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Ricercatrici e docenti nell'Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna: situazione e prospettive

Franco Angeli eBooks, 2014

Si discute di pari opportunit\ue0 e di merito nell'universit\ue0 italiana e in particolare de... more Si discute di pari opportunit\ue0 e di merito nell'universit\ue0 italiana e in particolare della situazione delle docenti e delle ricercatrici nell'Ateneo bolognese

Authonomy and Fertility Choices of Young Italians: The Results of a New CATI Survey

Population Association of America 2005 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, 2005

I figli tra costi, lavoro e opportunità: uno studio attraverso i focus group

Evoluzione della popolazione

L\u2019evoluzione della popolazione e la sua struttura nel breve futuro condizioneranno sia la di... more L\u2019evoluzione della popolazione e la sua struttura nel breve futuro condizioneranno sia la disponibilit\ue0 delle risorse umane in formazione e in attivit\ue0 produttiva che la richiesta di beni e servizi tipicamente rivolti ai gruppi prevalenti. Una popolazione che tende inesorabilmente e velocemente ad invecchiare produrr\ue0, oltre che minore innovazione, richieste di servizi e cure soprattutto dedicate agli anziani. Per questo motivo \ue8 di fondamentale importanza il continuo monitoraggio della popolazione

Esiste una specificità demografica del Meridione

Genitorialità e scelte riproduttive

Historical trends of Sex Ratio at Birth in Italy: a Long-Term Analysis

The work presents some preliminary results of a research project on variations and determinants o... more The work presents some preliminary results of a research project on variations and determinants of secondary sex ratios in Italy. Variations in sex ratios at birth is still an active research field and several studies focus on this topic. Early works stated that the human sex ratio at birth was universally stable, without significant fluctuations across time and space. However, in the last decades various authors directly challenged these conclusions. After reviewing these studies on the historical trends of the sex ratio at birth, long term tendencies in Italy are analyzed. We collect historical and contemporary series of sex ratios at birth, covering more the 160 years, and compare them with those of different European countries. In this work, studies on the main determinant of long- and short-term trends are briefly reviewed, taking into account findings and results from different kinds of disciplines. The variations in the sex ratio at birth mentioned in the literature are asses...

Cinquant'anni di divorzi

Panoramica della situazione su separazioni e divorzi in Italia a partire dalla legge n. 898/197

Los Métodos de reconstrucción del pasado: una reflexión sobre la experiencia italiana

Papers de demografia, 1995

La famiglia italiana tra cambiamenti demografici e modelli di sviluppo

Analisi dei cambiamenti delle modalit\ue0 del fare famiglia in italia dal 1970 ad oggi esaminando... more Analisi dei cambiamenti delle modalit\ue0 del fare famiglia in italia dal 1970 ad oggi esaminando l'evoluzione dei differenti comportamenti demografici ad essa legat

Italian mortality report : Madregolo during the 19th century

Giovani, occupazione e lavoro autonomo in Emilia-Romagna

Come si sono modificate le condizioni di vita dei giovani emiliano-romagnoli durante gli anni Due... more Come si sono modificate le condizioni di vita dei giovani emiliano-romagnoli durante gli anni Duemila e quali sono state le risposte in termini di percorsi di ricerca dell\u2019autonomia. Il volume affronta tale problematica con due ottiche. La prima, quantitativa, disegna l\u2019evoluzione delle condizioni economico-lavorative dei giovani in regione, approfondendo l\u2019aspetto della partecipazione al mercato del lavoro e la transizione verso il mondo adulto. Neet e lavoratori autonomi vengono seguiti con particolare attenzione nel loro rapporto con l\u2019evoluzione degli indicatori occupazionali e di benessere. Attraverso la seconda ottica, qualitativa e basata su interviste, si approfondiscono le ragioni della scelta del lavoro autonomo tra i giovani, per fare emergere motivazioni, esperienze e vissuti in relazione all\u2019avvio e al proseguimento dell\u2019attivit\ue0 autonoma, ai vincoli e alle opportunit\ue0 del contesto territoriale e istituzionale di riferimento. I risultati del volume permettono di comprendere ragioni e fattori di contesto alla base della scelta di diventare lavoratori autonomi, offrendo spunti di interesse per le implicazioni in diverse aree di policy

Statistica, 2015

Variations in sex ratios at birth is still an active research field and several studies in the la... more Variations in sex ratios at birth is still an active research field and several studies in the last decades have focused on this topic. In this article, studies on the main determinant of long- and short-term trends are briefly reviewed, taking into account findings and results from different kinds of disciplines. In his early studies, Corrado Gini concluded that the human sex ratio at birth was universally stable, without significant fluctuations across time and space. However, in the last decades several authors have directly challenged these conclusions. Therefore, after summarizing the results of Gini’s research on the historical trends of the sex ratio at birth, a brief review focuses on the analyses of contemporary trends. The main determinants of the variations of the sex ratio at birth in time and space mentioned in the literature and the corresponding theoretical explanations are summarized. Special attention is paid to the recent studies on the impact of the environment, p...

Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest level of teenage pregnancies in the world. Some studies... more Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest level of teenage pregnancies in the world. Some studies on this topic highlight the presence of unmet reproductive health needs of adolescent in different regions. Improving maternal health has been established as a key development priority among the Millennium Development Goals, and upgrading reproductive and maternal health is usually associated with the eradication of inequality and poverty and with the presence of health care programs and services devoted to girls’ education. We attempt to investigate the geographical and socioeconomic determinants of both teenage pregnancies and maternal health behaviours among adolescent women in Kenya. We ascertain the influence of the availability of health care facilities mainly oriented to the specific needs of reproductive health. Main data are represented by 2003 Kenyan Demographic and Health Survey. In addition, the DHS data set collects Global Positioning System locators for each of the primary...

Italian journal of anatomy and embryology, 2016

The IRILD Consortium (partner in the DEDIPAC-KH joint Action) has been working in a few activitie... more The IRILD Consortium (partner in the DEDIPAC-KH joint Action) has been working in a few activities of Thematic Area1 and Thematic Area2 aimed at: -Developing a toolbox with state-of-the-art methods to assess dietary intake and their determinants based on their quality and suitability to be used in pan-European studies (task 1.1.1)- Identifying existing pan-European datasets including dietary intake to do secondary analysis according to variation in dietary intake by demographic (task 1.1.2)- Examining the validity and reliability of the measurement methods employed to assess physical activity and sedentary behaviours on children/adolescent and adults populations (task 1.2.4)-Identifying national state-of-the-art surveillance systems and infrastructures in Europe (task 1.3.3).-Mapping and defining life course determinants, correlates and key research challenges of dietary intake in old population (task 2.1.1)-Mapping and defining life course determinants, correlates and key research ...

Percorsi di mobilità al femminile: le donne meridionali nel Nord-Italia

150 years of official population statistics in Italy

Genus, 2012

The paper contains an overview of the different stages of Italian history underlying the relation... more The paper contains an overview of the different stages of Italian history underlying the relations between official population statistics and the changes in demographic behaviour since 1861. A crucial point is the role played by institutional organisations and their specific choices in terms of the production of official statistics. The analysis is divided into five different historical periods: from Italian unification to the First World War; the period between the two wars, from World War II to the Sixties; the Seventies; and the last thirty years. In the first decades after unification, the institutional structure led to the enhancement of “political arithmetic” as a tool for the administration of the new state. This perspective was strengthened between the two World Wars, the period of Fascism. After World War II, the availability of institutional data focused mainly on economic dynamics. The subsequent major transformations in the field of family and fertility behaviour pushed for further developments in population studies. Starting in the Seventies, methodological and scientific progress led to a rethinking of the creation of data. Following the line traced by the paradigm shift (from macro to micro), a new phase of data collection started with the implementation of national socio-demographic sample surveys. In the last 30 years, behavioural changes have been further accelerated. However, at the same time, advances in scientific research have led to new explanatory approaches and data collection methods. Roberto IMPICCIATORE, Resercher, Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods, Milan University, Milan, Italy. E-mail: roberto.impicciatore@unimi.it . Rosella RETTAROLI, Professor of Demography, Department of Statistical Sciences, Bologna University, Bologna, Italy. E-mail: rosella.rettaroli@unibo.it .

The Longevity Pattern in Emilia Romagna, Italy: A Spatio-temporal Analysis

Advances in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, 2013

In this chapter, we investigate the pattern of longevity in an Italian region at a municipality l... more In this chapter, we investigate the pattern of longevity in an Italian region at a municipality level in two different periods. Spatio-temporal modeling is used to tackle at both periods the random variations in the occurrence of long-lived individuals, due to the rareness of such events in small areas. This method allows to exploit the spatial proximity smoothing the observed data, as well as to control for the effects of a set of regressors. As a result, clusters of areas characterized by extreme indexes of longevity are well identified and the temporal evolution of the phenomenon can be depicted. A joint analysis of male and female longevity by cohort in the two periods is conducted specifying a set of hierarchical Bayesian models.

The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 2012

A longitudinal, micro-level study of the effect of socioeconomic transformations on fertility mec... more A longitudinal, micro-level study of the effect of socioeconomic transformations on fertility mechanisms in the rural hinterland of Bologna between 1818 and 1900 (the beginning of the demographic transition) demonstrates that the premature death of a last-born child reduces the interval between two consecutive childbirths. Thus does it confirm the importance of breast-feeding in determining birth spacing. Women living in complex sharecropping households experienced a significantly higher risk of childbirth than did women in families headed by daily wage earners. In addition, the reproductive behavior of sharecroppers seemed to be substantially invariant to short-term fluctuations in prices, whereas the laborers' group experienced a negative price effect. Both descriptive and multivariate analyses indicate a slight and gradual decrease in fertility levels during the period in question.