Population: A Lively Introduction
By asoares
(2007)When where you born? How many brothers and sisters did you have? Where did your ancestors live? How long will you live?
Area of Expertise: Children, Youth, and Families
Closing the Male-Female Labor Force Gap
(2007) The increase in women’s participation in the U.S. labor force is one of the most important social, economic, and cultural trends of the past century.
The Divergent Paths of Baby Boomers and Immigrants
The United States is in the midst of a major realignment of its population as the baby-boom generation ages into retirement and a smaller, strikingly different younger generation prepares to take over.
Is Fertility Rising in Countries With Low Birth Rates?
Twenty-five years ago, statistics for the European countries listed on PRB’s World Population Data Sheet garnered little notice.
Delivering Safer Motherhood Strategies: The Immpact Initiative
(February 2007) Every year an estimated half million women die in childbirth, mainly from hemorrhage, infection, and complications of abortion. These deaths tend to occur in developing countries plagued by weak health systems and substandard quality of care, among many other deficits.
The Campaign Against Female Genital Cutting: New Hope, New Challenges
(February 2007) Despite the decades-long worldwide campaign against female genital cutting, more than 3 million girls a year still undergo this harmful traditional practice.
Abandoning Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: An In-Depth Look at Promising Practices
Symposium: International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Cutting 4th Anniversary, February 6, 2007
Washington, DC
(February 2007) This symposium was sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Global Health.
The Feminization of Migration: Limits of the Data
This is the third in a series of articles on the feminization of migration. Support for this series is provided by the Fred H.
Migration of Workers Affects Supply of Scientists and Engineers in U.S.
(2007) States increasingly consider science and technology resources to be an asset in developing a strong economic advantage. As a result, strategies for training, attracting and retaining scientists and engineers have become more important state and national public policy issues.
The Crossover in Female-Male College Enrollment Rates
(2007) This is part of a series of PRB articles about the science and engineering (S&E) workforce in the United States, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.