Swing, Bellwether, and Red and Blue States: Demographics and the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
(2008) Hardly a day has gone by over the past few months without a national poll tracking how this year’s U.S.
Area of Expertise: Children, Youth, and Families
World Food Day Highlights Plight of Nearly 1 Billion Undernourished People
(October 2008) Oct. 16 is World Food Day, an occasion to highlight the plight of 923 million undernourished people in the world.
Marriage Patterns in Palestine
(2008) Marriage patterns in Palestine are unique compared with other countries in the region. Although most countries in the Middle East and North Africa are experiencing an increase in the age at marriage, early marriage in Palestine continues to be relatively high.
PRB Discuss Online: Demographic Divide, Diverging Population Growth Trends
September 2008) More than 80 million people were added to the world’s population in 2008, which ensures continued growth in coming decades.
Reducing Child Malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Surveys Find Mixed Progress
(2008) Chronic malnutrition has been a persistent problem for young children in sub-Saharan Africa. A high percentage of these children fail to reach the normal international standard height for their age; that is, they are “stunted.
Abortion in the Middle East and North Africa
(2008) Unsafe abortion is one of the most neglected public health challenges in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region,1 where an estimated one in four pregnancies are unintended—wanting to have a child later or wanting no more children.
A Demographic Profile of U.S. Workers Around the Clock
(2008) The nature of work continues to change dramatically with the extension of work operations around the clock being one of the most striking alterations.
Tracking Trends in Low Fertility Countries: An Uptick in Europe?
(September 2008) Following publication of the 2008 World Population Data Sheet, PRB has made a major update to its table of total fertility rates (TFRs) in countries with low or very low birth rates.
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Data and Trends, 2008
(2008) An estimated 100 million to 140 million girls and women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and more than 3 million girls are at risk for cutting each year on the African continent alone.
U.S. Child Poverty Rates Increase Despite Rising National Incomes
(2008) Household incomes increased in the United States for the third straight year, yet the poverty rate has not budged, according to new estimates from the U.S.