Biography
Mark Lyons-Amos is a quantitative demographer specialising in individual-environmental interaction and the application of complex models to social data. Mark’s PhD thesis from the University of Southampton focussed on the dynamics of traditional contraceptive use and the association with abortion and birth behaviours. Following his PhD, he worked for one year at the Centre for Multilevel Modelling expanding his proficiency in the analysis of longitudinal data. He applied this expertise returning to Southampton, modelling the evolution of partnership behaviours in a comparative context. Most recently, he was a Pathways Fellow funded by the Jacobs Foundation at the (UCL) Institute of Education, where he worked on projects evaluating the effect of the Great Recession on fertility, youth labour market behaviour and political apathy. His current research focusses on synthesising demographic transitions with wider life events, the effect of parental death on wellbeing and the effect of family dissolution on children.
Recent Publications
Peer reviewed journals
Perlman M, Lyons-Amos M, Leckie G, Steele F, Jenkins J (2015) Capturing the Temporal Sequence of Interaction in Young Siblings. PLoS ONE 10(5): e0126353. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0126353
Perelli-Harris, B., and M.J. Lyons-Amos (2015) The Heterogeneity of Relationship Patterns within and across countries: an examination of the United States and 14 countries in Europe Demographic Research 33(6) 145-178
Lyons-Amos, M.J., G. Durrant and S.S. Padmadas (2014) Contraceptive confidence and timing of first birth in Moldova BMJ Open 4(8)
Padmadas, S.S, M.J. Lyons-Amos and S. Thapa (2014) Do abortion users exhibit better contraceptive behaviour than post-partum women? Analysis of calendar data from Nepal Demographic and Health Survey International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 127(2): 132-137
Book chapters
Mturi, Akim J., G.N. Osuafor and Mark J. Lyons-Amos (2014). “The mismatch between contraceptive use and fertility in sub-Saharan Africa.” In: Explaining Fertility Differences in Sub-Saharan Africa: Projecting the Demographic Future. A.J. Mturi and S. Agyei-Mensah (eds.). New York: Edwin Mellen Press, pp 134-168