CPC-CG's Fei Wang argues that it’s not just more care, it’s better & more suitable care to fully meet people's needs. Important to consider this #CarersWeek, or we risk:
▫️ Increasing pressure on unpaid carers
▫️ Worsening health and wellbeing outcomes
▫️ Higher long-term health & social care costs
ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations
For much more on the recent baby bust and its wide-ranging implications, see: www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
Come work with CPC-CG colleagues in St Andrews!
🌩️ The UK is facing a “perfect storm” in which people are expected to work longer, fund their own future care, and provide unpaid care all at once
NEW @ukri.org CPC-CG Briefing highlights pressures on carers and the urgent need for policy reform, as we mark #CarersWeek
www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_...
📓 New study by CPC-CG member Professor David Bell @stir.ac.uk finds that deteriorating mental health is particularly prominent among women under the age of 25, and in Scotland, with unemployment, under-employment and an unstable labour market possible contributing factors ⬇️
New birth registration stats show that being childless at 30 is increasingly becoming the norm.
Importantly, it’s too soon to know whether the recent fall in births will result in permanently fewer children or whether young people today will have (more) children later in life.
💼 Job opportunities
3 x Research Fellows to work on @ukri.org ESRC-funded Connecting Generations projects, based @phrg-standrews.bsky.social @standrewssgsd.bsky.social
📨 Apply by 29 June. More info: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/vacanci... @bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social @eapsphd.bsky.social
New publication ✍️ @parthpandya.bsky.social and colleagues use 40 years of data to show that later migrant generations are more likely to move and become homeowners than first-gen immigrants in England & Wales. Some groups, however, remain disadvantaged. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
Thanks to all the experts with whom we got to chat at #EPC2026 in Bologna. Check out policy take-aways from the conference on our Linkedin!
Skills mismatch: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
"Age of Inheritance": www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Health & wealth: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
St Andrews Population & Health Research Group
💼 Job opportunities
3 x Research Fellows to work on @ukri.org ESRC-funded Connecting Generations projects, based @phrg-standrews.bsky.social @standrewssgsd.bsky.social
📨 Apply by 29 June. More info: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/vacanci... @bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social @eapsphd.bsky.social
ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations
ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations
ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations
St Andrews Population & Health Research Group
Charlie McCurdy
Charlie McCurdy
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Catch up on new research, data releases, projects, publications, and partnerships advancing population mapping and data-driven impact worldwide.
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Population Europe
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Youth mental health deepening in UK, and labour market could be to blame
This briefing explores Britain’s recent baby bust and whether it should be a cause for concern for policymakers. Most developed countries are grappling with a falling birth rate, and the UK is no dif...
