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CPIPR Articles and News Releases
CPIPR Archived News Releases
Children and Youth
Effective Implementation of Proven Practices for Children in Real World Clinical, Educational, and Community Settings (February 2009)
College Enrollment Rate Increases, but Financial Challenges Bring Uncertainty (November 2008)
U.S. Racial/Ethnic and Regional Poverty Rates Converge, but Kids Are Still Left Behind (August 2007)
Census Bureau Plans to Eliminate 'Foster Child' Category (January 2007)
Rural Children Lag in Early Childhood Educational Skills (January 2005)
Will Rising Childhood Obesity Decrease U.S. Life Expectancy? (May 2005)
Rural Children Lag in Early Childhood Educational Skills (January 2005)
Education
School Achievement Higher for Children in Nuclear Families Than for Children in Blended or Single-Parent Families (January 2005)
School Achievement Gains Among Immigrant Youth Keep Pace With Natives From Similar Family Backgrounds (November 2003)
School-Age Children in Welfare Families Complete Less Education (February 2003)
Environment
Leaders of the East Africa Population, Health, Environment Network Build Skills in Policy Communications/Advocacy (March 2009)
Integrating Population, Health and Environment in Rwanda (February 2009)
Lifestyle Choices Affect U.S. Impact on the Environment (October 2006)
In Harm's Way: Hurricanes, Population Trends and Environmental Change (October 2004)
Tackling Asthma in West Harlem (August 2001)
Gender
Commemorating International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (February 2009)
Combating Cross-Generational Sex in Uganda (February 2009)
Closing the Male-Female Labor Force Gap (March 2007)
The Crossover in Female-Male College Enrollment Rates (February 2007)
Feminization of Migration: Limits of the Data (February 2007)
Feminization of Migration: Obstacles to Good Health Care (January 2007)
Feminization of Migration (December 2006)
Are U.S. Girls Becoming More Violent? (July 2006)
Gender Inequality at Work (November 2004)
Around the Globe, Women Outlive Men (August/September 2001)
Health
Birth Spacing and Childhood Undernutrition (March 2009)
The Brain Changes as it Ages, Sometimes in Surprising Ways (June 2007)
Is Low Birth Weight a Cause of Problems, or a Symptom of Them? (June 2007)
Medicare Drug Benefit Will Help, but May Carry Unwanted Side Effects (April 2007)
Will Rising Childhood Obesity Decrease U.S. Life Expectancy? (May 2005)
Conflict Chips Away at Living Conditions in Sudan (June 2004)
Human Development and Aging
Education, Medical Treatment, and Social Networks Can Promote 'Brain Health' Among U.S. Elderly (March 2009)
Global Aging and the Demographic Divide (April 2008)
Disability and Aging (August 2007)
Population Aging Impact Differs Across Countries (June 2007)
Elderly White Men Afflicted by High Suicide Rates (August 2006)
A Critical Window for Policymaking on Population Aging in Developing Countries (January 2006)
Is 'Increasing Mobility' a Threat to U.S. Elder Care? (April 2005)
Older Americans a Growth Industry for Rural Areas? (August 2003)
How to Be Healthy in Old Age? Start With a Healthy Childhood (February 2004)
Early Retirement May Increase Risk of Old-Age Poverty (May 2003)
Boomers' Retirement Wave Likely to Begin in Just 6 Years (April 2002)
Rapidly Aging U.S. Society Face Complex Issues (December 2001)
Immigration/Migration
U.S. Regional Population Losses Linked to High Unemployment (March 2009)
Immigration Response in Suburban Washington, DC (March 2009)
Immigrant Residential Segregation in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 1990 to 2000 (February 2009)
Sex Ratio at Birth Deteriorating Among Asian Immigrants in the United States (November 2008)
Immigration Gives Catholicism a Boost in the United States (April 2008)
Population Losses Mount in U.S. Rural Areas (March 2008)
U.S. Population Could Reach 438 Million by 2050, and Immigration Is Key (February 2008)
Hispanic Segregation in America's New Rural Boomtowns (September 2007)
Education and Occupation Separates Two Kinds of Immigrants in the United States (September 2007)
The Divergent Paths of Baby Boomers and Immigrants (March 2007)
Immigration: Shaping and Reshaping America (December 2006)
New Data Reveal Widespread Disparities in U.S. State Poverty Rates (August 2006)
The Neglected Link Between Food Marketing and Childhood Obesity in Poor Neighborhoods (July 2006)
Americans Flocking to Outer Suburbs in Record Numbers (May 2006)
The Risk of Negative Child Outcomes in Low-Income Families (May 2006)
The Concentration of Negative Child Outcomes in Low-Income U.S. Neighborhoods (March 2006)
What the American Community Survey Tells Us About U.S. Immigration (December 2005)
Immigration and Assimilation (October 2005)
Why Concentrated Poverty Fell in the United States in the 1990s (August 2005)
U.S. Economic Inequality Through the Prisms of Income and Consumption (August 2005)
Income/Poverty
Youth Unemployment and Underemployment in Africa Brings Uncertainty and Opportunity (February 2009)
High Poverty Rates in 'Midsize' America (December 2008)
U.S. Employment Instability on the Margins (December 2008)
State-by-State Costs of Child Poverty in the U.S. (May 2008)
How Older Women Can Shield Themselves From Poverty (March 2008)
The Neglected Link Between Food Marketing and Childhood Obesity in Poor Neighborhoods (July 2006)
Marriage/Family
Family Planning Use in Central America: Closing the Equity Gap (February 2009)
The Crossover in Female-Male College Enrollment Rates (February 2007)
Do Parents Spend Enough Time With Their Children? (January 2007)
Families, Fathers and Demographic Change (October 2006)
What the American Community Survey Tells Us About Marriage and the Family (April 2006)
New Marriages, New Families: U.S. Racial and Hispanic Intermarriage (June 2005)
Population Basics
Change Comes Slowly for Religious Diversity in India (March 2009)
Brazil's Fertility Falls Below Two-Child Average (February 2009)
Swing, Bellwether, and Red and Blue States: Demographics and the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election (October 2008)
U.S. Population Projected to Hit 400 Million in 2039 (August 2008)
U.S. Baby Boomers Moving Out, Minorities Moving in (May 2008)
U.S. West and South Are Set to Gain Political Clout (December 2007)
U.S. Birth Rate: Still Fueling Population Growth? (March 2007)
Rural America Undergoing a Diversity of Demographic Change (May 2006)
Hispanics Account for Almost One-Half of U.S. Population Growth (January 2006)
Race/Ethnicity
10% of U.S. Counties Now 'Majority-Minority' (August 2008)
Race, Ethnicity, and Where You Live Matters: Recent Findings on Health and Mortality of U.S. Elderly (February 2008)
African-Born Blacks in the Washington, D.C., Metro Area (January 2008)
Latinos Claim Larger Share of U.S. Military Personnel (October 2007)
The Growing Color Divide in U.S. Infant Mortality (October 2007)
The New Generation Gap (May 2007)
In the News: Speaking English in the United States (June 2006)
Recent Report Finds Serious Disparities Among Children in North America (May 2006)
Latino Births Increase in Nontraditional Destination States (February 2006)
U.S. Attitudes Toward Interracial Dating are Liberalizing (June 2005)
The Social and Economic Isolation of Urban African Americans (October 2005)
Reproductive Health
Family Planning Saves Lives (March 2009)
Sexual Behavior and Contraceptive Use Among Youth in West Africa (February 2009)
Abortion in the United States and the World (December 2005)