The Limits of Gridded Data for Tracking Population Shifts: Evidence from China
High-resolution gridded population estimates are increasingly used in research and for applications that require fine spatial detail and frequent updates. Since the first globally [...]
Advancing New Directions for Family Planning Measurement
International family planning (FP) measures, such as contraceptive prevalence, unmet need, and demand satisfied, have served as critical indicators for tracking progress and assessing [...]
Lockdowns and Abortions: How Spain’s COVID-19 Restrictions Reduced Unintended Pregnancies
It is spring 2020 and Spain is unexpectedly going into one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns. Due to COVID-19, everyday life of Spaniards has come [...]
Call for Special Issue Proposals — Studies in Family Planning
Call for Special Issue Proposals — Studies in Family Planning Deadline: December 1, 2025 Studies in Family Planning invites proposals for special issues addressing [...]
Do Men and Women Move Abroad for Work at Similar Rates?
The past three decades have shown a marked increase in the rate of women migrating internationally for work. Women professionals are now moving as [...]
Putting Service Users at the Center of Care: Quality of Care and Beyond
Patients involved in their own care who feel heard have better health outcomes. This research-supported fact represents a broader shift in healthcare philosophy away [...]
Celebrating 50 years of Population and Development Review
The essays collected in this volume celebrate the 50th anniversary of the journal Population and Development Review (PDR). The launching of PDR in September [...]
The Prevalence and Persistence of Cousin Marriage in Pakistan
Pakistan's rate of consanguinity (the proportion of couples who are blood relatives) is unparalleled globally, with nearly two-thirds of marriages involving cousins. While cousin [...]