Research Areas

Family Demography, Population and Data science ,

Publications

• Journal Article
  John, Ben Malinga, and Natalie Nitsche. "Prevalence and Drivers of Stalls and Reversals in Age at First Marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa." Population Research and Policy Review 44, no. 3 (2025): 26. (2025)
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11113-024-09932-0

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• Conference Proceedings
  Ben Malinga John and Sara Yeatman. Marital Dissolution, Repartnering, and the Realization of Fertility Desires in Sub-Saharan Africa. 30th International Union for the Scientific Study of Population Conference, Brisbane, Australia, July 2025. (2025)
  

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• Conference Proceedings
  Precious Thete, Ustus Mutoera & Ben Malinga John. Phases of Demographic Transition and Shifting Reproductive Behaviours in Malawi. 2025 School of Humanities and Social Sciences Conference, Zomba, Malawi, August 2025. (2025)
  

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• Conference Proceedings
  Ithembi Kunkumbira, Everisto Mwenda & Ben Malinga John. Perspectives on Modes of Marital Dissolution and Children’s Access to Parental and Kin Social Support. 2025 School of Humanities and Social Sciences Conference, Zomba, Malawi, August 2025. (2025)
  

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  Ernestina Chiona, Elizabeth Nakweya, Blessings Tambulasi & Ben Malinga John. Unpacking Structural Gender Inequalities in Scientific Knowledge Production: Evidence from the University of Malawi. 2025 School of Humanities and Social Sciences Conference, Zomba, Malawi, August 2025. (2025)
  

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  Ben Malinga John, Emmanuel Souza & Jiaxin Shi. From Laggard to Leader: Malawi’s Life Expectancy Gains in a Sub-Saharan African Context. 2025 School of Humanities and Social Sciences Conference, Zomba, Malawi, August 2025. (2025)
  

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• Conference Proceedings
  Ben Malinga John. The Contribution of Marital Dissolution and Repartnering to Fertility Variation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Macro-level Perspective. 9th African Population Conference, Lilongwe, Malawi, May 2024 (2024)
  

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• Journal Article
  John, Ben Malinga, and Natalie Nitsche. "Indirect estimation of the timing of first union dissolution with incomplete marriage histories." Demography 60, no. 2 (2023): 411-430. (2023)
  https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-10581068

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• Conference Proceedings
  Ben Malinga John. Marriage Dynamics and Population Ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa: Are Women Growing Old Alone? Workshop on Ageing and Health of Older Persons in Sub-Saharan Africa, Entebbe, Uganda, February 2023. (2023)
  

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• Conference Proceedings
  Ben Malinga John, Vissého Adjiwanou and Natalie Nitsche. Re-partnering and Fertility in the Global South: Regularities and Distinctions. Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), New Orleans, April 2023. (2023)
  

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  Ben Malinga John and Natalie Nitsche. Linkages Between Education Expansion and Stalls and Reversals in Age at First Marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Study of Birth Cohorts 1940-1999. RC28 Conference, Paris, France, August 2023. (2023)
  

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• Conference Proceedings
  Ben Malinga John and Natalie Nitsche . Marital Life Courses in sub-Saharan Africa: All Cause Union Dissolution, Its Timing, and Time Spent Outside Marriage. Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), New Orleans, April 2023. (2023)
  

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• Journal Article
  John, Ben Malinga, and Vissého Adjiwanou. "Fertility decline in sub-Saharan Africa: Does remarriage matter?." Population Studies 76, no. 2 (2022): 213-233. (2022)
  https://doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2021.1933148

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• Journal Article
  John, Ben Malinga, and Natalie Nitsche. "Dynamics of union dissolution in Sub‐Saharan Africa." Population and Development Review 48, no. 4 (2022): 1163-1201. (2022)
  https://doi.org/10.1111/padr.12529

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• Journal Article
  Adjiwanou, Visseho, and Ben Malinga John. "The Demography of Fertility." In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Global Public Health. 2022. (2022)
  https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190632366.013.185

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• Journal Article
  Njolomole, Stephen E., Ridhaa Fatima Sachidanandan, George Mandere, Alisa Jenny, Adamson S. Muula, Bridon M’baya, Ben Malinga John et al. "Meeting demand—Obstetric hemorrhage and blood availability in Malawi, a qualitative study." PloS one 17, no. 8 (2022): e0273426. (2022)
  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273426

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• Conference Proceedings
  Ben Malinga John and Natalie Nitsche. New Perspectives on Divorce in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cohort Analysis of Women Born Between 1955-2000. Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), Online, May 2021. (2021)
  

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• Conference Proceedings
  Ben Malinga John and Vissého Adjiwanou. On Marriage Dynamics and Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Malawi. 8th African Population Conference, Entebbe, Uganda, November 2019. (2019)
  

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