(2015) The more time mothers spent engaged in activities with their adolescent children (ages 12 to 18), the less teens were involved in delinquent behavior, such as skipping school, shoplifting, staying out at night without permission, and getting in trouble at school or with the law, according to a study in the most recent issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family (see Figure 1).
The NIA-funded Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging comprise an important mechanism for promoting this research.
(2015) Establishing healthy behaviors among young Africans could help stem a looming regional epidemic of noncommunicable diseases like cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and chronic respiratory conditions, according to this PRB policy brief and data sheet with comprehensive data appendix.
(2015) Appalachia’s residents in their prime working years are less likely to be in the labor force or to hold college degrees than the U.S.
“Malawians Together: Faith, Population, and Development” (Amalawi Ogwirizana: Chikhulupiriro, Chiwerengero cha anthu, ndi Chitukuku) is an ENGAGE presentation that aims to align reproductive health issues with faith-based frameworks and beliefs.
The link between demographics and the economy is complex. “Give and Take Across Generations: How Changing Age Structure Can Lead to Economic Growth” presents a straightforward explanation of one facet of this important connection, by showing how lower fertility rates can benefit a nation’s economy.
This paper is a resource to help those interested in gender mainstreaming learn what tools and resources are available to initiate, support, and sustain that process.
This paper is a resource to help those interested in gender mainstreaming learn what tools and resources are available to initiate, support, and sustain that process.
(Février 2015) Cet essai est un court résumé d’un article écrit par John F.
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(2015) Rwanda today has been hailed as one of the few countries on a fast track to reducing child and maternal mortality–thus meeting two of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals in 2015.