(2013) The persistent separation of racial groups across U.S. neighborhoods has lessened slightly due to mixed-race marriages, according to researchers at Pennylvania State University and the University of Washington.
(August 2013) In Nigeria, where 10 percent of the world’s deaths to children occur, literate mothers are much less likely to see their children die before their fifth birthday than their illiterate peers, according to a new study published online in the journal, Demography.
(2013) Despite having lower income and education levels, U.S. Hispanics tend to outlive non-Hispanic whites by several years.
(June 2013) Before the recession, many baby boomers—Americans born between 1946 and 1964—were moving away from densely populated cities in favor of retirement destinations with lower housing costs, less traffic, and more natural amenities.
Today’s Research on Aging (Issue 28): Despite advances in health care and increases in income over the past 50 years, significant gaps in life expectancy and health by race and ethnicity persist among older Americans.
(2013) Developed in 2003, the Adolescent Reproductive Health and Development (ARHD) Policy was the first in Kenya to focus on improving the reproductive health and well-being of adolescents and youth.
(2013) Suspensions, expulsions, and arrests are strong predictors of trouble for students. Students in trouble tend to drop out or not graduate on time, which can ultimately diminish their lifetime earnings—and will make them much more likely to be incarcerated than those who graduate.
(May 2013) The high rates of adolescent fertility have been a particular concern in many countries.
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(2013) Appalachia’s residents remain older, less educated, and less racially diverse than the United States as a whole, but those demographic and socioeconomic patterns vary widely within the region, according to The Appalachian Region: A Data Overview From the 2007-2011 American Community Survey, prepared by the Population Reference Bureau for the Appalachian Regional Commission.