Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Schumacher, AE, Kyu, HH, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Basnyat, B, Maude, RJ, Bennett, D, Browne, AJ, Dolecek, C, Dunachie, SJ, Newton, CRJ, Rodriguez, JAB

“…<p><b>Background</b></p> Estimates of demographic metrics are crucial to assess levels and trends of population health outcomes. …”

Evaluation of population immunity against SARS-CoV-2 variants, EG.5.1, FY.4, BA.2.86, JN.1, JN.1.4, and KP.3.1.1 using samples from two health demographic surveillance systems in Kenya by Lugano, D, Kutima, B, Kimani, M, Sigilai, A, Gitonga, J, Karani, A, Akech, D, Karia, B, Ziraba, AK, Maina, A, Lambisia, A, Omuoyo, D, Mugo, D, Lucinde, R, Owuor, S, Konyino, G, Newman, J, Bailey, D, Nduati, E, Githinji, G, Agoti, CN, Bejon, P, Scott, JAG, Agweyu, A, Warimwe, GM

15.021J / 11.433J Real Estate Economics, Spring 2004 by Wheaton, William C., 1944-

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Consumers ' choice of credit/charge card by Lim, Susan Gim Peng, Low Wee Choo

“…Other areas of study were on developing demographic profiles of the responding cardholders based on the nature of card held, on whether these demographic variables have significant effects on their card choice and on how often credit settlement was used for a variety of activities like the purchase of food items, non-food items and travel and entertainment etc. …”
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An updated analysis of housing price determinants in Singapore: implications for policy and planning by Ang, Qi Jian, Chia, Jia-En, Lim, Vee Kiat

“…The two housing markets are interrelated, and supply-side and demographic factors do drive housing prices. Interestingly, we found that the Covid-19 pandemic had a significant impact on private housing prices but not for public housing. …”
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Leadership styles of women entrepreneurs in Singapore by Gow, Hui Yian, Lau, Choon Huei, Lau, Louisa Su May

“…Relationships between other demographic factors and leadership styles showed a lower significance of dependency (as revealed by the statistical analysis). …”
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Negative density dependence promotes persistence of a globally rare yet locally abundant plant species Oenothera coloradensis by Stears, AE, Heidel, B, Paniw, M, Salguero-Gómez, R, Laughlin, DC

“…Consequently, several mechanisms have been proposed to explain their persistence, including negative density dependence, demographic compensation, vital rate buffering, asynchronous responses of subpopulations to environmental heterogeneity, and fine-scale source-sink dynamics. …”

Factors associated with the quality of life among river communities along Sungai Pahang and Sungai Muar, Malaysia by Ramli, Siti Aisyah

“…Analysis such as t-test indicated that there is a difference between socio-demographic factors (gender and education level) and the quality of life. …”
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Shrinking Cities, Shrinking World: Urban Design for an Emerging era of Global Population Decline by Ryan, Brent D.

“…Today, shrinking cities are growing in number as demographic decline resulting from income growth drives population loss in northern Europe and the former Soviet Union as well as in Japan, China, Korea, Singapore, and Mediterranean Europe. …”
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‘I don’t care who joins my choir’: investigating attitudes to diversity and inclusivity in lower- and upper-voice choirs in the United Kingdom by MacGregor, E

“…Using descriptive statistics to show demographic trends and qualitative thematic analysis to identify experiences shared across choirs, we highlight how the development of some lower- and upper-voice choirs has been affected by a homogeneous demographic with limited recognition of – and, in some cases, resistance towards – wider societal issues of diversity and inclusivity. …”

Fuel card system by Chew, Geck, Chong, Siew Ling, Tan, Siew Fang

“…To achieve this, the report attempts to find out marketers' motivations for the launch of fuel cards, and the differences between fuel card users and non-users in terms of demographic profile, purchase behaviors, attitudes towards and perceptions of fuel card. …”
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Marital instability in the context of dramatic societal change : the case of Kyrgyzstan by Dommaraju, Premchand, Agadjanian, Victor

“…The findings are discussed within the broader framework of demographic and social changes in transitional Central Asia.…”
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An application of MCMC simulation in mortality projection for populations with limited data by Li, Jackie

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Gavin Jones’ scholarship on divorce in Asia: understanding trends, patterns, and implications by Dommaraju, Premchand, Hu, Shu

“…Jones' insights into Asia's demographic shifts have been invaluable, and his legacy will continue to influence demographers for generations to come.…”
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Influence of family background on academic achievements among nursing students at Universiti Sains Malaysia health campus by Adam, Nursyazana

“…There is no association between socio-demographic data (parents’ income) and students’ academic achievement (p>0.05). …”
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Public perception and awareness towards life insurance by Carla Muliadinata, Melivon Martheo, Yani Tjoa

“…The study observes certain demographic and social factors that might influence public perception and awareness towards life insurance. …”
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Meta-analysis of antecedents of information technology (IT) professionals turnover. by Kua, Shimin., Kong, Kua., Quek.

“…Information Technology (IT) Professionals, Meta-analysis, Antecedents of turnover, Relationship to turnover, Role factors, Career factors, Work factors, Job factors, Demographic factors, Organizational Commitment…”
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Understanding consumers' choice and preferences for life insurance products by Beh, Hong Liang, Beh, Su Ngoh, Soh, Pui Pui

“…Purose of this research is to understand consumers' choice and preferences for life insurance products by testing the correlation between consumers' demographic profile and their choice of life insurance products and distribution channels.…”
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Nuptiality in Soviet and post-Soviet Central Asia by Dommaraju, Premchand, Agadjanian, Victor

“…Explanations of these trends are proposed based on the literature on demographic adjustments to social crises and the specifics of Central Asia's historico-cultural and socio-economic contexts.…”
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Fairness testing of machine translation systems by Sun,Zeyu, Chen, Zhenpeng, Zhang, Jie, Hao, Dan

“…FairMT operates on the assumption that translations of semantically similar sentences, containing protected attributes from distinct demographic groups, should maintain comparable meanings. …”
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