Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
To better design and target anti-smoking efforts, researchers are examining stress, genes linked to nicotine addiction, and neighborhood/family characteristics to identify who smokes today and why.
The Kenya Population Data Sheet 2011 provides population, health, and environment data compared over time, and among regions, wealth quintiles, and education levels.
PRB's ENGAGE presentation, "Family Planning: The Changing Path of Unmet Need," aims to improve understanding of why women who say that they want to postpone their next birth, or not have any more children, are not using any form of contraception.
Project: American Community Survey and Decennial Census Support Services
(2020) The U.S. population is undergoing rapid racial and ethnic change, led by growth of the Hispanic/Latino and Asian American populations. For policymakers and others, keeping track of these changes is important because some racial and ethnic groups are faring worse than others.
(2008) Each year, nearly 10 million children die, mostly from preventable and treatable causes. Millions of children in low-income countries suffer from long-term illnesses, malnutrition, and injuries that limit their life options. What can we do to improve children's health and save lives in low-income countries? What are the links to mother's health?
(2009) For over 35 years, Dr. Sharon Ramey has studied early childhood development and how to implement scientific research in policy. On Feb. 11, she participated in PRB's Policy Seminar series to discuss how to take what is known to work for early childhood development and bring science to bear to design effective policy.
As Earth's population reaches the eight-billion milestone, we put it into context.