Journal•ISSN: 1443-2447
Journal of Population Research
Springer Science+Business Media
About: Journal of Population Research is an academic journal published by Springer Science+Business Media. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Population & Fertility. It has an ISSN identifier of 1443-2447. Over the lifetime, 482 publications have been published receiving 8577 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that very low levels of fertility in advanced countries can be explained by incoherence between the levels of gender equity applying in different social institutions, such as institutions dealing with people as individuals and families.
Abstract: Sustained very low levels of fertility in advanced countries can be explained by incoherence between the levels of gender equity applying in different social institutions. In countries with very low levels of fertility, high levels of gender equity are postulated in institutions that deal with people as individuals, while low levels of gender equity apply in institutions that deal with people as members of families.
679 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on operationalising colonisation as a driver of indigenous health, with reference to emerging concepts such as historical trauma, and examine the role of racism as an intersecting and overlapping phenomenon.
Abstract: In settler-colonies such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States, the historical impacts of colonisation on the health, social, economic and cultural experiences of Indigenous peoples are well documented. However, despite being a commonly deployed trope, there has been scant attention paid to precisely how colonial processes contribute to contemporary disparities in health between indigenous and non-indigenous peoples in these nation-states. After considering pertinent issues in defining indigeneity, this paper focuses on operationalising colonisation as a driver of indigenous health, with reference to emerging concepts such as historical trauma. Conceptualisations of coloniality vis-a-vis health and their critiques are then examined alongside the role of racism as an intersecting and overlapping phenomenon. To conclude, approaches to understanding and explaining Indigenous disadvantage are considered alongside the potential of decolonisation, before exploring ramifications for the future of settler-indigenous relations.
313 citations
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TL;DR: The World Health Organization: World Health Statistics 2007, Geneva: No Date, 86 pp. as mentioned in this paper, Geneva: NO Date, No Date No. 6, 2007, No.
Abstract: Review(s) of: World Health Organization: World Health Statistics 2007, Geneva: No Date, 86 pp.
240 citations
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors evaluated data on sex ratios in China since before the founding of the People's Republic, and showed that the relative dearth of girls has become more extreme during the last two decades, and that the problem is real and not merely due to undercounting of girls.
Abstract: China has the most severe shortage of girls compared to boys of any country in the world today, as documented by China's surveys and censuses up to 2000. This article evaluates data on sex ratios in China since before the founding of the People's Republic, and shows that the relative dearth of girls has become more extreme during the last two decades, and that the problem is real and not merely due to undercounting of girls. Daughters are lost primarily through sex-selective abortion, secondly through excess female infant mortality, and thirdly through neglect or mistreatment of girls up to age three, in cities as well as rural areas. Until recently, the dearth of girls was confined to second or higher-order births, but now couples in some provinces are using sex-selective abortions for first births. Maps show the geographical concentration of life-threatening discrimination against girls and its spread over time. Son preference, low fertility and technology combine to cause the loss of daughters in China today and compulsory family planning and the one-child policy exacerbate the problem. The discussion includes what the People's Republic of China has done to ameliorate life-threatening discrimination against girls and what further steps might be taken to improve the situation.
233 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a generalization of survivor functions for the analysis of the temporal relationships between two events is introduced and applied to describe the process of transition to adulthood as a whole, making use of the sequence analysis approach with special emphasis on the empirical analyses of the'standardization vs individualization' hypotheses.
Abstract: The quantitative analysis of life courses has to deal with a complex pattern of interrelated events and trajectories. Such a complex pattern needs complex measurement tools, even if only to describe the experience of cohorts. This paper addresses the methodological issue of describing the transition to adulthood from a life course perspective, following an event-based definition. New proposals are developed and traditional approaches are discussed, using Italy as an example. A generalization of survivor functions for the analysis of the temporal relationships between two events is introduced and applied. The paper then deals with the problem of describing the process of transition to adulthood as a whole, making use of the sequence analysis approach with special emphasis on the empirical analyses of the ‘standardization vs individualization’ hypotheses.
170 citations