📑 A new paper by CPC-CG members introduces the first method that can predict how many relatives of any kind a person is likely to have at different points in their life, and how likely each outcome is:
https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/54/9
#demography #kinship #mathematicaldemography #populationstudies #lifeCourse #mortality #fertility #probability #matrixalgebra #combinatorics #convolution #kin #familyStructure #analyticModel #populationResearch #population #family #familystructures #demographicforecasting
New study sheds light on Bronze Age family structures and genetics. Skeletons from a 3,800-year-old Russian steppe burial mound reveal polygamy for eldest brother, monogamy for others, and immigrant wives. Women had higher genetic diversity, indicating wider origins. #BronzeAge #FamilyStructure #Genetics
Adopted children are more likely to live in nuclear families than non- adopted children. Fewer adoptees live in single-mother, single-father, other family types.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31371844
#NICHDImpact #Adoption #Family #FamilyStructure #NuclearFamilies
Few studies have examined the familial configurations of adopted children and how these configurations differ from those of non-adoptees. As a result, this study examines the relationship between adoption status and inequalities in the family structure of children. Our results indicate that adopted …
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