LOCATIONBrisbane, Australia ASSISTANTSAlbert Esteve, Juan Galeano, Seungwan Kim, Maria Pohl, Rita Trias-Prats and Anna Turu “The Household Context of Family Transitions in Mexico”, session Family and Household Dynamics. Presenting author: Albert Esteve. Co-Author: Federica Becca. “Determinants of Regional Disparities in Older Adult–Child Coresidence in China”, session Family and Household Dynamics. Presenting Author: Seungwan Kim. Co-Author: […]
Scientific Data (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05787-y Juan Galeano and Albert Esteve This paper introduces the Global Living Arrangements Database (GLAD), a global resource designed to fill a critical gap in the availability of statistical information for examining patterns and changes in living arrangements by age, sex, marital status and educational attainment. Utilizing comprehensive census microdata from IPUMS […]
Population, Space and Place (2025). https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70081 Simin Dai, Albert Esteve and Joan García-Román As population aging accelerates, understanding the living arrangements of older adults – particularly their coresidence with children – is crucial to addressing their diverse needs. While intergenerational coresidence has been widely studied across countries and over time, regional differences within countries remain […]
Journal of Family Issues (2025). https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X251356254 Joan García Román and Anna Martínez Mendiola This study investigates the relationship between household size and time spent on housework in Latin American countries, with a particular emphasis on gender differences. Drawing on data from time-use surveys conducted since 2009, it examines how housework distribution varies by household composition […]
LOCATIONWashington DC, United States ASSISTANTSAlbert Esteve, Juan Galeano, Joan García-Román, Jesús García-Gómez, Seungwan Kim, Anna Martínez, Federica Becca, Simin Dai, Huifen Fang, Maria Pohl and Rita Trias-Prats “Increase in Old-Age Couples Living Alone in Vietnam, 1989-2019”, session Aging and the Life Course; and Applied Demography. Presenting author: Huifen Fang. Co-Authors: Albert Esteve & Juan Galeano. “Shrinkage […]
Demographic Research (2025). 10.4054/DemRes.2025.52.12 Joan Garcia-Roman Background: Housework has long been associated with gender roles, with women traditionally burdened as the primary caregivers in many societies. However, most studies focus on the general population or on couples. This study explores the often overlooked domain of housework in one-person households, where the negotiation of tasks and […]
Studies in Family Planning (2025). https://doi.org/10.1111/sifp.12284 Maria Pohl, Ewa Batyra and Albert Esteve In sub-Saharan Africa, child out-fostering is a traditional social practice, and research suggests stable levels of out-fostering over time, yet the underlying demographic and socioeconomic factors driving this stability have remained largely unexplored. To gain insight into the prevalence and associations of […]
Studies in Family Planning (2025). https://doi.org/10.1111/sifp.12282 Federica Becca, Albert Esteve and Andrés F. Castro Torres Over the past six decades, significant demographic and familial changes, including rapid fertility decline, have occurred in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), impacting household structure and formation. We document trends in and changes to household size and composition in […]
Population Studies – A Journal of Demography (February 2025). https://doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2024.2427580 Maria Pohl, Albert Esteve and Juan Galeano Using census and survey microdata from 49 African countries across 415 subnational areas, we offer a comprehensive overview of household size and composition in Africa. The study emphasizes the potential of these data for understanding family dynamics through […]
Population and Development Review (2024). https://doi.org/10.1111/padr.12692 Rita Trias-Prats and Albert Esteve Censuses and surveys predominantly report men as heads of households or reference persons despite women carrying out most domestic and care work. Recent evidence, however, suggests that an increasing number of households are headed by women. Using data from the newly released CORESIDENCE database, […]