Partner Group Malawi

Family Demography in Sub-Saharan Africa

The Max Planck Partner Group "Family Demography in Sub-Saharan Africa" focuses on understanding how highly educated young adults in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Malawi, are reshaping family and fertility patterns amid rapid social change. Their flagship project, MUGIP (Malawi University Graduate Internet Panel), is the first large-scale study tracking fertility desires and behaviors among university graduates in Malawi.

By examining these issues through a comparative lens, the group aims to advance demographic theory about fertility transitions and inform policy discussions about family change in Sub-Saharan Africa, filling a critical gap in demographic research that has largely overlooked this influential population group. Detailed Description

Research

Social Demography (Myrskylä)
Fertility and Well-Being
Population Health
Research Group: Mortality Inequalities
Research Group: Labor Demography
BIOSFER
Max Planck – University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health (MaxHel)
Partner Group Uruguay: Simulation of Socio-Demographic Systems
Partner Group Malawi: Family Demography in Sub-Saharan Africa
Digital and Computational Demography (Zagheni)
Migration and Mobility
Population Dynamics and Sustainable Well-Being
Joint Research Labs
Demographic Data
Statistical Demography
Independent Research Groups
Research Group: Kinship Inequalities
Research Group: Gender Inequalities and Fertility
Research Group: Migration and Health Inequalities
Research Group: Reproductive Ageing
Research Group: Medical Demography