Teen Union Formation and Intimate Partner Violence in South America
Cohabitation and marriage before the age of 18 represent a common pathway into adulthood in South America. Teen union formation is particularly widespread in [...]
The Potential of Internal Migration to Shape Rural and Urban Populations Across Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Population age and sex structures have extensive consequences on development. Young populations require schools, older populations require funds for retirement, and both need well-functioning [...]
Reflections on the value of anthropology for population studies at Population and Development Review’s 50th anniversary
Population and Development Review’s 50th anniversary special issue is a fitting occasion to reflect on the value of anthropology for population studies. For decades, [...]
The Dynamics of Contraceptive Preferences: Insights from Kenyan Women
Contraceptive preferences play a crucial role in reproductive outcomes such as contraceptive continuation and pregnancy prevention. Current approaches to measuring reproductive preferences in population [...]
The Distinct–and Damaging–Impacts of Policies Externalizing Migration Control on Refugees and Other Migrants
Over the past three decades, migrant destination states of the Global North have increasingly sought to co-opt migrant origin/transit states of the Global South [...]
Puzzle Solved? The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Fertility
When the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic was officially declared in March 2020 and the world went into lockdown, demographers and the greater public alike speculated about [...]
The Persistence of Hypergamy
“No End to Hypergamy when Considering the Full Married Population,” our new article in Population and Development Review, upends existing understandings of how marriage [...]
Women Exposed to Community Violence have Earlier Relationships and Births in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala
The transition from childhood to adulthood is a pivotal stage of human development with important consequences for the rest of people’s lives. Adverse conditions [...]