Research Group

Kinship Inequalities

At a Glance Projects Publications Team

Project

Heterogeneity of Kinship Networks: Implications for Informal Support

Sha Jiang, Saroja Adhikari, Diego Alburez-Gutierrez, Bettina Maria Hünteler

This project examines heterogeneity in kinship structures to inform sub- and cross-national projections of kinship. Substantively, it aims to improve our understanding of resource exchanges and informal care dynamics within extended families.  Detailed Description

Research Keywords:

Family Behavior, Health Care, Public Health, Medicine, and Epidemiology, Intergenerational Relationships

Region keywords:

World

Publications

Adhikari, S.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2025-003. (2025)    
Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Basellini, U.; Zagheni, E.:
Population Studies 79:1, 45–57. (2025)    
Hünteler , B. M.; Hank, K.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Leopold, T.:
SocArXiv papers. unpublished. (2025)    
Matos-Moreno, A.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Williams, I.; Verdery, A. M.; Fernández Soto, M.; Santos-Lozada, A.:
The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. accepted. (2025)
van Damme, M.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Castro Torres, A. F.:
Demography, 1–10. (2025)    
Hünteler , B. M.; Polizzi, A.; van Raalte, A. A.:
SocArXiv papers. unpublished. (2024)    
Schlüter , B.-S.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Bibbins-Domingo, K.; Alexander, M. J.; Kiang, M. V.:
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. (2024)
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