Research Digest

The ideal number of children is lower among more recent than earlier birth cohorts and this shift is driven by substantially higher child-free ideals among recent cohorts.  [Kateryna [...]

The aim of this study was to conduct an exhaustive synthesis to determine which instruments and variables are most appropriate to evaluate foster care programs (foster, kinship, and professional [...]

Despite being a topical issue in public debate and on the political agenda for many countries, a global-scale, high-resolution quantification of migration and its major drivers for the recent [...]

This brief deals with ways to solve the fact that the United States is one of only seven countries in the world without any kind of national paid parental leave policy, and the majority of [...]

The aim of this publication is to provide an overview and detailed description of the demographic trends of the last 70 years for the populations of the Mediterranean as a whole. [Yoann Doignon, [...]

Children exposed to COVID-19 pandemic in Japan are behind 4 months in development at age 5. [Koryu Sato, Taiyo Fukai, Keiko K. Fujisawa et all – JAMA Pediatrics, 10 July 2023.] READ MORE

The recent pandemic demonstrated the critical contribution of social services to the resilience of European societies. [Miguel Buitrago, Renaud Scheuer, Angela Corbi, Nina Kozlowitz, Thomas [...]

More than a quarter of adults surveyed say they or a member of their family has been addicted to prescription painkillers or other illegal opioids, and nearly 1 in 10 adults has had a family [...]

Health trajectories of Portuguese older adults (60 + years old) in a 10-year period and to assess associated sociodemographic, lifestyle factors and multimorbidity status. [David G. Lopes, Nuno [...]

Domestic workers play an invaluable role in many societies, providing essential direct and indirect care services to private households. As care workers, they work at the foundation of our [...]