The U.S. Census Tradition
At the fractious Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, America’s founders conceived the idea of a national census to determine the number of representatives each state would send to Congress.
Area of Expertise: The U.S. Census and Public Data
PRB Discuss Online: Are Some U.S. Generations Luckier Than Others?
(2009) Unique events, political climates, and social and economic conditions shape each new generation in every society.
U.S. Regional Population Losses Linked to High Unemployment
(2009) High unemployment rates are not just creating a drag on the U.S.
Change Comes Slowly for Religious Diversity in India
(2009) Religious diversity has been a defining characteristic of India’s population for centuries. The country has no official state religion, but religion plays a central role in Indian daily life through its temple ceremonies, festivals, pilgrimages, family religious traditions, and the like.
Immigrant Residential Segregation in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 1990 to 2000
(February 2009) On Feb. 25, 2009, John Iceland, professor of sociology and demography at Pennsylvania State University, led a PRB Policy Seminar on racial and ethnic segregation in U.
20th-Century U.S. Generations
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Brazil’s Fertility Falls Below Two-Child Average
(February 2009) Recent population estimates from Brazil’s national statistical office (IBGE) peg the national fertility rate at just 1.9 lifetime children per woman in 2007, lower than previous rates estimated by the UN, the U.
How People in India ‘Really’ Live
(2008) Media reports on the “exploding” middle class in India would lead any reader to believe that Indian society is undergoing a top-to-bottom transformation into a society of Western-style consumers.
Why Not Adjust the U.S. Census? A PRB Policy Seminar With Kenneth Wachter
(December 2008) The U.S.
High Poverty Rates in ‘Midsize’ America
(December 2008) New data from the U.S.