Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
(2020) The coronavirus pandemic—coupled with ongoing demographic trends—is making family life even more complicated for Americans. Millions of families are at increased risk of falling into poverty due to pandemic-related job losses, and social distancing protocols are separating some children from their parents who live in a different household.
Project: Working Poor Families Project
In 2013, U.S. working families headed by racial/ethnic minorities were twice as likely to be poor or low-income (47 percent) compared with non-Hispanic whites (23 percent) according to a new report from the Working Poor Families Project in collaboration with the Population Reference Bureau (PRB).
Project: Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
Today's Research on Aging, Issue 26: For most people, the probability of having a physical or mental disability increases with age, as does the number of ailments they might have at any time—particularly after age 70.
September 2008) More than 80 million people were added to the world's population in 2008, which ensures continued growth in coming decades.
(October 2001) For the first time, more half of the world's population will be living in urban areas by the end of this decade.
(2009) Each year, an estimated 9 million infants are born with a serious birth defect that may kill them or result in a lifelong disability. Such birth defects have an especially severe effect on children in developing countries.
Project: Working Poor Families Project
In 2013, U.S. working families headed by racial/ethnic minorities were twice as likely to be poor or low-income (47 percent) compared with non-Hispanic whites (23 percent) according to a new report from the Working Poor Families Project in collaboration with the Population Reference Bureau (PRB).