Väestöntutkimuslaitoksen julkaisuja

Estévez, J. L., Rotkirch, A. (2026). Fertility trends across migrant generations reexamined: insights from Finnish register data, European Sociological Review, jcag009, https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcag009

Heino M., Zaretckii S., Nissinen J., Berg V., Mäki M., Pelkonen T., Stone L. & Rotkirch R. (2026). Vauvarahasto. Ylisukupolvisen rahaston perustelut ja rakenne. Väestöliitto, Väestöntutkimuslaitos. Työpaperi 12/2026.

Rotkirch, A. (2026). “Think about it all the time”. Reproductive cues in a late and low fertility setting. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2026, 24 (1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1553/p-m272-kafe

Savela, R., Coall, D.A., Danielsbacka, M. & Tanskanen, A.O. (in press). Intergenerational Care in Europe: The Role of Family Support and Caregiving in Shaping Grandparental Childcare. Families in Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894251414815

Tambellini, E., Danielsbacka, M., Tanskanen, A., Hämäläinen, H. & Rotkirch, A.. Widowhood and grandchild care: a longitudinal study of European grandmothers and grandfathers. Eur J Ageing (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-026-00908-x

Artamonova, A., Mulder, C., Danielsbacka, M. & Tanskanen A.O. (2025). Support exchange between siblings in later life: The role of ‘kinlessness’ and geographic proximity. INVEST Working Paper 138/2025. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/x3gt7_v1

de Bel, V., Danielsbacka, M., Jokela, M., Rotkirch, A., & Tanskanen, A. O. (2025). Adult children’s timing of entry into parenthood: Parental investment, education, and gender. Human Nature, 36, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-025-09502-z

Golovina, K., Niemi, R., Gutvilig, M., Jokela, M., Elovainio, M. and Hakulinen, C. (2025). Mental disorders and having a first child among young adults: A nationwide register-based cohort study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 132(8), 1147-1155.  https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.18151

Golovina, K., Jurczak, A., Lehtonen, N., Marcinkowska, U., Berg, V., & Rotkirch, A. (2025). Fertility preferences during crises: An analysis of Finnish men and women’s reactions to the COVID-19 Pandemic and the war in Ukraine. OSF preprint. https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/6wa2m_v1

Helminen, V., Soini, E., Jokela, M., Berg, V., & Rotkirch, A. (2025) Partisan fertility gap in Finland: Regional and temporal analysis of national elections. OSF preprint. https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/ekj6p_v1

Hämäläinen, H., Tanskanen, A. O., Arpino, B., Abuladze, L., Solé-Auró, A. & Danielsbacka, M. (2025). Changes in resources and volunteering: A longitudinal study of active engagement among older Europeans, The Gerontologist, 65 (1) gnae049, https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnae049

Hämäläinen, H., Tanskanen, A. O., Coall, D., & Danielsbacka, M. (2025, June 25). Care Competition in the Family: Do Changes in Spousal Care Influence Grandchild Support?. INVEST Working Paper 125/2025 https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/nuxha_v1

Jokela, M., Soini, E., Laakasuo, M., Parikka, S., Rotkirch, A., & Hämäläinen, H. (2025). Residential mobility and social capital: Regional analysis in Finland. Population, Space and Place, 31(1), e2857. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2857

Mäki, M., Hägglund, A.E., Rotkirch, A. Kulathinal, S & Myrskylä, M. (2025). Stable marital histories predict happiness and health across educational groups. European Journal of Population 41, 12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-025-09733-x

Pettay, J., Lahdenperä, M., Tanskanen, A.O., Lummaa, V. & Danielsbacka, M. (2025). The Role of Marital Status and Socioeconomic Class in Shaping Survival Outcomes in Pre-Industrial population. INVEST Working Paper 137/2025. doi:10.31235/osf.io/sc7zd_v1.

Salihović, D., & Estévez, J.L. (2025). Gender bias in medieval inquisitions and its place in shaping knowledge about the heterodox. Social Science History, 1-31. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2025.10099

Savela, R., Coall, D., Danielsbacka, M., & Tanskanen, A. O. (2025). How are informal caregiving and support associated with grandparental childcare? Evidence from Europe. INVEST Working Paper 119/2025. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/xz4uc_v1

Sorsa T., Lehtonen N., Ahola A. & Rotkirch A. (2025). Sukua, ystäviä, yhteydenpitoa. Perhebarometri 2025. Väestöliitto, Väestöntutkimuslaitos, Katsauksia E60/2025.

Tambellini, E., Danielsbacka, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2025). Changes in subjective wellbeing during widowhood: Gender differences and the buffering effect of the close social network. Journal of Family Research, 37, 141–162. https://doi.org/10.20377/jfr-1155

Tammisalo, K. (2025). Lasten digihaittojen vähentäminen edellyttää myös vanhempien ruutuajan tarkastelua. Työpaperi 11/2025. Väestöliitto. https://www.vaestoliitto.fi/verkkojulkaisut/lasten-digihaittojen-vahentaminen/

Tanskanen, A.O., Pettay, J. & Danielsbacka, M. (2025). Asymmetries in grandparental investment: Socioeconomic status of grandchildren’s families, parental gender, and lineage. INVEST Working Paper 117/2025. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/4scjx_v1

Tanskanen, A. O., Danielsbacka, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2025). Kinship and friendship networks among Swedish and Finnish speaking Finns. Nordic Yearbook of Population Research, 58, 59-76. https://journal.fi/nypr/article/view/161271

Tambellini, E., Danielsbacka, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2025). Both partnership history and current relationship quality are associated with life satisfaction in old age. Research on Aging, 47 (3–4), 193–209. https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275241309255

Temkina, A., Shpakovskaya, L., Lavie-Ajayi, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2025). Changes in ageing women’s sexual subjectivity as seen from a life course perspective: security, caring, and desire. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 27(4), 479-494. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2024.2382879

Shpakovskaya, L. L., Temkina, A. A., Rotkirch, A., & Lavie-Ajayi, M. (2025). “Sexual life in my 54 years has become brighter, more interesting and more diverse”: Transformative moments of subjectivity in the life course. Interaction. Interview. Interpretation, 17(2), 35–56. (venäjänkielinen). https://doi.org/10.19181/inter.2025.17.2.2

Artamonova, A., Sorsa, T., Berg, V., Hägglund, A.E. & Rotkirch, A. (2024). Social resources are associated with higher fertility intentions in contemporary Finland. Comparative Population Studies. 49, (Apr. 2024). https://doi.org/10.12765/CPoS-2024-04

Artamonova, A., Sorsa, T., Berg, V., Hägglund, A. E., & Rotkirch, A. (2024). Counting on parents or others? The role of social support for fertility intentions in Finland. Finnish Yearbook of Population Research, 57: 165–190. https://doi.org/10.23979/fypr.131297

Estévez, J.L., & Nordlund, C. (2025). Revising the Borgatti-Everett core-periphery model: Inter-categorical density blocks and partially connected Cores. Social Networks. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2024.11.002

Estévez, J.L., Salihović, D. & Sgourev, S.V. (2024). Endogenous dynamics of denunciation: Evidence from an inquisitorial trial. PNAS Nexus. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae340

Helle, S., Tanskanen, A.O., Coall, D.A., Perry, G., Daly, M. & Danielsbacka, M. (2024). Investment by maternal grandmother buffers children against the impacts of adverse early life experiences. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56760-5

Hägglund, A., Sorsa, T., Berg, V., & Rotkirch, A. (2024). The first Generations and Gender Survey in Finland: data collection and data quality. Finnish Yearbook of Population Research, 57, 107 126. https://doi.org/10.23979/fypr.142715

Hämäläinen, H., Tanskanen, A. O., Kääriäinen, J.& Danielsbacka, M. (2024). Research note: Family structure and attitudes toward filial obligations among younger and middle-aged adults. Journal of Family Research, 36, 178–191. https://doi.org/10.20377/jfr-972

Hämäläinen, H., Tanskanen, A. O., Arpino, B., Solé-Auró, A. & Danielsbacka, M., (2024). Is transition to retirement associated with colunteering? Longitudinal evidence from Europe. Research on Aging, https://doi.org/10.1177/016402752412517

Hämäläinen, H., Tanskanen, A. O., Arpino, B., Abuladze, L., Solé-Auró, A., & Danielsbacka, M. (2024). Changes in resources and volunteering: A longitudinal study of active engagement among older Europeans. The Gerontologist, https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnae049

Hämäläinen, H., Tanskanen, A. O., Arpino, B., Abuladze, L., Solé-Auró, A., & Danielsbacka, M. (2024). Changes in resources and active engagements: A longitudinal study of volunteering among older Europeans. INVEST Working Papers 89. SocArXiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/cfev4

de Graaf, H., Mitchell, K., Clifton, S., Lara, M. F., Dewaele, A., Dupont, J., … Kontula, O. (2023). Sex surveys in Europe: Reflections on over four decades of sexual behavior and sexual health surveillance. The Journal of Sex Research, 60(7), 1020–1033. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2023.2222403

Jokela, M., Laakasuo, M., Parikka, S., Rotkirch, A., & Hämäläinen, H. (2024). Psychological and social wellbeing associated with regional population change in Finland. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 34(4), e2851. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2851

Jokela, M., Soini, E., Laakasuo, M., Parikka, S., Rotkirch, A. & Hämäläinen, H. (2024). Residential mobility and social capital: Regional analysis in Finland. Population, Space and Place. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2857

Jokela, M., Laakasuo, M., Parikka, S., Rotkirch, A., & Hämäläinen, H. (2024). Psychological and social wellbeing associated with regional population change in Finland. SocArXiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/us3wk

Jokela, M., Soini, E., Laakasuo, M., Parikka, S., Rotkirch, A., & Hämäläinen, H. (2024). Residential mobility and strength of social ties: Regional analysis in Finland. SocArXiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/b5guj

Kontula. O. & Soazig Clifton: History of national sex surveys in Europe. Open Res Europe 2023, 3:199 https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.16574.1

Kääriäinen, J., Danielsbacka, M., & Tanskanen, A. (2024). Attitudes towards filial responsibility in 11 European countries: Changes Between 2001 and 2017. Finnish Yearbook of Population Research, 57, 81–106. https://doi.org/10.23979/fypr.132000

Kääriäinen, J., Tanskanen, A. O., & Danielsbacka, M. (2024). Formal long-term care, individualisation and filial responsibility: a multi-level analysis of 21 European countries. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 44(13/14), 116-131. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-03-2024-0105

Lehti, H. & Tanskanen, A.O. (2024). The structure of child adoption based on the relationship between adoptive parents and adoptive children in Finland. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-024-00420-4

Mäki, M., Myrskylä, M., Hägglund, A.E., Kulathinal, S. & Rotkirch, A. (2024) The childhood echo: How romantic biographies reflect early life events and abilities. INVEST Working Paper 19/2024. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/3v2ys

Nolan, A., Aaltonen, A. & Danielsbacka, M. (2024). The effect of informal caregiving on Depression: An asymmetric panel fixed-effects analysis of in-home and out-of-home caregivers across Europe. Journal of Aging & Social Policy. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2024.2348968

Pettay, J.E., Coall, D.A., Danielsbacka M. & Tanskanen, A.O. (2024). The role of mating effort and co-residence history in step-grandparental investment. Evolutionary Human Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2024.17

Puur, A., Sakkeus, L., Abuladze, L., Gortfelder, M., Klesment, M., Rahnu, L., & Tambaum, T. (2024). The Estonian Generations and Gender Survey 2020: Experience with large-scale web-based data collection. Finnish Yearbook of Population Research, 57, 127–144. https://doi.org/10.23979/fypr.141918

Rotkirch, A., Hägglund, A., Tanskanen, A.O. et al. (2024). Partnership histories shape the grandparenting happiness bonus. Köln Zeitschrift fur Soziologie. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-024-00971-1

Salonen M, Lahdenperä M, Rotkirch A, Lummaa V. (2024) Fertility resilience varies by socioeconomic status and sex: Historical trends in childlessness across 150 years. iScience. Jun 9;27(7):110227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110227

Soini, E., Golovina, K., Hämäläinen, H., Rotkirch, A., Berg, V., Parikka, S., & Jokela, M. (2024). Regional social cohesion and fertility rate: Municipality-level analysis in Finland. SocArXiv. https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/26457

Tammisalo, K., Danielsbacka, M., Tanskanen, A.O. & Arpino, B. (2024). Social media contact with family members and happiness in younger and older adults. Computers in Human Behavior, 153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.108103

Tambellini, E., Danielsbacka, M. & Rotkirch A. (2024). Both partnership history and current relationship quality are associated with life satisfaction in old age. Research on Aging. https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275241309255

Temkina, A., Shpakovskaya, L., Lavie-Ajayi, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2024). Changes in ageing women’s sexual subjectivity as seen from a life course perspective: security, caring, and desire. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2024.2382879

Tuominen, M., Hämäläinen, H., Danielsbacka, M., Tanskanen, A.O & Jokela, M. (2024). Longitudinal analysis of social dynamics upon work-life exit. INVEST Working Papers 99/2024. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/5yrhs