Cervical Cancer Is Major Health Problem in Latin America
(December 2000) Cancer of the uterine cervix is a major public health problem in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Region: Northern America
How Involved Are Fathers in Raising Children?
(December 2000) Most of the research on parenting in the United States has surveyed mothers, but not fathers.
Sources of Voting Data
(October 2000) An ancient Indian fable tells of six blind men who, one by one, touch an elephant, surmise what it looks like based on what they feel, and come up with six different “big pictures,” none resembling an elephant.
Alan F. Guttmacher, People’s Physician
Twenty-five years after his death, Alan Guttmacher is well-remembered for his teaching, his leadership in the early birth control movement, and his social consciousness.
America’s Diversity and Growth: Signposts for the 21st Century
(2000) At the beginning of the 21st century, demographic trends seem to many Americans to signal new, potentially disquieting changes in the U.S. population.
High Death Rate Among Russian Men Predates Soviet Union’s Demise
(April 2000) There is good news and bad news for Russian men.
U.S. Occupational Segregation
(February 2000) Hispanics, African Americans, and American Indians are more likely than non-Hispanic whites or Asians to work in lower-paying, semi-skilled jobs or as service workers.
Hate Crimes: Better Data or Increasing Frequency?
(2000) Outlawing hatred may not be possible, but members of Congress have introduced legislation regarding hate-motivated violence, in response to what some activists call a hate crime “epidemic.”
Population Bulletin, vol. 54, no. 2. Immigration to the United States
Reports on America, vol.1, no. 2. America’s Diversity: On the Edge of Two Centuries
(May 1999) The “Y2K” problem has come to symbolize everything that could possibly go wrong on Jan.1, 2000, when computers are supposed to balk at the arrival of the new millennium.