Methods and applications in spatial demography

The two thematic issues 26(4) and 27(1) of Mathematical Population Studies deal with “methods and applications in spatial demography.” The five articles they contain, and which are listed below, show how population studies can be informed through an integration of appropriate spatial theory, data, and methods. In the editorial to appear in the next issue, 27(1), I will provide a summary of each article and discuss its contribution to this very lively field. I would like to thank the authors, the journal, and Taylor and Francis for these issues, which I had the pleasure of organizing. We wish you a pleasant reading.

Issue 26(4)

• Neighborhood affluence protects against antenatal smoking: Evidence from a spatial multiple membership model (Jennifer B. Kane and Ehsan Farshchi)

• Beyond household walls: the spatial structure of American extended kinship networks (Jonathan Daw, Ashton Verdery, and Sarah E. Patterson).

Issue 27(1)

• Spatially varying relationships between risk factors and child diarrhea in West Africa, 2008–2013 (Gillian Dunn, Glen D. Johnson, Deborah L. Balk, and Grace Sembajwe)

• Prevalence of left-handedness in China 2011: small-area estimates (Hongwei Xu)

• Connecting Continuum of Care point-in-time homeless counts to United States Census areal units (Zack W. Almquist, Nathaniel E. Helwig, and Yun You)

NB: Some of the manuscripts submitted, including one accepted for this special issue, were authored by researchers based at The Pennsylvania State University, where Stephen Matthews (guest editor) is based. Matthews was not involved in the review process or decisions made on any of these manuscripts.