Fact Sheet: Aging in the United States
The current growth of the population ages 65 and older, driven by the large baby boom generation—those born between 1946 and 1964—is unprecedented in U.S.
Area of Expertise: Children, Youth, and Families
In the Nest: Did the Pandemic Push Young Adults to Live With Their Parents?
Popular claims that the pandemic prompted young adults to “return to the nest” do not reflect reality.
Lesson Plan: 2023 World Population Data Sheet
An excellent reference and data analysis tool for teachers using the Data Sheet for a variety of topics and activities.
Webinar: Losing More Ground: Can We Restore Generational Progress for Young American Women?
This webinar explores why, despite more education and higher earnings, Millennial young women in the United States are doing worse than their mothers and grandmothers did.
Are the Kids Alright? How Gen Z Girls’ Well-Being Compares With Their Mothers’ and Grandmothers’ Teenage Years
By asoares
The second in a series of three blogs on our new “Losing More Ground” report.
Losing More Ground: Revisiting Young Women’s Well-Being Across Generations
Despite more education and higher earnings, young women in the United States today are faring worse than their mother’s and grandmother’s generations. Why?
(Population Bulletin vo. 77, no. 1)
PRB x TED: How Do We Respond to an Aging World?
As headlines announce fewer babies and more older people the data are clear: The world is undergoing a massive demographic shift. But is demography our destiny?
2022 PRB Annual Report
By asoares
2022 Annual Report
Off the Clock: Europeans Can Expect to Spend Over Half of Their Lives After Age 15 Providing Unpaid Care Work
Women spend more time as caregivers than men, and childless adults provide more support to their parents than those with children, studies on Europe show
Growth and Migration in the American Southwest: A Tale of Two States
5 takeaways from population data in Arizona and New Mexico