Public health and social measures introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic have brought profound changesto everyday life, exacerbating pre-existing concerns of increasing levels of loneliness and social isolation.Evidence is still evolving about the groups most...
Across EU countries, all available evidence suggests that the number of deaths linked to COVID-19 among those living in nursing homes has been extremely high. However, it is largely unknown to what extent income and education affect the probability of being a nursing...
Covid-19 has not only upended people’s lives but also laid bare the cracks in their financial preparedness to tackle unexpected events. Although most people consider financial security and family welfare top priorities, the pandemic has revealed that they haven’t...
Accessible, affordable, and quality childcare helps parents return to work after parental leave, improves children’s social and cognitive development, and promotes a more gender-equitable society. Yet, despite its many benefits, this report reveals that childcare is...
This report uses data collected as part of the Growing Up in Ireland study. Collectively this represents work by a large group of people who contributed to the design, fieldwork, and data preparation, as well the authors. We are particularly grateful to our colleagues...
For more than 30 years, what we would call an ‘individual choice’ paradigm has been dominant in social demographic thinking and empirical research on family formation processes in western, industrialized societies. Demographic behaviors such as decisions to leave the...