How Political Events Become Demographic
Political conflict and violence shape the core demographic processes of mortality, migration, and fertility, while also influencing union formation, health, and kinship networks. Yet [...]
Beyond Satisfaction: Measuring What Actually Varies in Client Experience of Injectable Contraceptive Care
High-quality contraceptive counseling and services must take a person-centered approach, placing a high value on women and girls’ individual preferences, goals, and rights. Person-centered [...]
Do Demographers Ask Too Many Fertility Preference Questions (or Not Enough)?
Do you use fertility preferences in your research (or want to)? Are you swimming in a ton of measures and don’t know which one(s) to [...]
Beyond Myths: Addressing Real Concerns About Contraception and Future Fertility
There are pervasive perceptions in some communities that modern contraceptives will hinder or prevent future fertility. These concerns are documented across diverse global contexts, from sub-Saharan Africa to South Asia, and are sometimes amplified through [...]
We Are Our Memory: A Flexible Framework for Quantifying the Demographic Imprints of the Past
Demographers characterize populations according to a range of traits, from the traditional standards of age and sex to a range of other variables like [...]
Differential Acceptance of New Family Behaviors Across Europe
Family change in Europe is not happening in a uniform way — and people’s attitudes do not always keep pace, unfolding in complex and [...]
The Impact of Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme’s Coverage Policy on Modern Contraceptive Use
Despite decades of investment in family planning programs across sub-Saharan Africa, access to modern contraceptives remains constrained by cost, particularly for long-acting reversible contraceptives [...]
Infertility and Unrealized Ideal Family Size
Many people do not end their reproductive years with the family size they once imagined. This might be because their preference changed over time [...]