Four Scenarios for U.S. Population Growth
(2009) The U.S.
Area of Expertise: The U.S. Census and Public Data
Blurring the Color Line: The New Chance for a More Integrated America
(2009) Changing demographics in the United States present an opportunity for the advancement of minorities into higher-paying occupations.
Winds of Demographic Change in Afghanistan?
(December 2009) For a long time, Afghanistan has been a country with a high and stable birth rate, a country where women averaged about eight children each, and a country in which one-fourth of its children were likely to die before reaching their fifth birthday.
Religious, Ethnic, and Regional Factors of High Fertility in Ethiopia
This article is based on the paper, “Muslim Identity or Ethnicity Hindering a Rural Fertility Transition?
PRB Discuss Online: Does a Young Age Structure Thwart Democratic Governments?
(November 2009) Does a large proportion of young adults in a country’s adult population make it difficult for that country to gain or retain high levels of democracy?
U.S. Latino Children Fare Poorly on Many Social Indicators
(2009) Latinos make up a growing share of young Americans: Nationally their share reached 22 percent in 2008, but it already approaches or exceeds 50 percent in several states, including Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas.
Immigrants Work in Riskier and More Dangerous Jobs in the United States
(November 2009) Every year, thousands of workers are injured or die on the job from preventable accidents in the United States. Immigrants, especially Hispanics, are disproportionately exposed to dangerous jobs.
PRB Discuss Online: Does Climate Change Threaten Our Cities?
(2010) The cities and towns of developing countries are projected to absorb at least 2.5 billion additional people by 2050.
PRB Discuss Online: World Population, 7 Billion on the Horizon
(September 2009) On Aug. 12, 2009, PRB released the 2009 World Population Data Sheet at a press briefing in Washington, D.
U.S. Food Stamp Enrollment Rises
(2009) Timely economic data provide the means to assess the severity of the current economic hardship on the U.S.