireille Le Guen (Ined and UCLouvain), Clémence Schantz (IRD-Ceped), Arnaud Regnier Loilier (Ined) and Elise de La Rochebrochard (Ined, Inserm-Cesp) conducted a systematic review of the scientific literature in order to build a typology of arguments given by female users and their male partners against hormonal contraceptive methods.

Person at airport with luggage and german passport

Will we ever see them again?

Return migration of German-affiliated researchers
Xinyi Zhao (MPIDR, University of Oxford), Samin Aref (University of Toronto), Emilio Zagheni MPIDR) and Guy Stecklov (University of British Columbia) analysed the migration rates of internationally mobile researchers returning to Germany, tracking location data obtained from institutional affiliations identified from millions of Scopus publications.

Xinyi Zhao (MPIDR, University of Oxford), Samin Aref (University of Toronto), Emilio Zagheni MPIDR) and Guy Stecklov (University of British Columbia) analysed the migration rates of internationally mobile researchers returning to Germany, tracking location data obtained from institutional affiliations identified from millions of Scopus publications.

Park with people

Let’s meet at the park

Barriers to public green space use
Charlotte Noël, Lisa Van Landschoot, Christophe Vanroelen and Sylvie Gadeyne (Interface Demography, Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel) investigate the subjective, self-perceived social barriers that prevent people to visit available and accessible PGSs, or that prevent them from using PGSs in an intensive way.

Charlotte Noël, Lisa Van Landschoot, Christophe Vanroelen and Sylvie Gadeyne (Interface Demography, Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel) investigate the subjective, self-perceived social barriers that prevent people to visit available and accessible PGSs, or that prevent them from using PGSs in an intensive way.