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A Demographic Portrait of Asian Americans

(2004) The following excerpt is from the report A Demographic Portrait of Asian Americans, by Yu Xie and Kimberly Goyette and published by the Russell Sage Foundation and the Population Reference Bureau. This report is one of several in the new series The American People, which sets the results of Census 2000 in context and collectively provides a portrait of the American people in a new century.

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2001 Census Results Mixed for India’s Women and Girls

(2001) At first glance, results from India's 2001 census seem encouraging. They show a decline in the population growth rate, an improvement in the ratio of men to women, and a remarkable increase in literacy, particularly for girls and women. Yet one important indicator — the sex ratio among children under the age of 7 — shows signs of regression.

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Study Finds U.S. Manufactured-Home Owners Face ‘Quasi-Homelessness’

(October 2004) Rising housing costs in rural America have put homeownership beyond the reach of many working-poor families. Owning a manufactured home (often also known as a "mobile home") in a rural trailer park is often touted to these families as an affordable "next best thing"—and a step toward conventional homeownership.

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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.

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Sex Ratio at Birth Begins to Improve in India

(2008) There has been increasing international news coverage of the excess of young boys in India resulting from the abortion of female fetuses.1

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