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Lifelong religious celibacy may seem to be an evolutionary puzzle. However, it is possible that where siblings compete for parental resources, families can benefit from having some offspring become celibate monks or nuns. Here, we test whether...
This study examined the determinants influencing public primary school teachers’ choice of coping strategies in response to beliefs related to witchcraft in rural Tanzania, with empirical evidence from Nzega District. Despite widespread witchcraft...
Previous research has shown that despite higher rates of poverty and race-based discrimination, Black Americans tend to report better mental health outcomes than their non-Hispanic White counterparts. This black-white mental health paradox has been...
Background Death registration remains markedly incomplete in many low- and middle-income settings despite its importance in generating population statistics for health systems planning and monitoring of sustainable development goals. We assessed the...
Background Evidence suggests that fertility rates are largely influenced by education, wealth, and urbanization. However, limited research has examined how abortion laws might affect fertility rates, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where many...
Background As cannabis legalization expands, high-concentration cannabis products (such as wax, dabs, and THC oils) are increasingly available. Despite concerns over their heightened risks, limited research has examined who uses high-concentration...
Ageism is commonly implicated in the desire for cosmetic plastic surgery in a culture preoccupied with youth and beauty. However, there is a paucity of psychological research directly centered on this relation. Drawing on what is known about ageing...
Background Meningococcal meningitis (MM) cases are increasing in 2024. The infection spread widely during mass gatherings, including religious activities like Umrah. In 2023, the total number of Indonesia’s Umrah pilgrims was 1.2 million people, much...
Background Perinatal research faces persistent challenges to inclusive recruitment due to time-limited eligibility, caregiving demands, and postpartum recovery, with additional barriers disproportionately affecting racially and ethnically minoritized...
Estimating the size of Indigenous populations in Australia before European colonial invasion is invaluable to truth-telling and reconciliation. Robust estimates of the population dynamics of pre-colonial Indigenous Australians are poor owing to...
Background Unmet need for contraception among adolescents and young women remains a major public health concern in Uganda, shaped by a complex interplay of individual, household, and contextual factors. This underscores the need to examine these...
Abstract The article validates and corrects the global 100-m resolution GHS-POP population density dataset for Russia. Adapting global population density models to national contexts and improving their accuracy addresses the critical lack of...
Introduction Antenatal care (ANC) visits are crucial for maternal and child health; however, many women in Nepal miss the recommended visits, often reporting they “did not feel the need”. This study aims to examine this perception for improving ANC...
Growing evidence suggests that religious/spiritual struggles can impact whole person functioning. Comparatively little research has explored childhood factors that may shape experiences of religious/spiritual struggles in adulthood, which could have...
This study explores and discusses the structural, cultural, and institutional drivers of child marriage in Zimbabwe. The following objectives guided the study: (1) to analyse geographic variations in prevalence; (2) to investigate the intersecting...
Background Family planning offers numerous benefits, including helping couples achieve their preferred family size and lowering infant, perinatal, and maternal mortality rates. This study uniquely leverages the Afghanistan Health Survey 2018 (AHS) to...
The economics of religion is a growing subfield, yet no paper has connected its findings to Austrian economics. Three Austrian insights are complementary with the current literature and provide a unified theoretical framework for understanding the...
Populations in sparsely populated areas are vulnerable to external shocks due to limited proximal infrastructure and low adaptive capacity. In Northern Australia, and for other sparsely populated areas where human habitation is at the “edge” and...
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Journal of Religion and Health is an international publication concerned with the creative partnership of psychology and religion/sprituality and the...
Population Research and Policy Reviewpublishes high-quality material of interest to a broad range of population scientists and demographers, and...
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Contemporary Jewryserves as the single source for the social scientific consideration of world Jewry, its institutions, trends, character, and...
