Studies

The link between income and first birth has become more strongly positive over the past two decades. This is true mainly for women but also men, and suggests that increasing income prerequisites [...]

Food socialization styles were also connected to the development of different social skills in children: with the intensive model, children were closely managed by their parents at the table but [...]

Findings contribute to the existing literature on maltreatment-related alterations in brain development and provide unprecendented evidence that the severity of maltreatment is remarkably linked [...]

Caregiver sensitivity and stimulation in ECE during the first 5 years might be key levers for it throughout children’s educational careers, especially for children from low-income backgrounds. [...]

For every additional minute of screen time, children heard fewer adult words, spoke fewer vocalizations, and engaged in fewer back-and-forth interactions [Mary E. Brushe, Dandara G. Haag, Edward [...]

The 40th anniversary year of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study provides unique insights into the health and well-being of adolescents.  [A. Cosma, M. Molcho and W. [...]

Future fertility rates will continue to decline worldwide and will remain low even under the successful implementation of pro-natal policies.  [The Lancet, 20 March 2024.] READ MORE

This paper analyzes gender inequalities in leisure time within coresident couples with and without children at home in five European countries to evaluate the gendered parental impact on leisure [...]

Most teens at least sometimes feel happy and peaceful when they don’t have their phone, but 44% say this makes them anxious. Half of parents say they have looked through their teen’s phone. [...]

The study focus on four key topics in Norway —pro-natalism, individual versus societal level effects of policies, socioeconomic differences in fertility, and immigration. [Rannveig Kaldager Hart [...]