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 Europe
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.
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.
Obesity Threatens the Health of Older Europeans
(June 2008) Obesity is a risk-factor for many preventable, highly prevalent, and potentially fatal chronic health conditions, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and some types of cancer.
PRB Discuss Online: The Middle East Youth Bulge, Causes and Consequences
(2008) Recent demographic trends have created a youth bulge in the Middle East and North Africa, with nearly one in every five people age 15 to 24.
Do Muslims Have More Children Than Other Women in Western Europe?
(2008) Extremely low birth rates in most of Europe have fueled concerns about population decline, yet one segment of the continent’s population—Muslims—continues to grow.
African-Born Blacks in the Washington, D.C., Metro Area
Black African immigrants began arriving in the Washington, D.C.
Education and Occupation Separates Two Kinds of Immigrants in the United States
New estimates from the U.S.
Disability and Aging
(August 2007) The rates of old-age disability have declined in recent decades, and it is expected that Americans will live longer before disability sets in than is true today.