2011 Census Shows How 1.3 Billion People in India Live
An attention-getting headline in the major Indian daily newspaper, The Hindu recently observed: “Half of India’s homes have mobile phones, but not toilets.”
Region: Northern America
More U.S. Children Raised by Grandparents
(2012) Growing numbers of children in the United States are living with a grandparent. In 2010, about one in 14 U.
The Pill, Sterilization, and Condoms Top List of U.S. Birth Control Choices
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The oral contraceptive pill and female sterilization are the most widely used birth control methods in the United States, according to the most recent data available from the U.S.
Chartbook: The Appalachian Region–A Data Overview From The 2006-2010 American Community Survey
Working Mothers With College Degrees See Gains in Paid Maternity Leave
(2012) Working mothers with a bachelor’s degree have gained increasing access to paid leave in recent decades, while women without high school degrees have seen no change, reported Nancy Folbre, a University of Massachusetts economist.
Planning for Retirement and End-of-Life Care
The plans individuals make for retirement strongly influence their well-being and financial security in old age.
Achieving a Demographic Dividend
One of the goals of development policies is to create an environment for rapid economic growth.
Nearly 1 in 3 Working Families in U.S. Struggle to Meet Basic Needs
(2012) The slow recovery from the recession has fallen hard on America’s working poor families, increasing their numbers by 125,000 in 2010 to more than 10 million families, according to a new analysis of U.
Appalachia’s Slow Growth Not Seen in All Its Counties
(2012) Appalachia’s residents remain older, less educated, and less racially diverse than the United States as a whole, but those population trends vary widely by county.
The Appalachian Region in 2010: A Census Data Overview
Of the 308.7 million Americans in 2010, 25.2 million lived in the Appalachian region. Yet the population size of Appalachia’s 420 counties varied greatly.