In 1986, two Dutch researchers advanced a provocative hypothesis: many societies were undergoing a “Second Demographic Transition” that would lead to durably low birth rates and high degrees of ...

American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 69, No. 5 (Mar., 1964), pp. 476-490 (15 pages) Data from contemporary Egypt refute almost all the generalizations about urban-rural demographic differences that ...

Following the launch of the recent United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report on the state of the world’s population, there has been much worry that the size of Bangladesh’s population has now ...

Demographic Research, Vol. 49 (JULY - DECEMBER 2023), pp. 423-464 (44 pages) BACKGROUND Growth in cohabiting unions and non-marital childbearing sits at the core of research on the second demographic ...

Benjamin Carton, Emilio Fernández Corugedo, Benjamin L Hunt, and Simon Voigts. "Demographic Transition and Pension Reforms: Adding Demographics to GIMF", IMF Working ...

The dynamics of family structure is undergoing a transformation. Declining fertility and mortality rates are leading to new kinship configurations worldwide. But how quickly are changes taking place?

Changes in the demographic makeup of populations are a significant factor contributing to the rise of singledom. In the wake of what researchers call the second demographic transition, fewer people ...