Authors and guest editors for this volume | Preface | Introduction | The population aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic in 20 papers: an introduction  | Perspectives | Aspects of a sociology of the pandemic: Inequalities and the life course  | COVID-19, the Russo-Ukrainian War, the global sustainable development project and post-crises demography  | Research Articles | Effects of income inequality on COVID-19 infections and deaths during the first wave of the pandemic: Evidence from European countries | Assessing the generational impact of COVID-19 using National Transfer Accounts (NTAs) | Supplementary material to SÁNCHEZ-ROMERO, Miguel: "Assessing the generational impact of COVID-19 using National Transfer Accounts (NTAs)" | Summary of NTA country profiles (addition to to SÁNCHEZ-ROMERO, Miguel: "Assessing the generational impact of COVID-19 using National Transfer Accounts (NTAs)") | The mathematics of the reproduction number R for Covid-19: A primer for demographers  | Pitfalls and solutions in case fatality risk estimation – A multi-country analysis on the effects of demographics, surveillance, time lags between case reports and deaths and healthcare system capacity on COVID-19 CFR estimates | COVID-19 and relationship quality: Emotional, paid work and organizational spheres  | Narratives of the future and fertility decision-making in uncertain times. An application to the COVID-19 pandemic  | Cognitive schemas and fertility motivations in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic | Human costs of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the major epicentres in Italy  | Excess mortality and COVID-19 in Sweden in 2020: A demographic account  | Regional COVID-19 mortality in Brazil by age | Are homicides and robberies associated with mortality due to COVID-19? Lessons from Urban Mexico  | Data &amp; Trends | Assessing excess mortality in Vienna and Austria after the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic | COVID-19 in Hong Kong: Policies and community actions mitigate the effects of age structure and population density | Rapid changes in birth counts in Brazilian major cities during the COVID-19 pandemic | Pregnancies and contraceptive use in four African countries during the COVID-19 pandemic  | Exploring psychological vulnerability and responses to the COVID-19 lockdown in Greece | Supplementary material to XOURAFI, Lydia; SARDI, Polyxeni; KOSTAKI, Anastasia: "Exploring psychological vulnerability and responses to the COVID-19 lockdown in Greece" | Why did care home residents face an elevated risk of death from COVID-19? A demographic perspective using data from Belgium and from England and Wales | Comparing the loss of life expectancy at birth during the 2020 and 1918 pandemics in six European countries

The 2022 special issue is dedicated to the demographic aspects and consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first months of 2020, the world was hit by an epidemic emergency of global proportions. Its short- and long-term implications are not yet fully understood, particularly since its duration is still not foreseeable. Nevertheless, the pandemic has spurred social scientists to research the impact of the virus on the society and this in a very short time after the outbreak. 

A large part of the issue is dedicated to the analysis of the infections and the mortality patterns. The papers describe the demographic, social, and economic characteristics that influence the spread of infections and determine the number of deaths, with particular attention to issues of measurement. They analyse different waves of the pandemic, often with a comparative framework across multiple countries and also at the regional level – in Europe and outside of Europe. Some papers consider in more detail the impact of measures taken to contain the spread of the virus, e.g., lockdown. The volume also addresses how the pandemic affected the quality of relationships, the intention and motivation to have children, and realized fertility, using a variety of individual-level and register data. 

In addition to more specific topics, such as the impact of the spread of crime on mortality in Mexico or a comparison of mortality between nursing home residents and the general population in England, Wales, and Belgium, the issue also includes broader reflections on the likely risks facing different communities of individuals and the potential consequences on their life course, also in relation to other recent risks that overlap with the pandemic (climate change, depopulation, recent armed conflicts). 

Demographic aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences

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Joshua R. Goldstein

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