Şahin Bingöl, Andrea Verhulst, Alanur Çavlin, Michel Guillot
{"title":"Spatial Inequalities in the Completeness of Under Five Deaths: Assessing Vital Registration Data in Türkiye","authors":"Şahin Bingöl, Andrea Verhulst, Alanur Çavlin, Michel Guillot","doi":"10.1002/psp.70030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70030","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The neonatal, infant and under-5 mortality rates are important indicators of child health used by countries to monitor their health policies and for international comparisons. Coverage and completeness of registration systems are critical for the quality of these indicators. However, under registration of deaths is still a major problem today, especially where registration systems are still in the process of being established, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. In the last two decades, Türkiye stands out with its rapidly declining child and infant mortality, as well as its developing VR system. However, the completeness of under-5 deaths in the VR system in Türkiye has not been fully evaluated yet. The fact that the regions in Türkiye that are disadvantaged in terms of early-age mortality are less populated poses the risk of neglecting areas that need more investment and improvement in child mortality and data quality. In this study, we assess the completeness of under-5 deaths at the national and regional levels by using a recently developed model for estimating under-5 mortality by detailed age. We apply this model at both the national and regional levels to assess the completeness of under-5 deaths in the VR system of Türkiye from 2009 to 2022. The results confirm the presence of early death omission in the eastern regions at the beginning of the studied period, for which we propose a correction. The prediction of the model also indicates a strong improvement over time in the completeness of death registration in these regions. This study stresses the importance of revealing regional disadvantages rather than relying on national progress in the completeness of under five deaths, especially in low- and middle-income countries where registration systems are still in the process of being established.</p>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"31 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/psp.70030","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143846199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Urban-Rural Transformations and Fertility Decline in China: A Distinctive Perspective Within the Second Demographic Transition","authors":"Xin Zhang, William A. V. Clark, Dongxue Wu","doi":"10.1002/psp.70037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70037","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>China's fertility continues to decline. Identifying the underlying explanations for that decline involves multiple and interwoven threads which we explore with data from the China household finance survey (CHFS). We examine the declining fertility in China through the lens of urban-rural transformations, and synthesize the roles of women's education, women's labor market participation and child-raising costs, and suggest that China is a distinctive variant of the second demographic transition. The analysis shows that urbanization and the convergence of rural and urban fertility levels have been key drivers of the overall decline in fertility rates. And it confirms what we have long known that women's education and labor market participation both negatively impact the likelihood of having children. The study also suggests that intergenerational support can serve as a basis for effective policy interventions to address China's declining fertility rate.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"31 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143846072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluating Housing Policy Effects on Childbirth Intentions in South Korea: Preferences, Benefits, and Policy Implications","authors":"Ji-yun Kim, Miseon Jang","doi":"10.1002/psp.70036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70036","url":null,"abstract":"<p>South Korea is experiencing an unprecedented decline in birth rates, prompting the government to expand various forms of support, with housing assistance requiring the largest budget allocation. Given this substantial financial investment, it is essential to evaluate the impact of housing policies on childbirth intentions. This study examines the housing preferences of unmarried young adults who are potential beneficiaries of government support and analyzes anticipated changes in their childbirth intentions when provided with housing assistance. Based on an online survey of 310 participants, the findings indicate that housing loans are the most preferred policy, followed by the special supply of presale housing. Respondents overwhelmingly reported that their intention to have children would increase if their preferred housing support were provided, with the special supply of presale housing having the greatest effect. Additionally, the study highlights that young adults prioritize housing quality and a safe living environment over affordability alone. The results further reveal that nonmetropolitan residents, older respondents, and those with strong pro-natalist values are the most responsive to housing support. By offering empirical evidence from the South Korean context, this study contributes to international discussions on housing policies and fertility, emphasizing the necessity of targeted policy interventions to effectively address the low birthrate crisis.</p>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"31 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/psp.70036","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"International Student Mobility: Precarity, Pandemics and Resilience","authors":"S. Irudaya Rajan, Ajay Bailey","doi":"10.1002/psp.70039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70039","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"31 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rethinking Transnational Places as Migratory Ecotones","authors":"Thomas Lacroix, Judith Misrahi-Barak","doi":"10.1002/psp.70034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70034","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper revisits the concept of ecotone to shed a different light on migratory spaces. The notion of ecotone was first applied for the study of the contact zones between ecological systems. Over the last two decades, it has been used by scholars of postcolonial literature for the analysis of spaces of cultural interactions. Bridging this strand of work with the debate on more-than-relational space, this paper outlines the concept of migratory ecotones understood as the outcome of the process of territorialization of intersecting transnational circulations. Migratory ecotones are ambivalent spaces underlain by contradictory forces: a principle of encounter and cultural interaction, but also a principle of power, conflict, distribution, and hierarchy. We argue that ecotones are more-than-relational spaces in three regards: current encounters are shaped by the material environment in which they are taking place, by the political forces constraining the capabilities of migrants, by past encounters and events weighing on present ones. The theoretical considerations developed in this paper will be supported by a literary analysis of a short story by Canadian writer and artist Shani Mootoo and by the political geography analysis of a border camp, the Jungle of Calais.</p>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"31 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/psp.70034","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unraveling the Enigma: Exploring the Impact of Migration Trajectories on Stable Settlement Intention Among Chinese Migrants","authors":"Xueying Mu, Juren Lin, Wentian Shi, Qiang Wang","doi":"10.1002/psp.70033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70033","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The settlement intention of migrants has become a prominent issue for both scholars and policymakers, forming an essential element of China's new urbanization strategy. However, an increasing number of scholars predominantly focus on how individual and contextual factors influence migrants' settlement intentions, often neglecting the multiple and shifting nature of migration, which may also shape their settlement intentions. Using data from 2017 China Migrants Dynamic Survey, this study investigates the relationship between migration trajectories and migrants' settlement intentions, exploring how these trajectories differ in shaping settlement intentions across cohorts. Employing a multinomial logistic regression model, this study reveals that migrants originating from districts and county-level cities or moving to cities with lower housing prices are more likely to have stable settlement intentions. In addition, those following a “U” migration trajectory are more likely to possess stable settlement intentions, while those with a “UU” migration trajectory exhibit the opposing trend. Moreover, the negative impact of migration trajectory on migrants' stable settlement intentions diminishes considerably across cohorts. This study not only enhances our comprehension of the nature of migrants' settlement intentions by integrating the dimension of homeownership but also underscores the key role of structural factors and reveals the multiple and shifting nature of migration.</p>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"31 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143809600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does Home Still Call? Generational Differences in Chinese Return Migration","authors":"Hanbei Cheng","doi":"10.1002/psp.70009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70009","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>While economic drivers of return migration are well-studied, the associated social mechanisms and generational nuances remain underexplored. This study investigates how migrants' economic resources in their hometowns influence return intentions through place attachment, with a specific focus on generational differences. Using first-hand nationwide survey data and multigroup structural equation modeling (MG-SEM), we find significant intergenerational disparities. Older migrants exhibit stronger return intentions. Although both generations maintain similarly high homeownership rates (approximately 75%), homeownership significantly influences return intentions only for the older generation. For younger migrants, hometown income is a strong predictor of return, suggesting a focus on financial security. Surprisingly, landholdings are insignificant for both groups, implying a shift away from traditional agricultural livelihoods. Although direct economic effects vary generationally, the indirect influence of place attachment remains consistent across generations. Our multidimensional conceptualization of place attachment reveals its positive, progressively moderating role. Favorable economic conditions facilitate stronger hometown-oriented behaviors, such as longer visits, which in turn strengthen place identity and promote return migration. This <i>progressive place mechanism</i> is particularly pronounced among older homeowners, emphasizing the enduring influence of place-based identity. These findings provide a nuanced understanding of return migration, moving beyond purely economic explanations to incorporate the complex interplay of proximity-seeking behavior and psychosocial factors. Our results have implications for targeted rural revitalization strategies in China, particularly for addressing population imbalances and leveraging return migration for regional development.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"31 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143793912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Educational Strategies of Displaced Ukrainians in Berlin and Warsaw: The Role of Transnational Opportunity Structure","authors":"Céline Teney","doi":"10.1002/psp.70032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70032","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper investigates the educational strategies of displaced Ukrainian parents regarding their school-age children who fled to Poland and Germany after the 2022 full-scale Russian invasion. The study is based on an abductive analysis of a unique longitudinal qualitative panel data set of 82 semi-structured interviews with displaced Ukrainians with school-age children in Berlin and Warsaw in summer 2022, as well as 60 and 44 follow-up interviews in spring 2023 and spring 2024, respectively. Three distinct educational strategies are identified: (1) online enrolment in the Ukrainian school system while living in the destination country; (2) exclusive incorporation into the education system of the destination country; (3) return to Ukraine and continuing the Ukrainian school curriculum on site. The extent to which interviewees endorse one strategy over the others varies between Warsaw and Berlin and between the three interview waves. The paper highlights the relevance of “transnational opportunity structure” to better understand migrant's agency and strategies of action. This is conceptualised as the set of opportunities and constraints provided by the contexts in which migrants navigate.</p>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"31 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/psp.70032","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143787278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kerli Müürisepp, Matti Manninen, Venla Bernelius, Tiit Tammaru, Tuuli Toivonen, Olle Järv
{"title":"Spatial Integration or Isolation? Capturing the Rhythms of Daily Lives Across Neighbourhoods in Helsinki Using Mobile Phone Data","authors":"Kerli Müürisepp, Matti Manninen, Venla Bernelius, Tiit Tammaru, Tuuli Toivonen, Olle Järv","doi":"10.1002/psp.70029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70029","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>People's exposure to various social and spatial contexts over time leads to patterns of spatial integration and segregation. While the study of spatial integration has predominantly focused on the location and context of residential neighbourhoods, the emerging activity space approach to segregation argues that it is important to consider people's actual activity locations and mobility. This study builds on both approaches, to provide insights into residential communities' spatial integration over their daily use of urban space. By focussing on the Nordic welfare state context, with its low socioeconomic disparities and deep-rooted antisegregation policies in Finland, we paid specific attention to the extent to which residents of affluent, mixed, and disadvantaged neighbourhoods exhibit spatial integration over their activity spaces. By combining mobile phone and population register data from the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, we were able to show residential communities' use of urban space hour-by-hour on a workday and a weekend day, and its time-sensitive associations with their neighbourhood-level socioeconomic characteristics. We found that residents of disadvantaged neighbourhoods are spatially more isolated than residents of affluent and mixed neighbourhoods. Specifically, they spend more time in their own neighbourhood, have more concentrated use of urban space outside their home neighbourhood, and are less exposed to the socially diverse city centre. However, the intergroup differences are more significant at weekends, which highlights the importance of time-sensitive segregation analysis. Finally, we argue for the need for neighbourhood-centred integration policies to consider residents' use of urban space both within and beyond their home neighbourhood.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"31 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143770384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Junqiao Ma, Anbang Wang, Sixuan Luo, Zongyuan Weng, Ke He
{"title":"Where to Go: How Does Digital Finance Influence Labor Mobility Preferences? — A Dual Perspective on Regional and Industry Mobility","authors":"Junqiao Ma, Anbang Wang, Sixuan Luo, Zongyuan Weng, Ke He","doi":"10.1002/psp.70025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70025","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Using data from the 2011–2018 China Migrants Dynamic Survey, which includes over 1.1 million observations, along with the Peking University Digital Financial Inclusion Index, this paper investigates the impact of digital finance on cross-regional labor mobility and Interindustry movement. The results indicate that regional digital finance disrupts the traditional “proximity mobility preference” of rural labor, thereby broadening the geographic scope of migration. Specifically, it reduces mobility across counties while increasing mobility across cities and provinces. The study finds that rural low-skilled and middle-skilled workers are more likely to transition into the tertiary sector after migrating across provinces. This movement is driven by income incentives and reduced costs. For low-skilled rural labor, regional digital finance encourages provincial mobility and entry into the tertiary sector by raising wage levels and reducing information costs. For middle-skilled rural labor, the same effect occurs through higher relative income and lower job-search costs. This study offers new insights into optimizing labor mobility and industrial patterns in the context of digital finance development.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"31 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143741174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}