Milestones and Moments in Global Census History
What information does a census collect? The answer depends on when and where in time the census was taken.
What information does a census collect? The answer depends on when and where in time the census was taken.
Which generation had the toughest time as young adults?
(2009) Over the last several decades, many industries have experienced significant structural changes that have affected their employees.
(2009) Every year, 265,000 mothers die in childbirth and 4.5 million children die before the age of 5 from preventable causes in sub-Saharan Africa. To discuss these stark facts and the benefits of family planning programs for the health of mothers and children, three researchers were part of a congressional briefing on June 5, 2009.
(2003) Coastal regions, areas that are home to a large and growing proportion of the world's population, are undergoing environmental decline.
(2008) It is a familiar story to millions worldwide: Strained by economic hardship, a mother or father is forced leave their community and migrate to another country for work opportunities.
(April 2000) There is good news and bad news for Russian men.
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.