Centre for Demographic Studies (CED-CERCA)

The Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) is a CERCA center, a center for research and training in demography, founded in 1984, through a consortium between the Generalitat de Catalunya and the UAB, being currently one of the European centers of reference in demography . CED research is organized into three major areas: Families, Inequality, and Social Change; Globalization, migration and space; and Health and aging. In terms of training, the CED offers, together with the UAB Department of Geography, the Doctoral Program in Demography. The CED is also a member of the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD), being its headquarters for several academic years.

 

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2025-06-30
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17 p, 568.6 KB Parenthood and gendered mental health: the role of paid work and housework time / Metzger, Sandrine (University of Vienna) ; Gracia, Pablo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Sociologia) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
Objective: This study examines the role of changes in paid work and housework time on first-time mothers' and fathers' mental health trajectories. Background: The transition into parenthood is a key life course event with important consequences for individuals' activity pat-terns and couples' division of labor. [...]
2025 - 10.1111/jomf.13121
Journal of Marriage and Family, 2025  
2025-06-30
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20 p, 374.1 KB Morbidities associated with suicide mortality in the USA according to education using death certificates from 2010 to 2019 / Girault, Clara (University of Southampton) ; Trias-Llimós, Sergi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
Objectives: To identify relationships between multiple causes of death information and a decedent's sex and education in suicide compared with accidental deaths. Methods: Based on the US Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Public Use Record from 2010 to 2019, we performed correspondence analysis to visualise the relationships between comorbidity and sex-education profiles of individuals who died by suicide, and logistic regression models to estimate the odds that a comorbidity group is associated with suicide deaths relative to accidental deaths. [...]
2025 - 10.1136/ip-2025-045634
Injury Prevention, May 2025  
2025-06-10
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4 p, 1.1 MB Trajectòries de parella i ocupació associades a la infecunditat a Espanya / Lozano, Mariona (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics) ; Adserà, Alícia (Princeton University) ; Vidal, Sergi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
La primera publicació del Perspectives Demogràfiques l'any 2016 (Esteve et al. , 2016) anunciava que entre el 25% i el 30% de les dones nascudes durant la segona meitat dels anys setanta no tindrien fills a Espanya. [...]
El primer número de Perspectives Demogràfiques publicado en 2016 (Esteve et al. , 2016) anunció que entre el 25% y el 30% de las mujeres nacidas en la segunda mitad de los años setenta no tendrían hijos en España. [...]
The very first issue of Perspectives Demogràfiques, published in 2016 (Esteve et al. , 2016) forecasted that 25% to 30% of women born in the second half of the 1970s would remain childless in Spain. [...]

Bellaterra : Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics, 2025 (Perspectives Demogràfiques ; 38) - 10.46710/ced.pd.cat.38
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2025-06-10
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10 p, 1.5 MB Health and well-being in cohabitation versus marriage: are cohabitants' marriage intentions important? / Hewitt, Belinda (University of Melbourne) ; Vidal, Sergi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Sociologia) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
We investigated the similarities and differences in health and well-being for individuals in cohabiting relationships compared to marriage, enriching the extant literature by differentiating cohabitants with the intention to marry from those with no intention to marry. [...]
2015 - 10.1016/j.ssaho.2025.101488
Social sciences & humanities open, Vol. 11 (2015)  
2025-06-10
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25 p, 1.8 MB Population dynamics and vulnerability: regional pathways in Spain, 2002-2021 / Damoun, Osama (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Bayona, Jordi (Universitat de Barcelona) ; Domingo i Valls, Andreu 1958- (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
In low fertility and mortality countries, migrations are increasingly becoming the main demographic component inducing fast population turnover at different geographic scales. Spain is a privileged case of study since it has become a new international migration destination in the XXI century. [...]
2025 - 10.1007/s12061-025-09663-5
Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, Vol. 18 (May 2025)  
2025-05-26
10:57
Social inequalities in children's cognitive and socioemotional development: the role of home learning environments and early childhood education / Pietropoli, Ilaria ; Gracia, Pablo ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
This study uses high-quality longitudinal data from the Growing Up in Ireland study to examine the interplay between home learning environment (HLE) and early childhood education (ECE) in explaining children's skills development from 9 months to 5 years old across parental socioeconomic status (SES). [...]
2025 - 10.1016/j.rssm.2025.101034
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Vol. 97 (2025)  
2025-05-16
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37 p, 304.8 KB Parenting from abroad: transnational separation from a child and mental health among immigrants in France / Brunori, Claudia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Sociologia) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
Restrictive immigration policies, financial concerns and/or cultural preferences often lead families to separate across borders in the migration process. This transnational family separation, which often lasts years, can potentially have long lasting negative consequences on migrant parents' mental health. [...]
2025 - 10.1177/0197918325132903
International Migration Review, April 2025  
2025-05-12
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18 p, 391.9 KB How perceptions of labor market opportunities predict happiness: evidence from natural field experiments / Fernandez-Urbano, Roger (European University Institute) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
Introduction: Subjective variables related to the labor market have long been recognized to be strongly associated with individuals' happiness. However, most existing research relied on correlational analyses, which have been insufficient in establishing causation. [...]
2025 - 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1527125
Frontiers in Sociology, Vol. 10 (April 2025)  
2025-05-12
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27 p, 1.2 MB Changes in Latin American and Caribbean household structure amidst fertility decline : 1960-2020 / Becca, Federica (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Esteve, Albert (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Castro-Torres, Andrés F. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
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. [...]
2025 - 10.1111/sifp.12282
Studies in family planning, Vol. 56 Núm. 1 (March 2025) , p. 135-160  
2025-05-12
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22 p, 499.6 KB The stability of child fostering in Sub-Saharan Africa : the case of Senegal / Pohl, Maria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Batyra, Ewa ; Esteve, Albert (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
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. [...]
2025 - 10.1111/sifp.12284
Studies in family planning, Vol. 56 Núm. 1 (March 2025) , p. 113-134