PRB Discuss Online: The Fight to Stop Honor Killings
(2009) “Honor Killings” claim the lives of at least 5,000 women each year in traditional societies around the world; many more women live under the fear of these attacks.
Region: Global
Data Sheet: Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey 2007
(July 2009) Representative estimates on behavioral, clinical, and biological HIV/AIDS indictors are critical for evaluating a country’s response to the HIV epidemic.
The Demographic and Health Surveys at 25 Years and Beyond
(October 2009) For 25 years, the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) program, funded largely by the U.S.
Distilled Demographics: Deciphering Population Pyramids
In this first of a video series, “Deciphering Population Pyramids,” PRB senior demographer Carl Haub shows how population pyramids give us a snapshot of a country’s demographic profile.
Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey 2007 Data Sheet
(July 2009) Representative estimates on behavioral, clinical, and biological HIV/AIDS indictors are critical for evaluating a country’s response to the HIV epidemic.
PRB Discuss Online: Child Poverty in America
(2009) The percent of children in poverty (19 percent based on data released on Sept. 10 by the U.
Birth Rates Rising in Some Low Birth-Rate Countries
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(2009) “1.57 Shock” was a popular media phrase in Japan back in 1990 after the fertility rate (TFR) fell to its lowest value ever: 1.57 lifetime births per woman, recorded for 1989.
Reducing Unintended Pregnancy and Unsafely Performed Abortion Through Contraceptive Use
(September 2009) Unmet need for family planning, unintended pregnancy, and unsafely performed abortion are linked.
PowerPoint:Healthy Expectations
(2009) Fifteen years ago, in 1994, the world’s nations forged a visionary plan in Cairo, Egypt, to foster economic development and reduce poverty, with a focus on promoting human rights, empowering women, and erasing inequities within societies.
Youth Bulges, Urbanization, and Conflict
(2009) Whether young people will gain access to education and employment opportunities over the coming years and decades is one of the major questions facing developing countries with large youth populations.