DemographyPub Date : 2026-08-01DOI: 10.1215/00703370-12785873
Nicholas Mark
{"title":"Pregnancy Intentions, Race and Ethnicity, and Infant Outcomes: A Research Note.","authors":"Nicholas Mark","doi":"10.1215/00703370-12785873","DOIUrl":"10.1215/00703370-12785873","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>\"Unintended\" pregnancies are commonly thought to be associated with worse infant health outcomes than \"intended\" pregnancies. These associations are strongest among White mothers and are weak or not significant among Black and Hispanic mothers. Adjusting for a basic set of sociodemographic variables dramatically changes the relationship between pregnancy intention and outcomes for Whites but not for other racial and ethnic groups. The relationships between maternal characteristics, pregnancy intentions, and outcomes are very heterogeneous for different racial and ethnic groups. Public health messaging should avoid generic statements linking pregnancy intentions to adverse outcomes; tackling specific barriers to autonomy would likely be more helpful for improving outcomes than a generic focus on unintended pregnancies that risks blaming and shaming mothers.</p>","PeriodicalId":48394,"journal":{"name":"Demography","volume":" ","pages":"1067-1080"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148713915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DemographyPub Date : 2026-06-01DOI: 10.1215/00703370-12674285
Frank W Heiland, Selen Ozdogan, Deborah Balk, Jennifer Brite, Peter Marcotullio
{"title":"Extreme Weather and Mortality of Vulnerable Urban Populations: An Examination of Temperature and Unclaimed Deaths in New York City.","authors":"Frank W Heiland, Selen Ozdogan, Deborah Balk, Jennifer Brite, Peter Marcotullio","doi":"10.1215/00703370-12674285","DOIUrl":"10.1215/00703370-12674285","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This is the first study to examine the link between extreme temperatures and unclaimed deaths in New York City. Daily air and wet-bulb temperatures were paired with public burial records. A 1°F hotter 7-day summer period predicts 1.2% more unclaimed deaths. Decedents on extreme heat days in NYC were up to three times as likely to go unclaimed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48394,"journal":{"name":"Demography","volume":" ","pages":"893-923"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148266811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DemographyPub Date : 2026-06-01DOI: 10.1215/00703370-12665495
Risto Conte Keivabu, Maria Rubio-Cabañez
{"title":"Wildfires and Birth Outcomes: Evidence From Spain.","authors":"Risto Conte Keivabu, Maria Rubio-Cabañez","doi":"10.1215/00703370-12665495","DOIUrl":"10.1215/00703370-12665495","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Wildfire exposure during pregnancy harms birth outcomes in Spain. Wildfire exposure lowers birth weight and raises the risk of low birth weight and preterm birth. Impacts are uniform across sociodemographic groups. Both fire proximity and fire-driven PM2.5 affect birth outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":48394,"journal":{"name":"Demography","volume":" ","pages":"869-892"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148253804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DemographyPub Date : 2026-06-01DOI: 10.1215/00703370-12665544
Ludovica Gambaro, Sophia Schmitz, Mathias Huebener, C Katharina Spiess
{"title":"Overlooked Potential? Childcare Services and Ukrainian Refugee Mothers in Germany.","authors":"Ludovica Gambaro, Sophia Schmitz, Mathias Huebener, C Katharina Spiess","doi":"10.1215/00703370-12665544","DOIUrl":"10.1215/00703370-12665544","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Refugee women are distinctively disadvantaged and fare worse than other migrants. Childcare access substantially improves the integration of Ukrainian refugee mothers in Germany. Childcare boosts mothers' employment, use of language courses, language proficiency, and host-country social contacts. Childcare programs are an untapped policy lever for the integration of refugee mothers.</p>","PeriodicalId":48394,"journal":{"name":"Demography","volume":" ","pages":"979-1005"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148253797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DemographyPub Date : 2026-06-01DOI: 10.1215/00703370-12652744
Anna Oksuzyan, Maciej J Dańko, Jennifer Caputo, Mine Kühn, Yana Vierboom
{"title":"Challenging Prevailing Stereotypes About Gender Differences in Health Reporting: Evidence Using Biomarker Data From the Health and Retirement Study.","authors":"Anna Oksuzyan, Maciej J Dańko, Jennifer Caputo, Mine Kühn, Yana Vierboom","doi":"10.1215/00703370-12652744","DOIUrl":"10.1215/00703370-12652744","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Our study found little evidence of gender differences in health reporting. Reporting bias was negligible among the youngest White respondents, whereas White men and women aged 60 or older evaluated their health optimistically. Reporting bias among Black adults was inconsistent across age groups. Hispanic men and women tended to evaluate their health more pessimistically. Overall, individuals appear to evaluate their health more optimistically as they age.</p>","PeriodicalId":48394,"journal":{"name":"Demography","volume":" ","pages":"955-977"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148158636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DemographyPub Date : 2026-06-01DOI: 10.1215/00703370-12664250
Lawrence L Wu, Nicholas D E Mark, Jennifer Hill
{"title":"The Effect of the Great Recession on U.S. Fertility: Causal Estimates From a Novel Cohort Discontinuity Design.","authors":"Lawrence L Wu, Nicholas D E Mark, Jennifer Hill","doi":"10.1215/00703370-12664250","DOIUrl":"10.1215/00703370-12664250","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article presents causal effects of the Great Recession on U.S. fertility. Effects are identified using a new cohort discontinuity design. The design identifies effects for single-year cohorts of women, as well as for single-year cohorts of White and Black women. Estimated effects are negative for U.S. women born in the period 1964‒1992. Negative effects are largest for younger cohorts and for Black women.</p>","PeriodicalId":48394,"journal":{"name":"Demography","volume":" ","pages":"813-841"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148220090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DemographyPub Date : 2026-06-01DOI: 10.1215/00703370-12654071
Tao Sun, Huiping Zheng, Xiaojun Wang
{"title":"Decomposing Differences in Cohort Health Expectancy by Cause and Age With Longitudinal Data.","authors":"Tao Sun, Huiping Zheng, Xiaojun Wang","doi":"10.1215/00703370-12654071","DOIUrl":"10.1215/00703370-12654071","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We propose a new method to decompose cohort health expectancy by age and cause. We develop a new attribution method for longitudinal data. This method handles interval censoring, semicompeting risks, and time-dependent covariates. We derive explicit formulas for stepwise decomposition of cohort health expectancy. We provide an R package and Shiny app to support use of the proposed method.</p>","PeriodicalId":48394,"journal":{"name":"Demography","volume":" ","pages":"925-953"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148253777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DemographyPub Date : 2026-06-01DOI: 10.1215/00703370-12653749
Matthias Pollmann-Schult
{"title":"Parental Separation and Children's Peer Relations: Investigating Friendship Integration and Peer Rejection in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence.","authors":"Matthias Pollmann-Schult","doi":"10.1215/00703370-12653749","DOIUrl":"10.1215/00703370-12653749","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parental separation raises children's peer rejection but not friendship integration. Peer rejection increases after separation and remains high for up to four years. No moderating effects were found for the child's age, the child's gender, or parental education. Separation impairs peer relations primarily by heightening children's socioemotional difficulties.</p>","PeriodicalId":48394,"journal":{"name":"Demography","volume":" ","pages":"843-867"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148212992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DemographyPub Date : 2026-06-01DOI: 10.1215/00703370-12664351
Hui Zheng
{"title":"Dynamic Contributions of Chronic Diseases to the Widening Educational Gap in Disability and Mortality, 2002-2018: A Research Note.","authors":"Hui Zheng","doi":"10.1215/00703370-12664351","DOIUrl":"10.1215/00703370-12664351","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>I examine the role of chronic conditions in the widening educational health gap. The prevalence of chronic conditions increases similarly for adults with and without a college degree. Links between chronic diseases, disability, and mortality have evolved differently across educational strata. These differences contribute to the widening educational gaps in disability and mortality. These patterns are not driven primarily by health behaviors or insurance coverage.</p>","PeriodicalId":48394,"journal":{"name":"Demography","volume":" ","pages":"771-788"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148206504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DemographyPub Date : 2026-06-01DOI: 10.1215/00703370-12655184
Niklas Murken, Kerilyn Schewel, Jasper Tjaden
{"title":"Mobility Framing Effects in Migration Surveys: A Research Note With Experimental Evidence From Senegal.","authors":"Niklas Murken, Kerilyn Schewel, Jasper Tjaden","doi":"10.1215/00703370-12655184","DOIUrl":"10.1215/00703370-12655184","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We provide causal evidence that asking about intentions to stay rather than migrate reduces expressed migration aspirations by 12 percentage points, confirming a significant \"mobility framing effect\" in survey responses. Researchers should consider using more balanced survey instruments when eliciting mobility intentions and may risk overestimating migration when inferring future migration flows from aspirations measured through surveys.</p>","PeriodicalId":48394,"journal":{"name":"Demography","volume":" ","pages":"759-769"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148164561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}