The U.S. Recession and the Birth Rate
(2009) Speculation has been rife in the media on the possible effect of the current recession on the U.S.
Region: East Asia
Gender Differences in Health Among the Elderly in China
(June 2009) Men and women face distinct challenges in late life. Paradoxically, men tend to have shorter lives but women have more health problems at any given age.
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.
Rising U.S. Teen Fertility
(2009) The United States has higher fertility rates among teenage girls compared with other developed countries of the world.
Sex Ratio at Birth Deteriorating Among Asian Immigrants in the United States
(2008) A new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports on a sex ratio that favors boys among U.S.-born children in Indian, Korean, and Chinese families.
PRB Discuss Online: What Are the Financial Implications of Aging in the United States?
(2008) The U.S.
Offshoring U.S. Labor Increasing
Offshoring is the movement of jobs and tasks from one country to another, usually from high-cost countries, such as the United States, to low-cost countries where wages are significantly lower.
HIV/AIDS Behaviors and Interventions in Chinese Americans
(2008) The prevalence of HIV/AIDS increased faster among Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States than in any other group between 2001 and 2004.1
PRB Discuss Online: Environmental Change, What Are the Links With Migration?
2008) Close to 200 million people are living outside their country of birth. Increasing numbers are refugees fleeing their homeland for another country.
PRB Discuss Online: The Middle East Youth Bulge, Causes and Consequences
(2008) Recent demographic trends have created a youth bulge in the Middle East and North Africa, with nearly one in every five people age 15 to 24.