Hungarian Demographic Research Institute

What drives childbearing change in Hungary? L. Szabó & Z. Makay show a shift from social factors (e.g. rising education) pre-1989 to more individual decisions later. Increasing education, rising childlessness & fewer 2nd births all reduced fertility. demographic-research.org/articles/volum…

🌍The Central Eastern European regional workshop of @GGP_i, organized by @HCSO_Budapest, brought together representatives from 12 countries & delegates from @UNFPA. Discussions highlighted that GGP is as a genuine bridge between academia & policymaking. ggp-i.org/news/general-n…

🥳We are delighted to announce that the Cohort ’18 longitudinal research project continues with further waves of data collection. In spring 2026, the new wave focuses on entry into school for children born in 2018/19. kohorsz18.hu/en/

🎉 New article about involved fatherhood! Zsuzsanna Makay & Zsuzsanna Veroszta assess how fathers’ workloads, perceived work–family conflict and fathering‐role attitudes relate to the division of caregiving tasks on weekdays and weekends. cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusio…

NEW PUBLICATION!📢 - Cumulative sociodemographic risk has an adverse effect on early socio-emotional difficulties - Center-based childcare attendance has benefits for the well-being of children of diverse social backgrounds demographic-research.org/articles/volum…

NEW PUBLICATION!📢 Krisztina Kopcsó & co-authors evaluate the psychometric properties of the Hungarian version of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ:SE-2/18) – a standardized tool to screen early social-emotional difficulties. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/im…

Our researchers, Zsuzsanna Makay & Laura Szabó, will present at the meeting of the @EAPS_pop Working Group on Register-Based #Fertility Research 🎓#Abortion decisions in Hungary using survey & register data 🗓️17 Nov ⏰11:00, S2 📌University of Antwerp eaps.nl/page/register-…

NEW PUBLICATION!📢 In their new paper in Substance Use & Misuse, Zsuzsanna Veroszta, Julianna Boros & Ágoston Horváth find that early entry to antenatal care improves #smoking cessation rates during #pregnancy. tandfonline.com/doi/figure/10.…

‼️Longitudinal data from the the Hungarian Generations and Gender Survey (aka Turning Points of the Life Course Panel Survey), is available! ➡5 waves (2001–2017) ➡16,363 respondents ➡~7,000 variables ➡ in 🇬🇧 & 🇭🇺 ➡️demografia.hu/en/ggp ➡️ggp-i.org/data/related-s… @GGP_i

📃New publication! The user guide for the 5 waves of the Hungarian Generations and Gender Survey has been published by Zsuzsanna Makay, Balázs Kapitány, Judit Monostori, @LMurinko & Zsolt Spéder. Data and documentation @GGP_i: ggp-i.org/data/related-s… demografia.hu/en/publication…

📰New publication in Population, Space and Place on "Economic conditions, education and parity-specific fertility: A sub-national regional study across 15 countries in Europe" ➡️Authors include our researcher, Laura Szabó onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ps…

#ESHD2025 starts tomorrow in Bologna! Presentations by Levente Pakot & Péter Őri (A3, 13:00 & B3, 15:15, Aula G): - From macro-statistics to family reconstitution data: Causes of death in Hungary - The impacts of air temperature on infant mortality eshd2025.eshd.eu

📢For those attending the @ESA_Sociology #RN13 interim meeting @TEDUSosyoloji, make sure to attend session 1.1 (10 Sept, 13:00)! ▶️Our researchers, Judit Monostori & Lauró Szabó are presenting on forms of parenthood and social inequality in Hungary. rn13ank.com

📢Conference presentation today! By Krisztina Kopcsó about socioeconomic status and delayed communication skills in early childhood (the role of screen time & parent-child book reading) at #ECDP2025 in Vilnius, session T807 ecdp2025vilnius.eu

📢New article about family size intentions in Advances in Life Course Research! Following persons across 15 years, Dávid Erát & Zsolt Spéder examine how family size intentions change and the associated factors. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

‼️Don't miss our researchers’ talks at #IPC2025 ‼️ 🔵 Zs. Spéder, L. Murinkó & L. Olah: Can family policies influence the transition to parenthood in turbulent times? 🗓️ July 17 17:15 🔗ipc2025.popconf.org/abstracts/2509… @IUSSP

‼️Don't miss our researchers’ talks at #IPC2025 ‼️ 🔵 Zs. Spéder & L. Bálint: Realization of short-term fertility intentions in a comparative perspective 🗓️ July 14 15:30 🔗ipc2025.popconf.org/abstracts/2517… @IUSSP

📖 NEW PUBLICATION 📖 A new article by Fruzsina Ökrös & Zsuzsanna Makay, our researchers, has been published in Demográfia about the role of pre-pregnancy job characteristics and socio-demographic factors in mothers' labour market entry after #childbirth demografia.hu/demografia/ind…

Happy to see the study by @PieterVanhuysse, Márton Medgyesi and Robert Gal cited in @nytimes on the full cost of raising children, covering both out-of-pocket expenses and parents’ unpaid time. The NYT piece: nytimes.com/2025/06/20/wor… The paper: doi.org/10.1098/rsos.2…

📰New publication! Adrienn Glázer-Kniesz (University of Pécs, @pte1367) & Zsuzsanna Makay (@HDRI_Budapest) examine patterns of division of household labour and their relationship with gender roles in Hungary, France, and Sweden, using @GGP_i data. demografia.hu/demografia/ind…