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 […]
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, […]
European Journal of Population 40, 10 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-024-09696-5 Kristen Jeffers, Albert Esteve and Ewa Batyra The share of young adults living in married-couple family households in the USA has declined in recent decades. Research on alternative living arrangements focuses on cohabitation among unmarried couples and parent–adult child coresidence. Less is known about trends in non-family […]
Asian Population Studies (December 2024). https://doi.org/10.1080/17441730.2024.2431752 Huifen Fang, Juan Galeano and Albert Esteve Asian households have experienced substantial changes in recent decades. However, although scholars have examined demographic change from various perspectives, long-term, cross-national, data-rich comparison analyses on Asian households are still scarce. This article fills this gap. Using newly released data from the CORESIDENCE […]