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Demographers ability to model the global population ("10 billion by 2050 followed by plateau") rely on DHS surveys. Without them we're blind to large parts of the globe and quality of forecasts will go down. Which is of course a non-issue if planing-horizons don't extend beyond next Friday.

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It's no longer on pause. It's been terminated.

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The first warm winds of spring are accompanied by soft, melancholic honking. The cranes are back ❤️

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Campop blog #36: Who did older people live with in the pre-industrial English past? Richard Smith shows that, as today, they lived independently for as long as possible, and rarely moved in with married children @camunicampop.bsky.social www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...

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Population Europe is saddened to announce the passing of Professor Kirk Scott. An engaged member of our network since its inception, he has been a demographer at the Centre for Economic Demography, Lund University, and at the Stockholm University Demography Unit. 🔗Obituary: tinyurl.com/4js6pwjk

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The kind of info I'm on social media for

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On the question of how many years it takes until a migrant [me] is integrated well enough to remember public holidays in a new country, and not plan any work activity on said days, the answer must be: > 6

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Us: Increasing maternal age, late abortions, or definition changes don't explain recent German trends in stillbirths. Some perinatologists: It's probably explained by maternal age, late abortions and definition changes though. Always good to see both sides of an argument represented in the media.

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This is how you can generate lollipop charts in #tidyplots 🍭 #rstats #dataviz #phd

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Will twinning rate ⬆️ in low-income countries, even if the spread of IVF remains slow? Polyovulation rate increases w/maternal age (Evolved trait) + Maternal age structure is shifting upward (Demographic trend) = More twins expected! ✌️ doi.org/10.1093/humr... with wonderful @kieronbarclay.bsky.social

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Impossible choice

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Very happy to give a seminar tomorrow at CEDAR (the centre for demographic and ageing research), Umeå University, on health and survival inequalities in Sweden over the past century and a half

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The call for applications for the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2025-2026 is open! This international doctoral program aims to provide students with a high-level education in demography. Deadline to apply: March 25th, 2025 at 12 PM (noon). More information: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...

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Dear demographers, the call for papers for the Nordic Demographic Symposium, hosted by @demografi.dk, closes on Monday. Send us your abstracts here: event.sdu.dk/nds2025demog... #demography #youpayforyourowndrinks

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On an adventure

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Pregnancy diet advice, Sweden, a fish-eating culture: Fish, so healthy in pregnancy. Raw, fermented, fine! Don't eat [most] cheese, ROTTEN milk 🤢 And from Netherlands, a cheese-eating culture: Cheese, so healthy in pregnancy. Mouldy, aged, fresh, fine. Don't eat raw and fermented ROTTEN fish 🤢

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Does anyone ever want to save in onedrive?

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Nearly two-thirds of antibiotics were introduced during the “golden age of antibiotics”

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🚨 New Research: The American Dream is Dying in Big Cities Cities used to be ladders of opportunity for their residents. Not anymore. Our new paper shows smaller cities & towns now outperform major metros for kids born into poverty. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar... 1/8

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European Doctoral School of Demography is a transformative year of intense learning from great domain experts who all come to you to teach what they know best If you are doing a phd in population studies or if you are thinking of doing one, apply before March 25 #demography eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...

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Check out my latest article, coauthored with Martin Dribe! 📚: "Social mobility and fertility: Applying diagonal reference models in historical studies (Sweden, 1870–2015)" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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@ipums.bsky.social undefeated

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Very happy to announce that the toddler is a reader (Please don't tell me how this changes when they're older)

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📢 Deadline extended! You now have until Feb 14 to submit your abstract for the forthcoming ESHD conference in Bologna in Sep 2025.

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PAA and the Association of Population Centers express alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. Read our full statement: www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...

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Dentists

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I have a 99.8% snapshot of all zipped files from CDC Vital Statistics Online as of today. Documentation pdfs too. The one missing file was cut off part way 🤷‍♂️ will try again from time to time. Anyone needs anything reach out

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Holy forking shirt balls "Denial of a wanted abortion has both immediate and lasting effects. It increases a woman’s risk of death by 2.5 p.p within nine months, mainly due to unsafe abortion procedures, and raises the likelihood of carrying the pregnancy to term by 31 p.p. "

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In December 2024, 223 new R-packages were published on CRAN. TwoTimeScales is one of the top 40 packages according to Joseph Rickert. Shutout to @egorkotov.bsky.social and his spanishoddata also appearing among the top 40! 🤩🥳 www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/dece...

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Ah, so our students can't work with DHS right now, as (US-funded) DHS program is paused and not accepting registrations of new users 😶

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Childhood adversity "accounted for half of the education and income inequalities in mortality." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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"This paper outlines three promising directions for extending the demographic research agenda on social inequalities in mortality." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Lifecourse transitions associated with independence and adulthood are increasingly happening later in the lifecycle.

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Siblings are so interesting and under-studied! Historical perspective on siblings and SES: “The intensification of horizontal ties is seen as a cooperative model among siblings, challenging the notion of a complete loss of family influence during industrialization.”

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"findings reveal diminishing role of vertical ties (parents–children) & increasing significance of horizontal ties (between siblings). Intensification of horizontal ties is seen as cooperative, challenging the notion of a loss of family influence during industrialization"

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Ah, this European Social Science History Conference seems to attract quite a crowd

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There's still time to submit to the ESHD Conference in September! Reminder: the AYHD is organising a Flash Session! Here you can present early-stage work or research already presented in other sessions. To submit, mention "Flash session (AYHD)" in the Session proposal field. eshd2025.eshd.eu

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I am happy to announce that the two recipe books from the 80s about cooking food in microwaves that I impulse-bought just arrived. So, welcome to embark with me to an era of tech-optimism when they clearly believed this to be the future of cooking. A 🧵

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: THE 2026 HOLBERG PRIZE Deadline: 15 June, 2025 We seek nominations of scholars who have made outstanding contributions to research in the humanities, social sciences, law or theology. More information below.

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