Demographics

Demographics

A picture collage showing a woman in a professional leadership position on one side and a father sitting at a children's table with his young daughter playing at drinking coffee on the other.

A study examines the relationship between gender roles and the desire to have children in Scandinavia more

The picture shows a mother with her twin daughters. They are laughing, happy and hugging each other.

New study predicts rise in twin births by 2100 more

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Study examines how maternal age and multiple births affects stillbirth rates more

Young African woman holding her baby in her arms and smiling at it. They are both standing in the kitchen.

Research shows strong correlation between higher levels of female education and lower fertility rates in sub-Saharan Africa. more

Family as a wealth factor

Study reveals how generational change and family events are associated with a person's wealth more

Großeltern bei einem Spaziergang mit den Kindern und Enkelkindern

Our well-being partly depends on the family constellations we are embedded in. The intergenerational position is particularly decisive, a new study says. more

A mom walks her daughter to school. They look happily at each other.

Current study shows what a new partnership can mean for single mothers  more

Visual representation of circuits with a representation of an open lock.

Scientific papers more and more openly available, software codes still shared on very low level more

Sad man sitting on the floor next to a packed box of work utensils from a desk.

Researchers investigate health inequalities between migrants and non-migrants more

EMTs saving a person with an defillibrator and tajing it to the ambulance

Core problem of urban-rural divide is not a lack of emergency care for heart attacks, but poorer disease prevention in rural areas more

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A picture collage showing a woman in a professional leadership position on one side and a father sitting at a children's table with his young daughter playing at drinking coffee on the other.

A study examines the relationship between gender roles and the desire to have children in Scandinavia more

The picture shows a mother with her twin daughters. They are laughing, happy and hugging each other.

New study predicts rise in twin births by 2100 more

A hospital bed © ifeelstock  Adobe Stock

Study examines how maternal age and multiple births affects stillbirth rates more

Family as a wealth factor

Study reveals how generational change and family events are associated with a person's wealth more

Sad man sitting on the floor next to a packed box of work utensils from a desk.

Researchers investigate health inequalities between migrants and non-migrants more

EMTs saving a person with an defillibrator and tajing it to the ambulance

Core problem of urban-rural divide is not a lack of emergency care for heart attacks, but poorer disease prevention in rural areas more

Multiple individuals, including children carrying backpacks and toys, walking along a train station platform. People are dressed in casual attire, and some are pulling or carrying bags. A train is stationed on the adjacent track.

Research project presents ways of overcoming future immigration challenges more

How children influence the life expectancy of their parents

Does having children make us live longer? The numbers say yes, but the reasons are not yet understood. more

Aging out of bounds

New demographic data show how diversely different species age – biologists cannot explain why more

During the last 100 years there has been a far greater drop in human mortality than there was when humans evolved from wild chimpanzees more

What the electric meter tells us about the birth rate

Species that use more energy live longer and have fewer children more

Older parents are happier with more children

The satisfaction of young parents decreases with their number of children, while older parents are happier than their childless peers are more

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