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In rural Vietnam, living with grandparents might boost fertility—strongest when both are present (+0.077 children)! New open-access study by Khoa Nguyen and Tuyen Duong #Demography #Fertility #Vietnam #FamilyStructure
📄 👉 https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/54/22

📑 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

https://www.eurasiareview.com/28082023-bronze-age-family-systems-deciphered/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FMind+and+Matter#:~:text=Bronze%20Age%20Family%20Systems%20Deci

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