Population & Pandemic: The demographic impacts of COVID-19 in Australia
Symposium
COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on populations, from cradle to grave, around the world. In Australia, communities and governments reacted quickly at the outset, protecting lives and livelihoods. In the process though, international borders were shuttered, communities locked down and family and…
Insights from Māori demographic change and Māori incarceration over the last century
Seminar
The distinctive demographic characteristics of Māori during the 20thcentury have significantly influenced the impact on Māori of public policy in many fields. By grouping birth cohorts to quantify the experiences of five generations of Māori over the 20thcentury, it is possible to identify where…
2023 DEMO-ECR Symposium
Symposium
As part of the 2023 New Zealand Population Conference Population futures in an uncertain world organised by the Population Association of NZ (PANZ), we are organising a DEMO-ECR (Demography - Early Career Researcher) symposium as a pre-conference event to be held at the conference venue, at the…
A demographic perspective on forced migration: The reasons for and implications of population displacement from Afghanistan
Seminar
The increasing discussion of international migration is focused almost entirely on voluntary migration, and little attention is given to the reasons, consequences, and potential of forced migration. Yet, forced migration, especially refugees, makes up a significant proportion of international moves…
Population-Level Burden and Inequities in Maternal Health Care Utilisation and Child Health Outcomes in Zambia
Seminar
Inequities in maternal and child health pose significant challenges to overall health improvement. Despite the preventable nature of most maternal and child deaths, these challenges persist, leading to poor maternal and child health outcomes. Compared to several high-income countries that have…
The Dynamic Population Model: Using Bayesian methods to construct local-level population statistics for England and Wales
Seminar
The UK Office for National Statistics is developing new methods for producing population statistics that make full use of administrative data. The methods build on Bayesian demographic accounts, which combine ideas from formal demography with ideas from Bayesian statistics. The biggest…
Modelling the age-sex profiles of net international migration
Seminar
In our paper, we present a methodology to infer the age and sex profiles of net migration. This research supports the United Nations Population Division’s estimation and population projection procedures for producing the World Population Prospects (WPP). Age and sex profiles of net migration are…