How Obesity Relates to Socioeconomic Status
(2013) According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over one-third of U.S. adults are obese.
Region: South Asia
Ensuring Skilled Attendants at Birth in Rural Ghana
(2013) While Ghana has made significant improvements in reducing the number of women who die from pregnancy-related complications, many women still needlessly die each year from these preventable problems.
Black Students More Likely to Be Disciplined at School Than Whites
(2013) Suspensions, expulsions, and arrests are strong predictors of trouble for students. Students in trouble tend to drop out or not graduate on time, which can ultimately diminish their lifetime earnings—and will make them much more likely to be incarcerated than those who graduate.
“When Technology and Tradition Collide: From Gender Bias to Sex Selection,” Fact Sheet
(2013) With technology producing more and cheaper ways to determine the sex of a fetus, fewer girls are being born—an estimated 1.5 million of them every year.
ENGAGE Snapshot: Fertility and Economic Growth in Bangladesh
While the average family in Bangladesh today has about four children fewer than their parents’ generation, that family has about six times the purchasing power.
The Barriers to a College Degree
(2013) When it comes to education beyond high school in the United States, fewer males than females, fewer young people from low-income than high-income families, and a smaller share of blacks and Hispanics than whites and Asians tend to enroll and earn degrees.
Changing the Way U.S. Hispanics Are Counted
The U.S.
When Technology and Tradition Collide: From Gender Bias to Sex Selection
(2012) Every year, as a result of prenatal sex selection, 1.5 million girls around the world are missing at birth—it is as if the entire female population of Nairobi simply disappeared.
Most Women in Afghanistan Justify Domestic Violence
The UNICEF-supported survey examined women’s attitudes toward domestic violence as part of a larger study on maternal and child health.
U.S. Homeless Veteran Population Decreases Since 2009, but Female Homeless Veterans More Than Doubled
(May 2012) The number of homeless veterans in the United States has declined by 11 percent since 2009, from 75,600 in 2009 to 67,500 in 2011.