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Fertility and Well-Being

At a Glance Projects Publications Team

Research areas and projects of this laboratory are as follows

Research Areas

Contemporary and Future Trends in Fertility

The Intersection of Health and Fertility

Fertility and Uncertainty

Innovative Perspectives on the Fertility Transition

Contemporary and Future Trends in Fertility

Shifts in the Fertility–Development Nexus at the Macro and Micro Level Project details

Family Formation in Comparative Perspective Project details

Socioeconomic Differentials in Fertility and Family Formation Processes Project details

Psychological Factors and Family Formation Processes (Dissertation) Project details

Fertility Dynamics and Patterns in High-Income Countries (Dissertation) Project details

The Intersection of Health and Fertility

The Influence of Health and Cognition on Fertility Project details

Fertility and Uncertainty

COVID-19 and Family Project details

Innovative Perspectives on the Fertility Transition

Union–Fertility Nexus and Fertility Variation in Sub-Saharan Africa (Dissertation) Project details

Research

Social Demography (Myrskylä)
Fertility and Well-Being
Population Health
Research Group: Labor Demography
BIOSFER
MaxHel Center
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

Press Release

Most Women in Sub-Saharan Africa Re-marry Quickly after Divorce or Widowhood, Even Though Re-Marriage Rates are Declining

Press Release

Parents in Germany: What Role does Personality Play in the Decision to Have Children?

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