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: Southern Europe
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.
Who Returned to New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina?
2010) Hurricane Katrina displaced almost the entire population of New Orleans in August 2005, scattering residents across the region, state, and country. By the fall of 2006, almost half the residents had returned, and almost two-thirds had returned by the fall of 2007.
PRB Discuss Online: How Is Immigration Changing the United States?
(June 2010) Immigration is a volatile issue for Americans, who must grapple with the tradeoff between the strain of incorporating new populations and the desire for immigrants’ labor.
PRB Discuss Online: How Are Latino Children Doing in the United States?
(2010) Over the past 20 years, the number of Latino children under age 18 living in the United States has doubled, making them one of the fastest-growing segments of the national population.
PRB Discuss Online: How Do Americans Balance Work and Family?
(2010) PRB Discuss Online: How Do Americans Balance Work and Family?
South American Transition to Low Fertility Spreads to Paraguay
(2010) Paraguay does not seem a likely candidate for rapid fertility decline: The population is poorer, more rural, and has lower educational levels than its neighboring countries.
The Grandmother Project’s New Approach to Ending Female Genital Mutilation
(2010) Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting or female circumcision, is the cutting, altering, or injuring of any or all parts of the female genitalia for nonmedical purposes.
PRB Discuss Online: Engaging Men in the Fight to End Violence Against Women
(2009) One in three women will experience an act of violence in their lifetime, whether it is domestic and interpersonal violence; sexual violence; violence in the name of “culture” or tradition; or systemic violence, as in the use of rape as an instrument of war.
Family Planning and Economic Well-Being: New Evidence From Bangladesh
(2009) Family planning is one of the most cost-effective health interventions in the developing world. For decades, research has shown that for a relatively modest investment, family planning saves lives and improves maternal and child health.