Family Caregiving for Older People
(2016) In the United States, the vast majority of care that allows older people to live in their own homes is provided by family members who do not receive pay for their services.
Area of Expertise: Caregiving and the Care Economy
Today’s Research on Aging, Issue 33: Family Caregiving
(2016) In the United States, the vast majority of care that allows older people to live in their own homes is provided by family members who do not receive pay for their services.
Aging Baby Boomers to Face Caregiving, Obesity, Inequality Challenges
The aging of the baby boom generation could fuel a 75 percent increase in the number of Americans ages 65 and older requiring nursing home care, to about 2.3 million in 2030 from 1.
How Family Planning Could Help Slow Climate Change
(2015) In the mid-1990s, I served as a Peace Corps volunteer in a village in Niger, a West African country consistently ranked as one of the poorest in the world.
PRB Explored Key Themes on White House Conference on Aging
The July 2015 White House Conference on Aging coincided with the 50th anniversaries of Medicare, Medicaid, and the Older Americans Act, and the 80th anniversary of the Social Security Act.
Narrowing Old-Age Gender Gap in U.S. Linked to Smoking Trends
(2015) Women live longer than men in the United States and in nearly every country in the world.
Time With Parents Key for Adolescents
(2015) The more time mothers spent engaged in activities with their adolescent children (ages 12 to 18), the less teens were involved in delinquent behavior, such as skipping school, shoplifting, staying out at night without permission, and getting in trouble at school or with the law, according to a study in the most recent issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family (see Figure 1).
NIA Demography Centers
The NIA-funded Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging comprise an important mechanism for promoting this research.
Défis démographiques du Sahel
(Février 2015) Cet essai est un court résumé d’un article écrit par John F.
La fiche de données sur la population au Bénin
By asoares
En 34 ans seulement, la population du Bénin est passée de 3,3 millions de personnes en 1979 à 9,9 millions en 2013. La population continuera à augmenter, compte tenu du taux de fécondité élevé aujourd’hui, soit 4,9 enfants par femme.