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Overview 2022

COVID-19 Research at the MPIDR

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The COVID-19 pandemic has been part of our lives for more than two years now. Science has done an extraordinary job during this time at unravelling mysteries and unlocking solutions. In like manner, researchers at MPIDR are investigating demographic issues in connection to the novel coronavirus. This dossier provides a thematic overview of the studies published in 2022.

Mortality

COVID-19: Tens of Millions Left Bereaved Because of the Pandemic

How to Calculate Excess Mortality to Better Estimate the Impact of the Pandemic

COVID-19: Life Expectancy Mostly Continued to Decline in 2021

Is Facebook’s Advertising Data Accurate Enough for Use in Social Science?

Peru
How to Estimate Excess Mortality for Countries with Incomplete Statistics

Germany
How Did Demographic Determinants Influence the Variation in Case-Fatality-Rates (CFRs)?

Methods
What Should be the Baseline When Calculating Excess Mortality?

Fertility

28 European Countries
Pandemic Babies? Fertility in the Aftermath of the First COVID-19 Wave Across European Regions

Emotion and Fertility
How Did Attitudes Toward Childbearing Change During the Pandemic and After?

Education
Countries Embracing Maternal Employment Opened Schools Sooner After Covid-19 Lockdowns

Population Health

COVID-19 Lockdowns: How to Use Google Searches to Understand Upsurges in Intimate Partner Violence

COVID-19 Lockdown in Germany: The Mental Health of Young Mothers Suffers

USA
Did the Pandemic Lead to an Increase in Family Violence?

Databases

COVID-19: Release of the COVerAGE-Database Website

Visualize COVID-19 Excess Mortality in 38 Countries