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  1. New #UnderstandingSociety blog post by CPC-CG members Júlia Mikolai and Hill Kulu at the University of St Andrews explores how #children of #immigrants from culturally similar countries have similar #partnership, #fertility, and #employment trajectories to n#atives – and how #familyfriendly #policies could help to erode #conservative #genderroles understandingsociety.ac.uk/blo

  2. 🗞️ CPC-CG member Professor Athina Vlachantoni and CPC-CG Co-Director Professor Maria Evandrou (Department of #Gerontology at University of #Southampton) recently wrote an article examining why white British #families are more likely to depend on #grandparents for #childcare, drawing on findings from #UnderstandingSociety data.

    Head to section 5 of the latest #ChangingPopulations magazine to read the article: sway.cloud.microsoft/WzAYgcw05

    #family #demography #ageing #workingparents #childcarecosts

  3. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 It's the final two days of #GlobalIntergenerationalWeek 2025

    Help us mark it by joining us TODAY at 1pm (UK time) in an online #workshop to hear the latest UK #family research from Mapineq, and explore how we can create conditions for starting and sustaining #familylife in the UK - with members of #Mapineq, #ConnectingGenerations, #UnderstandingSociety and #RelationshipsGlasgow #GIW25

    Register: population-europe.eu/events/we

  4. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 It's the final two days of #GlobalIntergenerationalWeek 2025

    Help us mark it by joining us TODAY at 1pm (UK time) in an online #workshop to hear the latest UK #family research from Mapineq, and explore how we can create conditions for starting and sustaining #familylife in the UK - with members of #Mapineq, #ConnectingGenerations, #UnderstandingSociety and #RelationshipsGlasgow #GIW25

    Register: population-europe.eu/events/we

  5. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 It's the final two days of #GlobalIntergenerationalWeek 2025

    Help us mark it by joining us TODAY at 1pm (UK time) in an online #workshop to hear the latest UK #family research from Mapineq, and explore how we can create conditions for starting and sustaining #familylife in the UK - with members of #Mapineq, #ConnectingGenerations, #UnderstandingSociety and #RelationshipsGlasgow #GIW25

    Register: population-europe.eu/events/we

  6. 📗New CPC-CG Policy Briefing on informal #caregiving.

    Highlights disparities across age, gender and cohorts due to #demographic, #economic, and social changes.

    Offers insights for policymakers on fairer support and resources for those providing #care.

    ▶️cpc.ac.uk/docs/PB78_Social_car

    #socialsciences #ageing #caring #demography #economics #worklife #flexibleworking #gerontology #UnderstandingSociety

  7. 📙#Fertility #projections are vital for anticipating demand for #maternity, #childcare & other services 🫄👨‍👦

    The innovative #Bayesian model reported in this new journal article by Joanne Ellison, Ann Berrington, Eren Dodd, and Jonathan Forster, incorporates individual-level #UnderstandingSociety #data to generate plausible #forecasts by individual-level variables - including #educational #qualification - despite their absence in the #populationlevel data. Read more 👇👇

    academic.oup.com/jrsssc/advanc