Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
Scientists have long debated the importance of nature versus nurture—genes versus the environment—in shaping the choices people make and the paths their lives take.
Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
(2018) The prescription opioid painkillers that helped fuel the surge in U.S. drug overdose deaths were first approved by the Federal Drug Administration in late 1995.
Project: Appalachia: Demographic and Socioeconomic Trends
Report from ARC and PRB finds decreased unemployment, increased labor force participation, and higher homeownership in Appalachia—but the Region still lags behind the U.S. in population and income growth, as well as post-secondary education attainment.
Project: Empowering Evidence-Driven Advocacy
(2018) Under the EEDA Resource Hub Activity, PRB partnered with DSW to create communications products that will advance family planning advocacy in Kenya and Uganda.
Project: Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
As the large baby boomer population ages, the total number of people with dementia in the United States will rise.
Project: Empowering Evidence-Driven Advocacy
(2018) Uganda’s Kalangala District has higher rates of HIV and teenage pregnancy than most of the country. Almost 50 percent of teenage girls in the district are mothers and 18 percent of adults have HIV—both rates are two to three times higher than the rest of Uganda.
Veteran technology and global health leader will help guide PRB’s strategy to harness data to improve lives around the world.
The Census counts every person who usually lives in the United States. They don’t have to be a U.S. citizen, but they do have to call this country their primary home.
Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
(2018) Children who enter kindergarten after experiencing repeated household changes are more likely to display problem behaviors that inhibit learning and disrupt classrooms, Paula Fomby of the University of Michigan and Stefanie Mollborn of the University of Colorado show.