Diego Alburez-Gutierrez
Biographic Data
| ID | 209935 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Diego Alburez-Gutierrez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Diego |
| FAMILY NAME | Alburez-Gutierrez |
| SIGNATURE | ALBUREZ-GUTIERREZ D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9823-5179 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Assessing the agreement between microsimulated and register-based kin counts in Sweden
Estimating kinship networks is a data-intensive undertaking, usually conducted using empirical sources or demographic models. Although empirical data, such as population registers, provide observed individual-level information, they are limited by availability, truncation, and survivorship bias. Demographic models, including microsimulation, require less detailed data, but they often minimally account for population heterogeneity, family similari…
The Living Arrangements of Single Mothers in Latin America: Stratification by Education and Partnership Status
One in four young mothers in Latin America raises her children without a partner, yet more than two‐thirds do so within extended households, typically with their own parents. Despite the social implications of single‐parent families, it remains unclear to what extent the prevalence and living arrangements of single mothers have evolved over recent decades or how they vary by education and partnership status. Using Integrated Public Use of Microda…
A Typology of Younger Adults' Nuclear and Extended Family Relations in the United States
Objective To develop a typology of relationship quality for nuclear and extended family relations of younger adults in the United States, accounting for variation across kinship types and racial/ethnic groups. Background Existing typologies of family relationships primarily focus on nuclear ties, often neglecting relations with extended kin. Ties to extended kin are, however, central to many people's lives and may be particularly salient in certa…
Caracterización demográfica del genocidio asociado al Proyecto Hidroeléctrico Chixoy en Guatemala (1982-2015)
La construcción de la Hidroeléctrica de Chixoy en Guatemala, un megaproyecto destinado a reducir la dependencia energética del país, fue acompañada de actos de genocidios en contra de comunidades indígenas en el área. Este artículo reconstruye sus efectos demográficos para la población de Río Negro en Guatemala entre 1982 y 2015. Aquí, sostengo que el uso de una perspectiva de parentesco para estudiar el genocidio guatemalteco proporciona valioso…
Weaponizing Kinship: A Demographic Analysis of Bereavement in the Colombian Conflict
The ongoing Colombian armed conflict has produced widespread homicides and enforced disappearances, as armed actors used violence to terrorize communities and consolidate power. Family bereavement—one of the most pervasive and enduring consequences of this violence—remains critically understudied from a quantitative perspective. We quantify the population burden of bereavement—ever having lost a family member to conflict—using kinship demographic…
Analysing Biases in Genealogies Using Demographic Microsimulation
An incomplete understanding of biases affecting the representativeness of genealogies has hindered their full exploitation. We report on a series of experiments on synthetic populations assessing how structural biases in ascendant genealogies affect the accuracy of demographic estimates. Using the SOCSIM microsimulation programme and Swedish fertility and mortality data (1751–2022), we analyse three biases: lineage survival, limited coverage of c…
Research Note: Estimating Kinship Size of Older Adults in Europe With Models and Surveys
Measures of kinship size are increasingly common in sociodemographic studies. The size and structure of older adults’ kinship networks can be ascertained via direct observation in a social survey or modeled using demographic techniques. Each approach has advantages and disadvantages, but whether the two provide comparable estimates of kinship size is an open question. In this research note, we answer this question using social survey data and dem…
Kinship Structures for Left Behind Older Adults in High Outmigration Contexts: Evidence From Puerto Rico
Objectives Migration accelerates population aging in high-outmigration contexts. Older adults who remain in high-outmigration contexts are at higher risk of reduced support networks and increased caregiving burden, but prior work has not quantified how migration influences older adults’ kinship structures in such places. This study aims to estimate the kinship structures of older adults living in Puerto Rico and the presence of migrant kin. Metho…
When do mothers bury a child? Heterogeneity in the maternal age at offspring loss
The experience of losing a child is increasingly uncommon worldwide but is no less devastating for parents who experience it. An overlooked aspect of this phenomenon is its timing: at which age do bereft parents lose a child and how are these ages at loss distributed? We use demographic methods to explore the mean and variability of maternal age at child loss in 18 countries for the 1850-2000 birth cohorts. We find that the distribution of age of…
The Demographic Drivers of Grief and Memory After Genocide in Guatemala
Mortality crises are relatively common demographic events, but we know little about how they affect local populations beyond excess mortality. I argue that using a kinship perspective to study mortality crises provides valuable insights into (1) how excess mortality affects the exposure to kin loss and (2) how family bereavement may contribute to the reproduction of historical memory in the long term. I explore these two processes using a unique …
Global burden of maternal bereavement: Indicators of the cumulative prevalence of child loss
BACKGROUND: We provide country-level estimates of the cumulative prevalence of mothers bereaved by a child's death in 170 countries and territories. METHODS: We generate indicators of the cumulative prevalence of mothers who have had an infant, under-five-year-old or any-age child ever die by using publicly available survey data in 89 countries and an indirect approach that combines formal kinship models and life-table methods in an additional 81…
Linking excess mortality to mobility data during the first wave of Covid-19 in England and Wales
Non-pharmaceutical interventions have been implemented worldwide to curb the spread of COVID-19. However, the effectiveness of such governmental measures in reducing the mortality burden remains a key question of scientific interest and public debate. In this study, we leverage digital mobility data to assess the effects of reduced human mobility on excess mortality, focusing on regional data in England and Wales between February and August 2020.…
Excess Mortality During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Guatemala
Objectives. To describe excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala during 2020 by week, age, sex, and place of death. Methods. We used mortality data from 2015 to 2020, gathered through the vital registration system of Guatemala. We calculated weekly mortality rates, overall and stratified by age, sex, and place of death. We fitted a generalized additive model to calculate excess deaths, adjusting for seasonality and secular trend…
Women's Experience of Child Death Over the Life Course: A Global Demographic Perspective
The death of a child affects the well-being of parents and families worldwide, but little is known about the scale of this phenomenon. Using a novel methodology from formal demography applied to data from the 2019 Revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects, we provide the first global overview of parental bereavement, its magnitude, prevalence, and distribution over age for the 1950–2000 annual birth cohorts of women. We project th…
The "Sandwich Generation" Revisited: Global Demographic Drivers of Care Time Demands
Generational overlap affects the care time demands on parents and grandparents worldwide. Here, we present the first global estimates of the experience of simultaneously having frail older parents and young children ("sandwichness") or young grandchildren ("grandsandwichness") for the 1970-2040 cohorts, using demographic methods and microsimulations. We find that sandwichness is more prevalent in the Global South-for example, almost twice as prev…
Maternal and child access to care and intensity of conflict in the occupied Palestinian territory: A pseudo-longitudinal analysis (2000–2014)
This study shows how locality is the strongest factor when looking at the impact of conflict in the oPt. Preventative services (ANC and vaccinations) are the most affected by conflict. We recommend a greater use of community health care to improve access to maternal and child care when barriers impede access to health facilities during times of conflict
Blood is thicker than bloodshed: A genealogical approach to reconstruct populations after armed conflicts
Conducting demographic research on armed conflicts is challenging because conflicts can affect the quality of primary data collection or halt the production of evidence altogether. Most of the existing methods for collecting time-variant demographic data c
The "Sandwich Generation" Revisited: Global Demographic Drivers of Care Time Demands
Generational overlap affects the care time demands on parents and grandparents worldwide. Here, we present the first global estimates of the experience of simultaneously having frail older parents and young children ("sandwichness") or young grandchildren ("grandsandwichness") for the 1970-2040 cohorts, using demographic methods and microsimulations. We find that sandwichness is more prevalent in the Global South-for example, almost twice as prev…
Women's Experience of Child Death Over the Life Course: A Global Demographic Perspective
The death of a child affects the well-being of parents and families worldwide, but little is known about the scale of this phenomenon. Using a novel methodology from formal demography applied to data from the 2019 Revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects, we provide the first global overview of parental bereavement, its magnitude, prevalence, and distribution over age for the 1950–2000 annual birth cohorts of women. We project th…
The Demographic Drivers of Grief and Memory After Genocide in Guatemala
Mortality crises are relatively common demographic events, but we know little about how they affect local populations beyond excess mortality. I argue that using a kinship perspective to study mortality crises provides valuable insights into (1) how excess mortality affects the exposure to kin loss and (2) how family bereavement may contribute to the reproduction of historical memory in the long term. I explore these two processes using a unique …
Blood is thicker than bloodshed: A genealogical approach to reconstruct populations after armed conflicts
Conducting demographic research on armed conflicts is challenging because conflicts can affect the quality of primary data collection or halt the production of evidence altogether. Most of the existing methods for collecting time-variant demographic data c
Kinship Structures for Left Behind Older Adults in High Outmigration Contexts: Evidence From Puerto Rico
Objectives Migration accelerates population aging in high-outmigration contexts. Older adults who remain in high-outmigration contexts are at higher risk of reduced support networks and increased caregiving burden, but prior work has not quantified how migration influences older adults’ kinship structures in such places. This study aims to estimate the kinship structures of older adults living in Puerto Rico and the presence of migrant kin. Metho…
When do mothers bury a child? Heterogeneity in the maternal age at offspring loss
The experience of losing a child is increasingly uncommon worldwide but is no less devastating for parents who experience it. An overlooked aspect of this phenomenon is its timing: at which age do bereft parents lose a child and how are these ages at loss distributed? We use demographic methods to explore the mean and variability of maternal age at child loss in 18 countries for the 1850-2000 birth cohorts. We find that the distribution of age of…
Excess Mortality During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Guatemala
Objectives. To describe excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala during 2020 by week, age, sex, and place of death. Methods. We used mortality data from 2015 to 2020, gathered through the vital registration system of Guatemala. We calculated weekly mortality rates, overall and stratified by age, sex, and place of death. We fitted a generalized additive model to calculate excess deaths, adjusting for seasonality and secular trend…
Maternal and child access to care and intensity of conflict in the occupied Palestinian territory: A pseudo-longitudinal analysis (2000–2014)
This study shows how locality is the strongest factor when looking at the impact of conflict in the oPt. Preventative services (ANC and vaccinations) are the most affected by conflict. We recommend a greater use of community health care to improve access to maternal and child care when barriers impede access to health facilities during times of conflict
Blood is thicker than bloodshed: A genealogical approach to reconstruct populations after armed conflicts
Conducting demographic research on armed conflicts is challenging because conflicts can affect the quality of primary data collection or halt the production of evidence altogether. Most of the existing methods for collecting time-variant demographic data c
Global burden of maternal bereavement: Indicators of the cumulative prevalence of child loss
BACKGROUND: We provide country-level estimates of the cumulative prevalence of mothers bereaved by a child's death in 170 countries and territories. METHODS: We generate indicators of the cumulative prevalence of mothers who have had an infant, under-five-year-old or any-age child ever die by using publicly available survey data in 89 countries and an indirect approach that combines formal kinship models and life-table methods in an additional 81…
Linking excess mortality to mobility data during the first wave of Covid-19 in England and Wales
Non-pharmaceutical interventions have been implemented worldwide to curb the spread of COVID-19. However, the effectiveness of such governmental measures in reducing the mortality burden remains a key question of scientific interest and public debate. In this study, we leverage digital mobility data to assess the effects of reduced human mobility on excess mortality, focusing on regional data in England and Wales between February and August 2020.…
Excess Mortality During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Guatemala
Objectives. To describe excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala during 2020 by week, age, sex, and place of death. Methods. We used mortality data from 2015 to 2020, gathered through the vital registration system of Guatemala. We calculated weekly mortality rates, overall and stratified by age, sex, and place of death. We fitted a generalized additive model to calculate excess deaths, adjusting for seasonality and secular trend…
Women's Experience of Child Death Over the Life Course: A Global Demographic Perspective
The death of a child affects the well-being of parents and families worldwide, but little is known about the scale of this phenomenon. Using a novel methodology from formal demography applied to data from the 2019 Revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects, we provide the first global overview of parental bereavement, its magnitude, prevalence, and distribution over age for the 1950–2000 annual birth cohorts of women. We project th…
The "Sandwich Generation" Revisited: Global Demographic Drivers of Care Time Demands
Generational overlap affects the care time demands on parents and grandparents worldwide. Here, we present the first global estimates of the experience of simultaneously having frail older parents and young children ("sandwichness") or young grandchildren ("grandsandwichness") for the 1970-2040 cohorts, using demographic methods and microsimulations. We find that sandwichness is more prevalent in the Global South-for example, almost twice as prev…
The Demographic Drivers of Grief and Memory After Genocide in Guatemala
Mortality crises are relatively common demographic events, but we know little about how they affect local populations beyond excess mortality. I argue that using a kinship perspective to study mortality crises provides valuable insights into (1) how excess mortality affects the exposure to kin loss and (2) how family bereavement may contribute to the reproduction of historical memory in the long term. I explore these two processes using a unique …
Analysing Biases in Genealogies Using Demographic Microsimulation
An incomplete understanding of biases affecting the representativeness of genealogies has hindered their full exploitation. We report on a series of experiments on synthetic populations assessing how structural biases in ascendant genealogies affect the accuracy of demographic estimates. Using the SOCSIM microsimulation programme and Swedish fertility and mortality data (1751–2022), we analyse three biases: lineage survival, limited coverage of c…
Research Note: Estimating Kinship Size of Older Adults in Europe With Models and Surveys
Measures of kinship size are increasingly common in sociodemographic studies. The size and structure of older adults’ kinship networks can be ascertained via direct observation in a social survey or modeled using demographic techniques. Each approach has advantages and disadvantages, but whether the two provide comparable estimates of kinship size is an open question. In this research note, we answer this question using social survey data and dem…
Kinship Structures for Left Behind Older Adults in High Outmigration Contexts: Evidence From Puerto Rico
Objectives Migration accelerates population aging in high-outmigration contexts. Older adults who remain in high-outmigration contexts are at higher risk of reduced support networks and increased caregiving burden, but prior work has not quantified how migration influences older adults’ kinship structures in such places. This study aims to estimate the kinship structures of older adults living in Puerto Rico and the presence of migrant kin. Metho…
When do mothers bury a child? Heterogeneity in the maternal age at offspring loss
The experience of losing a child is increasingly uncommon worldwide but is no less devastating for parents who experience it. An overlooked aspect of this phenomenon is its timing: at which age do bereft parents lose a child and how are these ages at loss distributed? We use demographic methods to explore the mean and variability of maternal age at child loss in 18 countries for the 1850-2000 birth cohorts. We find that the distribution of age of…
Assessing the agreement between microsimulated and register-based kin counts in Sweden
Estimating kinship networks is a data-intensive undertaking, usually conducted using empirical sources or demographic models. Although empirical data, such as population registers, provide observed individual-level information, they are limited by availability, truncation, and survivorship bias. Demographic models, including microsimulation, require less detailed data, but they often minimally account for population heterogeneity, family similari…
The Living Arrangements of Single Mothers in Latin America: Stratification by Education and Partnership Status
One in four young mothers in Latin America raises her children without a partner, yet more than two‐thirds do so within extended households, typically with their own parents. Despite the social implications of single‐parent families, it remains unclear to what extent the prevalence and living arrangements of single mothers have evolved over recent decades or how they vary by education and partnership status. Using Integrated Public Use of Microda…
A Typology of Younger Adults' Nuclear and Extended Family Relations in the United States
Objective To develop a typology of relationship quality for nuclear and extended family relations of younger adults in the United States, accounting for variation across kinship types and racial/ethnic groups. Background Existing typologies of family relationships primarily focus on nuclear ties, often neglecting relations with extended kin. Ties to extended kin are, however, central to many people's lives and may be particularly salient in certa…
Caracterización demográfica del genocidio asociado al Proyecto Hidroeléctrico Chixoy en Guatemala (1982-2015)
La construcción de la Hidroeléctrica de Chixoy en Guatemala, un megaproyecto destinado a reducir la dependencia energética del país, fue acompañada de actos de genocidios en contra de comunidades indígenas en el área. Este artículo reconstruye sus efectos demográficos para la población de Río Negro en Guatemala entre 1982 y 2015. Aquí, sostengo que el uso de una perspectiva de parentesco para estudiar el genocidio guatemalteco proporciona valioso…
Weaponizing Kinship: A Demographic Analysis of Bereavement in the Colombian Conflict
The ongoing Colombian armed conflict has produced widespread homicides and enforced disappearances, as armed actors used violence to terrorize communities and consolidate power. Family bereavement—one of the most pervasive and enduring consequences of this violence—remains critically understudied from a quantitative perspective. We quantify the population burden of bereavement—ever having lost a family member to conflict—using kinship demographic…
Sociology (11 works) · Demography (10 works) · Population (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (6 works) · Kinship (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Geography (5 works)