Health | Population Europe

14/11/2022

Support through the generations

Over the past 100 years, the size and composition of the world’s population has been transformed. Understanding patterns of intergenerational support is essential, particularly against the backdrop of changing family structures and global population ageing.

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08/11/22

COVID-19 pandemic and the gender divide at work and home

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This report looks at gender inequalities that existed prior to the COVID-19 crisis and describes in what ways the pandemic has impacted on gender divides.

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03/11/2022

Without a child or partner

The effects of kinless-ness on loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic

Bruno Arpino (University of Florence), Christine Mair (University of Maryland), Nekehia Quashie (University of Rhode Island) and Radoslaw Antczak (SGH Warsaw School of Economics) analysed data on more than 35,000 adults aged 50 and older to examine if unpartnered and childless older adults reported more loneliness and how that changed over the course of the pandemic.

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31/10/2022

COVID-19 has had least impact on life expectancy in Nordic countries

by Jana Vobecká

COVID-19 pandemic has led to life expectancy losses in Europe and overseas in the past two years but not in Denmark and its Nordic neighbours.

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The Social Genome: Integrating insights from genetics into the social and population sciences

Fri Oct 21

Ramina Sotoudeh discusses two papers that showcase potential directions for this new subfield focused on using genetic data alongside traditional demographic and social indicators.