Women spend more time as caregivers than men, and childless adults provide more support to their parents than those with children, studies on Europe show
In 2020, the U.S. TFR dropped to 1.64, the lowest level ever recorded.
(2013) With technology producing more and cheaper ways to determine the sex of a fetus, fewer girls are being born—an estimated 1.5 million of them every year.
(2012) Every year, as a result of prenatal sex selection, 1.5 million girls around the world are missing at birth—it is as if the entire female population of Nairobi simply disappeared.
(2011) Germany’s recovery from the devastation of World War II is often called an “economic miracle” because its economy is now Europe’s largest. Immigration has been an important part of the country’s modern demographic history.
(2011) For years, family planning (FP) has been integrated with maternal and child health services (MCH) in countries such as Colombia, Indonesia, Mexico, the Philippines, and Thailand.
(February 2011) Since 1979, China has applied a family planning policy limiting most families to only one child as a means for controlling its high population growth.
(2010) The United States has a lower life expectancy than many other wealthy countries—and the gap has been widening over the last two decades.
(September 2010) Women with an abusive sexual partner are at greater risk of HIV infection than other women.
(June 2010) The United States has the most foreign-born residents of any country—three times more than number-two Russia, and more unauthorized residents than any other country.