What Is a City? What Is Urbanization?
In 2008, the United Nations announced that 50 percent of the world's population now lives in urban areas, a milestone in demographic history.
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Health Care Challenges for Developing Countries with Aging Populations
(April 2006) Populations in developing countries will be aging rapidly in the coming decades: The number of older persons (those age 65 or older) in less developed countries is expected to increase from 249 million to 690 million between 2000 and 2030.
1 in 3 U.S. Women Hover Between Poverty and the Middle Class
(2014) One-third of American women are on the verge of poverty: Almost 42 million adult women in 2012 lived in households with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty threshold, according to The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back From the Brink.1
Workers at Risk During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Four in 10 Food Preparers and Servers Are Low-Income
A PRB analysis finds that workers in one of the hardest-hit sectors—food preparation and server-related occupations—are among the most economically vulnerable.
PRB in the News: Diana Elliott Discusses the Labor Shortage With NPR
“The employers who think more creatively about policies are the ones who are going to come out ahead in the next couple of decades,” Elliott said.
UNIDOS US: By the Numbers–Latinos in the Time of Coronavirus
Latino workers and families have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic across nearly every aspect of their lives, which will have repercussions for years to come.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
Interactive: Population, Health, & Environment Approaches: Enhance Youth Leadership & Development
Young people are critical to achieving global development goals such as the Sustainable Development Goals, Family Planning 2020, and the 2008 Abuja Call to Action, as well as national development plans.
Project: Strengthening Evidence-Based Policy to Expand Access to Safe Abortion (SAFE ENGAGE)
SAFE ENGAGE Presents a New Training Module on COVID-19 and Sexual and Reproductive Health
The module includes two presentations that unpack the pandemic’s anticipated effects on sexual and reproductive health, with a focus on abortion care and guidance on how to engage policymakers.
Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
Older Americans’ Greater Health Problems May Make Them More Vulnerable to Coronavirus’s Effects
(2020) Older Americans on average have a higher level of age-related health problems than their counterparts in Europe and many other countries (see table).