Rising U.S. Teen Fertility
(2009) The United States has higher fertility rates among teenage girls compared with other developed countries of the world.
Region: Northern America
High Poverty Rates in ‘Midsize’ America
(December 2008) New data from the U.S.
Rethinking Age and Aging
(December 2008) According to the United Nations (UN), “Population ageing is unprecedented, without parallel in human history and the twenty-first century will witness even more rapid ageing than did the century just past.
2007 Occupational Profiles Reveal Wide Gender, Racial Gaps in Science and Engineering Employment
(2008) PRB has created a series of occupational profiles that highlight the uneven participation of women and minorities in the science and engineering labor force.
Sex Ratio at Birth Deteriorating Among Asian Immigrants in the United States
(2008) A new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports on a sex ratio that favors boys among U.S.-born children in Indian, Korean, and Chinese families.
PRB Discuss Online: What Are the Financial Implications of Aging in the United States?
(2008) The U.S.
Finding and Using the Best Immigration Data Resources
(2008) Immigration is a polarizing topic in the United States, with people sharply divided about whether it is a positive or negative force for the country.
Examining Literacy Using India’s Census
(2008) The percentage of adults who are literate is a frequently used measure of development in less developed countries, a benchmark to evaluate just how far a country’s society and economy is moving into the modern world.
Offshoring U.S. Labor Increasing
Offshoring is the movement of jobs and tasks from one country to another, usually from high-cost countries, such as the United States, to low-cost countries where wages are significantly lower.
A Demographic Profile of U.S. Workers Around the Clock
(2008) The nature of work continues to change dramatically with the extension of work operations around the clock being one of the most striking alterations.