Readings on Population Health
Drawing on content across the 2021 issues of Demography, we have compiled a selection of articles on the topic of population health. We hope you will find these useful for research and course preparation.
A Panel Study of Fertility Preferences and Contraceptive Dynamics in the Presence of Competing Pregnancy Risks in Uganda
Dana O. Sarnak; Amy Tsui; Fredrick Makumbi; Simon Peter Sebina Kibira; Saifuddin Ahmed
Demography 58:1, 2021
Cross-Sectional Average Length of Life Childless
Ryohei Mogi; Jessica Nisén; Vladimir Canudas-Romo
Demography 58:1, 2021
Decomposition of Improvements in Infant Mortality in Asian Developing Countries Over Three Decades
Toshiaki Aizawa
Demography 58:1, 2021
Depends Who's Asking: Interviewer Effects in Demographic and Health Surveys Abortion Data
Tiziana Leone; Laura Sochas; Ernestina Coast
Demography 58:1, 2021
Leaders and Laggards in Life Expectancy Among European Scholars From the Sixteenth to the Early Twentieth Century
Robert Stelter; David de la Croix; Mikko Myrskylä
Demography 58:1, 2021
The Citizenship Advantage in Psychological Well-being: An Examination of the Hukou System in China
Qian Song; James P. Smith
Demography 58:1, 2021
The Opioid Epidemic and Nonmarital Childbearing in the United States, 2000–2016
Mónica L. Caudillo; Andrés Villarreal
Demography 58:1, 2021
The Opioid Epidemic and Nonmarital Childbearing in the United States, 2000–2016
Mónica L. Caudillo; Andrés Villarreal
Demography 58:1, 2021
Are Older Persons in China Living More Years in an Independent Living Arrangement? Estimates Using Multistate Life Tables
Zachary Zimmer; Chi-Tsun Chiu
Demography 58:2, 2021
Exploring Strategies for Investigating the Mechanisms Linking Climate and Individual-Level Child Health Outcomes: An Analysis of Birth Weight in Mali
Kathryn Grace; Andrew Verdin; Audrey Dorélien; Frank Davenport; Chris Funk; Greg Husak
Demography 58:2, 2021
Pain Trends Among American Adults, 2002–2018: Patterns, Disparities, and Correlates
Anna Zajacova; Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk; Zachary Zimmer
Demography 58:2, 2021
The Effect of Schooling on Women's Overweight and Obesity: A Natural Experiment in Nigeria
Pepita Barlow
Demography 58:2, 2021
DACA's Association With Birth Outcomes Among Mexican-Origin Mothers in the United States
Erin R. Hamilton; Paola D. Langer; Caitlin Patler
Demography 58:3, 2021
Employment Instability and Fertility in Europe: A Meta-Analysis
Giammarco Alderotti; Daniele Vignoli; Michela Baccini; Anna Matysiak
Demography 58:3, 2021
The Impact of Grandparental Death on the Fertility of Adult Children
Barbara S. Okun; Guy Stecklov
Demography 58:3, 2021
Birth Cohort Trends in Health Disparities by Sexual Orientation
Hui Liu; Rin Reczek
Demography 58:4, 2021
Estimating Adult Death Rates From Sibling Histories: A Network Approach
Dennis M. Feehan; Gabriel M. Borges
Demography 58:4, 2021
Genome-Wide Heritability Estimates for Family Life Course Complexity
Zachary Van Winkle; Dalton Conley
Demography 58:4, 2021
Mental Health Around the Transition to First Birth: Does Medically Assisted Reproduction Matter?
Marco Tosi; Alice Goisis
Demography 58:4, 2021
Not Just Later, but Fewer: Novel Trends in Cohort Fertility in the Nordic Countries
Julia Hellstrand; Jessica Nisén; Vitor Miranda; Peter Fallesen; Lars Dommermuth; Mikko Myrskylä
Demography 58:4, 2021
Technological Progress and Health Convergence: The Case of Penicillin in Postwar Italy
Marcella Alsan; Vincenzo Atella; Jay Bhattacharya; Valentina Conti; Iván Mejía-Guevara; Grant Miller
Demography 58:4, 2021
The Benefits of Rental Assistance for Children's Health and School Attendance in the United States
Andrew Fenelon; Michel Boudreaux; Natalie Slopen; Sandra J. Newman
Demography 58:4, 2021
The Comparability of Perceived Physical and Mental Health Measures Across Immigrants and Natives in the United States
Dina Maskileyson; Daniel Seddig; Eldad Davidov
Demography 58:4, 2021
Trajectories of Subjective Health: Testing Longitudinal Models for Self-rated Health From Adolescence to Midlife
Kenneth A. Bollen; Iliya Gutin
Demography 58:4, 2021
Women's Use of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception for Birth Timing and Birth Stopping
Mieke C. W. Eeckhaut; Michael S. Rendall; Polina Zvavitch
Demography 58:4, 2021
Examining Ethnic Variation in Life Expectancy Among Asians in the United States, 2012–2016
Darwin A. Baluran; Evelyn J. Patterson
Demography 58:5, 2021
Health of Immigrant Children: The Role of Immigrant Generation, Exogamous Family Setting, and Family Material and Social Resources
Silvia Loi; Joonas Pitkänen; Heta Moustgaard; Mikko Myrskylä; Pekka Martikainen
Demography 58:5, 2021
Husbands' Dominance in Decision-Making About Women's Health: A Spatial Diffusion Perspective in Sub-Saharan Africa
Liliana Andriano; Julia Behrman; Christiaan Monden
Demography 58:5, 2021
The Crucial Role of Mothers and Siblings in Child Survival: Evidence From 29 Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
Philippe Bocquier; Carren Ginsburg; Ashira Menashe-Oren; Yacouba Compaoré; Mark Collinson
Demography 58:5, 2021
Access to the Emergency Contraceptive Pill and Women's Reproductive Health: Evidence From Public Reform in Chile
Damian Clarke; Viviana Salinas
Demography 58:6, 2021
Cross-State Differences in the Processes Generating Black–White Disparities in Neonatal Mortality
Benjamin Sosnaud
Demography 58:6, 2021
Growing Income-Based Inequalities in Old-Age Life Expectancy in Sweden, 2006–2015
Stefan Fors; Jonas W. Wastesson; Lucas Morin
Demography 58:6, 2021
Inequality in Place: Effects of Exposure to Neighborhood-Level Economic Inequality on Mortality
Linda Zhao; Philipp Hessel; Juli Simon Thomas; Jason Beckfield
Demography 58:6, 2021
The Fertility of Immigrants From Low-Fertility Settings: Adaptation in the Quantum and Tempo of Childbearing?
Eleonora Mussino; Ben Wilson; Gunnar Andersson
Demography 58:6, 2021
The Influence of Kin Proximity on the Reproductive Success of American Couples, 1900–1910
J. David Hacker; Jonas Helgertz; Matt A. Nelson; Evan Roberts
Demography 58:6, 2021
The Pregnancy-Related Mortality Impact of a Total Abortion Ban in the United States: A Research Note on Increased Deaths Due to Remaining Pregnant
Amanda Jean Stevenson
Demography 58:6, 2021
