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The newsletter "Demografische Forschung Aus Erster Hand" is published by the MPIDR in cooperation with other renowned institutions, whose main research focus is on demography. It presents the newest results from demographic research, written for a wider public audience. The newsletter is published quarterly and freely available in digital as well as printed form.

December 18, 2025

Family, Birth Patterns Among Refugees, and Palliative Care for Dementia Patients

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In the first article of this issue of Demografische Forschung aus Erster Hand, you will learn why family research should also focus more on relatives outside the nuclear family. The second article deals with the question of whether and when refugee women and men have children. The last article deals with palliative care for seriously ill people, which varies greatly depending on the illness. more

September 25, 2025

Poverty, education, and family conflicts

This issue of Demografische Forschung aus Erster Hand explains why it is important to assess poverty using different parameters to those used previously, and which parameters are most suitable. The second article deals with education and the pension system. The former can contribute to stabilising the latter. The final article discusses partnerships between people with and without a migration background. Such partnerships often lead to conflicts with parents. more

July 01, 2025

Family planning and health of migrants

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In this issue of Demografischen Forschung Aus Erster Hand, all three articles are dedicated to the topic of Family planning and health of migrants. more

April 02, 2025

Inequalities

In this issue of Demografischen Forschung Aus Erster Hand, all three articles are dedicated to the topic of inequality. more

December 18, 2024

Emigration-minded

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In this issue of Demografischen Forschung Aus Erster Hand, all three articles are dedicated to the topic of migration. The first article examines the extent to which Russian women actually intend to leave their country following the Russian war against Ukraine. The second article looks at how people from wealthy societies fare when they emigrate. In the third article, you will find out how inter-ethnic partnerships differ in terms of the number of children compared to partnerships where both partners come from the same country. more

September 24, 2024

Life Expectancy and Family

In this issue of Demografischen Forschung Aus Erster Hand , you can find out how to tackle an inequity in the pension system, why we need new terms to talk about childlessness, and how the unequal distribution of care work has a negative impact on maternal health. To mark the 20th anniversary of the Infoletter, we also conducted an interview with Wolfgang Lutz, one of the founders of Demografischen Forschung Aus Erster Hand. In the interview, he explains why it is particularly important in demography to educate and correct misinterpreted facts.  more

June 26, 2024

Family

In the current issue of Demografischen Forschung Aus Erster Hand you can read about new calculations on the decline in births in times of crisis, how family constellations influence well-being and what influence norms have on the decision to have a child.  more

March 20, 2024

Food and Climate

In the current issue of Demografischen Forschung Aus Erster Hand, you can find out which regions of the world will be hardest hit by climate change, where people in German-speaking countries live the longest, and how the proximity of fast-food outlets affects people's health. more

December 13, 2023

Women´s work

To find out why not all population groups benefit equally from measures that extend working life, how the type of employment contract affects the length of the commute and what causes the lower stability of inter-ethnic marriages, read the new issue of Demografischen Forschung Aus Erster Hand. more

October 10, 2023

Blind Spots

To find out how the pandemic has affected births, how people spend the last year of their lives, and what risk factors contribute to the development of dementia, read the new issue of Demografischen Forschung Aus Erster Hand. more

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