Population Research Briefs in Population Research and Policy Review

Population Research and Policy Review - This editorial is aimed at promoting the new series of Research Briefs in Population Research and Policy Review. These shorter, more data-centric articles...     

Mapping the Evolution of Social Research and Data Science on 30 Years of Social Indicators Research

Social Indicators Research - Social Indicators Research (SIR) year by year has consolidated its preeminent position in the debate concerning the study of all the aspects of quality of life. The...     

Family Structure and Child Well-Being in a Non-western Context: The Role of Parent–Child Relations and Parental Conflict in South Korea

Population Research and Policy Review - Research suggests that children who live with two biological married parents are less likely to exhibit behavioral problems than children who do not. While...     

The ‘Dark Side’ of Social Capital: A Cross-National Examination of the Relationship Between Social Capital and Violence in Africa

Social Indicators Research - Research and policy circles often emphasize the importance of social capital in achieving social transformation and economic development. There is also, however,...     

Family building: A social psychological study of fertility decisions

Decision theory, coupled with a hierarchically arranged questionnaire format, is discussed as a possible approach to the prediction of birth planning decisions. The empirical success of the scheme is examined in terms of interrelating attitudes, behavioral intention, desired family size, and birth planning behavior.This project was supported by Research Grant HD-07225-01A1 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Center for Population Research, by NICHD Center Grant HD-09397-01 to the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, University of Washington, and by the University of Washington Graduate School Research Projects Fund, from the Public Health Service Biomedical Research Support Grants, Grant #RR07096. The authors thank Dr. Barbara H. Beach for her help with the data analyses. Requests for reprints should be sent to Brenda D. Townes, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195.     

大城市丧偶老人群体状况分析

本文利用2005年12月中山大学人口研究所与广州市人口信息研究所合作完成的"广州市老年人生活状况研究(城镇部分)"的抽样调查数据,分析了广州市丧偶老人的群体特征,并与有配偶老人进行了比较.     

Intergenerational Mobility in Relative Educational Attainment and Health-Related Behaviours

Social Indicators Research - Research on intergenerational social mobility and health-related behaviours yields mixed findings. Depending on the direction of mobility and the type of mechanisms...     

Continuity and changes in attitudes toward marriage in contemporary Taiwan

Journal of Population Research - Research on marriage values bears crucial policy implications in a low-fertility context where obstacles to marriage are indicative of fertility barriers,...     

Dowry Inflation: Perception or Reality?

Population Research and Policy Review - Research on South Asia has consistently documented increasing dowry amounts over the past several decades. Although recent studies have largely concluded...     

Contents of Volume 54

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Contents of Volume 64

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The Selfishness of Women

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The Shadow of the Future

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High-end immigrants and the shortage of skilled labor

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Call for Papers Special Issues of Social Indicators Research on the Quality of Life in Korea

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The Future Direction of Social Indicator Research

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Improving the Quality of Live in Greater Soweto

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Index of Authors Volume 58, 2002

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Is Freedom Just About the Absence of Inhibitions,or Also About the Availability of Options?

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Introduction: Demography of American Indians and Alaska Natives

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