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Entries by Melanie Channon (Frost)
(7 entries)
Student Debt and Intergenerational Fairness
When I started my undergraduate degree in 2003 tuition fees were capped at a mere £1,000 per year, though the Blair Government was already threatening to increase those fees threefold. ...
The Great Demographic Divide: Voting Patterns and Age
On Thursday the nation will, once again, head to the polling booths. As a statistician and demographer (as well as a voter under the age of 35), the difference in voting patterns by age is on...
Statistical (il)literacy and expert fatigue
In this country it is perfectly acceptable to say “I don’t do numbers”. It’s a strange cultural quirk, which would be completely unimaginable in China or Vietnam. ...
Gender inequality in Nepal: How can we tackle sex-selective abortion?
Last month I travelled to Nepal to disseminate research (funded by the Birth Control Trust), that I have been leading there concerning the emergence of sex-selective abortion. A culture o...
Interesting Links 2
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (Selection) This Openpop blog is written by one of the foremost authorities on the topic of sex-selection (choosing the sex of one’s offsprin...
A Miscellanea of Interesting Links
Human Development in Colour Sometimes you can trawl twitter for days and find nothing more than the odd gif of a large cucumber surprising a cat. Other times, you can stumble across the mo...
Ideals and Intentions: Discussing Fertility at the Asian Population Association Conference
This week I’ve been attending the 3rd Asian Population Association Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. While, I have presented a paper and a couple of posters, the most interesting th...