Choices and Challenges: Dynamics of Contraceptive Use

Women’s decisions about family planning are complex and change over time. Understanding these shifts can help us meet women’s needs and support their goals.

Girls’ educational attainment affects the human capital of Burkina Faso’s future labor force, shaping their economic opportunities and their country’s economic growth.

The share of older Americans with dementia is decreasing, but the total number will rise as the large baby boomer population ages and more people live longer. While education gives older adults an edge, reducing their dementia risk, racial and socioeconomic disparities in dementia are large.

This web feature expands the concept of the demographic dividend to project four potential sets of benefits—in addition to economic growth, it outlines benefits in child survival, education, and political stability.

International agreements have long recognized the positive role that men can play in family planning and reproductive health. These 57 data-driven slides promote increased engagement of men to sharing the responsibility for family planning and reproductive health with women.

This infographic shows how family planning can mitigate water scarcity by promoting fertility decline and reducing population pressures on water resources.

This infographic shows how family planning contributes to national development by fostering strong institutions and global competitiveness.

PRB collaborated with AFP and Pathfinder International to develop a multimedia video outlining how family planning shapes women’s empowerment and community well-being.

Research finds that a neighborhood’s physical features may be related to older residents’ health and ability to age in place. The infographic (based on Today's Research on Aging Issue 35) provides an overview of recent research on links between the physical environment and age-related disease.</p…

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) target of universal access to reproductive health by 2030 will be difficult without men’s participation.

A recognized indicator for family planning—demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods (Demand Satisfied)—is key to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This infographic introduces users to the Demand Satisfied indicator—how it is measured and how it will be used moving forward.…

This infographic illustrates data on family caregiving for people with dementia.