COVID-19 has caused the biggest decrease in life expectancy since World War II - new LCDS study
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered life expectancy losses not seen since World War II in Western Europe and exceeded those observed around the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc in central and Eastern European countries, according to research published today in the International Journal of Epidemiology, led by scientists at Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science.
LCDS wins Impact Prize for data driven policy interventions during COVID-19
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, led by Professor Melinda Mills, has been at the forefront of COVID-19-related research into patterns of COVID-19 mortality and excess mortality, ‘hotspots’ of infection, support bubbles, face coverings, and the deployment of vaccines – influencing both national and international policy.
Education and urbanisation boost women's control over health in sub-Saharan Africa
Women’s ability to make decisions about their own health increased in most sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries in the early years of the 21st century, but the picture varied greatly across the region, according to new research published in the journal Demography from LCDS researchers Liliana Andriano and Christiaan Monden, together with Julia Behrman, published today.
LCDS seminar on how historical Big Data provide new insights
What can we learn by marshaling new data and approaches to study the past? That was the question in a successful webinar series launched by LCDS in the past year, the Nuffield Historical Social Mobility Seminar, organised by researcher Per Engzell.
Revealing all? What people choose to disclose about their sexual identity on Facebook
What people do not say can be as interesting as what they do, says Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science Associate Professor Dr Ridhi Kashyap. Along with Connor Gilroy of the University of Washington, the Oxford demographer has been studying the disclosure of information on Facebook linked to sexuality in the United States.