This study uses nationally representative longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income
Dynamics, to examine the prevalence and predictors of extended family households among …

A new occupational stratification scale,“HISCAM”(historical CAMSIS), has been developed
to facilitate the analysis of data coded to the Historical International Standard Classification …

The timings of historical fertility transitions in different regions are well understood by
demographers, but much less is known regarding their specific features and causes. In the …

A large body of research has examined the relationship between family size and child well-
being in developing countries, but most of this literature has focused on the consequences …

Studies on intergenerational social mobility usually examine the extent to which social
positions of one generation determine the social positions of the next. This study …

BACKGROUND Although demographers have long been interested in studying the
historical fertility transition, there is still a lack of knowledge about disaggregated patterns …

This special issue contains a collection of papers that study how children are affected by
their sibship size, using anthropometric data. The varied results provide a wealth of new …

The modernization thesis claims that intergenerational social mobility increased over time
due to industrialization and other modernization processes. Here, we test whether this is …

Conscription records are considered to be the best sources for studying heights over
cohorts. This article discusses the various steps and selection mechanisms involved in the …

BACKGROUND There is still much to learn about the explanation for the often-found
negative association between sibship size and different child outcomes. A plausible …