In the News: The Nigerian Census
(2006) Census taking seems a quiet affair to most people in the United States, where the head count runs relatively smoothly and is reliably decennial.
(2006) Census taking seems a quiet affair to most people in the United States, where the head count runs relatively smoothly and is reliably decennial.
(2015) According to news reports, Nigerian parliamentarian Babatunde Gabriel Kolawole backed a proposed motion for population policy legislation with projections from PRB’s World Population Data Sheet as evidence of a brewing crisis and the need to take quick policy action to avert it.
The Census counts every person who usually lives in the United States. They don’t have to be a U.S. citizen, but they do have to call this country their primary home.
Project: Demographic Forecasting Services—AMBAG
Two demographic groups—young adults ages 20 to 34 and older adults ages 65 and older—are reshaping the population in rural America.
(2008) Chronic malnutrition has been a persistent problem for young children in sub-Saharan Africa. A high percentage of these children fail to reach the normal international standard height for their age; that is, they are "stunted."
(2001) Despite laws against domestic violence, many women in Latin America and the Caribbean continue to be failed by the legal system.