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Reflections on the value of anthropology for population studies at Population and Development Review’s 50th anniversary

For decades, PDR has been a welcoming venue for ethnographically grounded scholarship, publishing many articles by anthropologists as well as work by demographers that incorporates anthropological approaches and evidence.
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The Dynamics of Contraceptive Preferences: Insights from Kenyan Women

Current approaches to measuring reproductive preferences in population surveys are limited to exploring only fertility preferences and implicitly assume that contracepting people are using a method they want.
Schooling and evidence-based interventions for adolescents and young girls in the Sahel

Schooling and evidence-based interventions for adolescents and young girls in the Sahel

Addressing challenges to education through school support activities
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The Distinct–and Damaging–Impacts of Policies Externalizing Migration Control on Refugees and Other Migrants

Blocking border crossings undermines access to humanitarian protection while deflecting individuals unlikely to obtain refugee status to alternative migratory routes.
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Puzzle Solved? The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Fertility

What insights have we gained about the pandemic’s impact on fertility dynamics?
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The Persistence of Hypergamy

A new article upends existing understandings of how marriage responds to educational context.