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  • Demography
  • Sociology
  • Gerontology

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  • Kinship networks are crucial for social support and companionship.
  • Recent decades have seen significant shifts in global fertility and mortality rates.
  • The pace of these demographic changes varies considerably across nations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how changing demographic rates, particularly their speed, influence kinship networks.
  • To disentangle the effects of fertility and mortality on the number and age of kin.
  • To analyze kin dynamics using empirical data from diverse countries.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized stylized demographic trajectories to isolate the impacts of fertility and mortality.
  • Analyzed changes in the number and age distribution of living kin.
  • Examined empirical demographic data from Thailand, Indonesia, Ghana, and Nigeria.

Main Results:

  • The speed of fertility decline strongly affects the number of living kin; fast transitions (e.g., China) result in significantly fewer daughters compared to slow transitions (e.g., India).
  • Rapid fertility decline alters the mean and variability of kin's ages.
  • Age patterns of mortality also influence kinship structures for individuals at various life stages.

Conclusions:

  • The pace of demographic transitions is a critical factor shaping contemporary kinship structures.
  • Understanding kin dynamics requires considering both fertility and mortality trends, as well as their speed.
  • The findings provide insights into intergenerational support and social connectedness in aging populations.