Smoking-Related Deaths Keep U.S. Life Expectancy Below Other Wealthy Countries
(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.
Region: Northern America
Interview With Andreas Edel, Executive Secretary, Population Europe
(October 2010) Population Europe is a new collaborative network of Europe’s leading demographic research institutes and centers that works to enhance research on policy-relevant population issues; and compile, distill, translate, disseminate, and exchange reliable, authoritative facts, data, and findings on population in a readily accessible and unbiased, nonpartisan manner.
In U.S., Proportion Married at Lowest Recorded Levels
By asoares
(2010) Marriage rates have dropped precipitously among young adults ages 25 to 34 during the past decade and the decline has accelerated since the onset of the recession, according to PRB’s analysis of new data from the U.
Targeting Gender-Based Violence to Reduce HIV Among Women
(September 2010) Women with an abusive sexual partner are at greater risk of HIV infection than other women.
College Education Benefits Some More Than Others
(September 2010) Most American schoolchildren are familiar with the pressure to prepare for college. They hear about the importance of a college education from parents and teachers beginning in elementary school, and the appeals to work hard toward that goal escalate in secondary school.
Large Wealth Gap Among U.S. Racial and Ethnic Groups
(2010) Net worth—the difference between total savings and assets, and the amount of debt owed—is an important metric to assess a family’s economic well-being.
Marriage Benefits Men’s Health
(2010) Marriage improves health indicators and decreases the risk of certain diseases, according to a report in the Harvard Men’s Health Watch based on a survey of 127,545 American adults.
Latinos, Whites, and the Shifting Demography of Arizona
By asoares
(2010) Over the past several decades, Latinos have made up an increasing share of the U.S. population.
Most Americans Marry Within Their Race
(2010) A recent survey found that young Americans ages 18 to 29 have nearly universal acceptance of interracial dating and marriage within their own families.
The Role of Intergenerational Land Transfers and Education in Fertility Transition in Rural Kenya
(2010) Little is known about the role of land inheritance in the link between land availability and fertility.