Distilled Demographics: The Birth Rate
(Video Series) The birth rate is one of the most basic and important measures in demography. But its relevance is not limited to just demographers.
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Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
Family Life Is More Complicated Than Ever
(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.
Contraceptive Needs of Older Nigerian Women Are Neglected
2013) Throughout the world, women ages 35 and older are often left out of conversations on contraception. Many of these women do not think they are at risk of pregnancy because of infrequent sex, marital disruption, the lack of a regular partner, or their perception that they are infertile—and thus they do not see the need to use contraception.
PRB Discuss Online: The Increasing Complexity of Family Life in the United States
(2011) Today, Americans are more likely to marry and to divorce than in almost any other Western nation. How has this pattern changed over the last 10 years?
Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
Migration’s Environmental Drivers Are Diverse, Require Different Policies
Dramatic and spontaneous natural disasters garner substantial humanitarian aid—as they should. But long-term chronic environmental pressures such as heat stress also put tremendous strain on rural households, especially households in less developed countries that rely on agriculture.
Improving Safe Childbirth in India
(2013) Despite more funding for health services during the past decade (per capita health spending rose from US$21 in 2000 to US$45 in 2009), India is unlikely to reach the targets for the health-related 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDG).1