Cities No Longer Lead Fertility Decline in Sub-Saharan Africa, New Research Reveals
Why would the shift to smaller families slow or stop in sub-Saharan African cities, where fertility remains so much higher than in other parts of the world?
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PRB Discuss Online: Marriage Is Good for Your Health
(2009)Â Mounting research shows that married people are healthier and live longer than unmarried people.
Caribbean Countries Pay for Successfully Addressing Population Issues
(2002) In a move that marks the Caribbean's success in various spheres of socioeconomic activity, international funding agencies are reducing their financial support for the region's sexual and reproductive health programs.
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Family Instability in Childhood Affects American Adults’ Economic Mobility
People who did not spend their entire childhoods living in a stable two-parent family face greater chances of downward economic mobility than their peers who did, finds Deirdre Bloome of the University of Michigan.
PRB Discuss Online: Are the News Media Holding Governments Accountable on Promises to Improve Public Health?
(2010) Perhaps the greatest satisfaction for a journalist is to see one's reporting produce positive change. Journalists are the link between policymakers and the public, and their role as watchdog is to monitor the actions of government and hold those in charge accountable.
Population Losses Mount in U.S. Rural Areas
(2008) Despite rapid population growth in parts of the U.S. South and West, 43 percent of all counties lost population since 2000-nearly twice the number of counties that lost population during the 1990s (1,346 counties vs. 689 counties).