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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?

The acronym "WEIRD," which stands for Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic, was introduced by Joseph Henrich, Steven J. Heine, and Ara Norenzayan in 2010 to highlight the fact that ...

Is AI coming for your job? Well, if you're a woman or live in a city or voted for Kamala Harris in 2024, AI is more likely coming to your job, if not for it. That's according to researcher Jonathan ...

Relatives often play an important role in people's lives. Family members such as cousins, grandparents and grandchildren form part of an individual's social network and can provide significant support ...

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BACKGROUND The loss of kin by death has medical, psychological, and social effects on other members of a kinship network. Recent formal demographic models can account for deaths of kin, but not causes ...

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. In this piece, we demonstrate how to conduct age-period-cohort analysis, a ...