Behind the Numbers: The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment

Archive for September, 2009

More U.S. Households Receiving Food Stamps

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Income/Poverty | No Comments »

by Mark Mather, associate vice president, Domestic Programs Today the Census Bureau released another wave of economic data that showed a 13 percent increase in U.S. households receiving food stamps between 2007 ... Read more..

Dispatches From the International Population Conference, Day 2

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in PRB News | No Comments »

by Nadwa Mossaad, research associate, Domestic Programs Yesterday marked the opening ceremony of the 26th International Union for the Study of Population (IUSSP) in the ancient red city of Marrakech, located in ... Read more..

Dispatches From the International Population Conference, Day 1

Monday, September 28th, 2009 Posted in PRB News | No Comments »

by Farzaneh Roudi, program director, Middle East and North Africa Today, the XXVI International Population Conference of the International Union for Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) opened in Marrakech, Morocco. Held ... Read more..

Recession’s Social Impact on U.S. Population

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 Posted in Income/Poverty | No Comments »

by Eric Zuehlke, editor Our very own Mark Mather, associate vice president of Domestic Programs, has been getting a lot of media exposure recently based on his recent article on the social ... Read more..

New Data on U.S. Health Insurance Coverage

Friday, September 11th, 2009 Posted in Aging | 3 Comments »

by Mark Mather, associate vice president, Domestic Programs  The Census Bureau released new 2008 poverty and health insurance estimates today. Poverty rates are up (no surprise there), but it’s the health insurance numbers ... Read more..

New Blog on the U.S. 2010 Census

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 Posted in Population Basics | No Comments »

by Eric Zuehlke, editor It’s hard to believe, but 2010 is just around the corner. Next April, the 2010 U.S. Census will determine how many people live in the United States, ... Read more..