By asoares
Population pyramids are one of demography’s most useful graphics. And they can be easily prepared in Excel and PowerPoint. Here are some simple instructions and files to get you going.
(2013) Feb. 6, 2013, marks a decade since the first International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation was commemorated.
(January 2013) Tunisia and Indonesia are two success stories that show how governments have made investments in gender equality and family health that translated to improvements in education and development over time.
(2013) Economic security is out of reach for a growing number of working families in the United States, according to a new analysis of 2011 data from the U.S.
“Distilled Demographics,” PRB’s video series, highlights key demographic concepts such as fertility, mortality, and migration. Through these short videos, you can learn demography’s real-world application and impact.
The prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States is often tracked using outdated, self-reported data. Self-reported data—when a child (or the child’s parents) is asked for the child’s height and weight—tends to be unreliable.
The glaciers that used to provide generous amounts of clean water to Bolivian mountain communities have shrunk dramatically over the past 20 years, and Leucadia now must collect water farther away, reports the United Nations Population Fund in a publication that tells her story.
(2012) Les décideurs, les chercheurs et les autres intervenants discutent avec optimisme du dividende démographique.
(2012) Les décideurs, les chercheurs et les autres intervenants discutent avec optimisme du dividende démographique.