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

U.S. Great Recession’s Human Toll

Thursday, May 17th, 2012 Posted in Income/Poverty, Marriage/Family

by Paola Scommegna, senior writer/editor The loss of jobs, homes, and investment wealth that characterized the U.S. “Great Recession” (2007 to 2009) also took a personal toll. A number of researchers ... Read more..

Hindsight on Population’s Future Impact

Thursday, May 10th, 2012 Posted in Reproductive Health

by Paola Scommegna, senior writer/editor It’s been 40 years since the 1972 U.S. Commission on Population Growth and the American Future submitted its final report to Congress and President Nixon. Chaired ... Read more..

Challenges of a Multicultural Society

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 Posted in Race Ethnicity

by Paola Scommegna, senior writer/editor Continuing declines in residential segregation and in homogenous social networks—which can reduce prejudice and improve social cohesion—are not guaranteed as the United States moves toward a ... Read more..

Quick Takes: Fertility, Infant Mortality, and HIV in Uganda; Fewer Babies in Czech Republic; Urban U.S. Population Growth

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 Posted in HIV/AIDS, Population Basics

by Carl Haub, senior demographer News from Uganda. Press reports quote the Bureau of Statistics of Uganda (UBOS) with leaked data from the not-yet-released 2011 Demographic and Health Survey. The country’s ... Read more..

U.S. Births Drop Below 4 Million per Year

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 Posted in Population Basics

by Carl Haub, senior demographer The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has reported that the preliminary number of births in the United States fell to 3,978,000 during the 12-month period ... Read more..

Recession Not So NEET for Young Adults in U.S.

Friday, December 9th, 2011 Posted in Marriage/Family, Youth

by Mark Mather, associate vice president, Domestic Programs In the U.K., they are called NEETS, people who are “Not in Employment, Education, or Training.” In Spain and Mexico, they have been ... Read more..

7 in 10 American Households Have Broadband Internet Access

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 Posted in Population Basics

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Photo: jaschr.com/Creative Commons."][/caption] by Eric Zuehlke, web communications manager Some new data are available in a recent report from the U.S. Department of Commerce on internet access ... Read more..

Tough Economic Times = Fewer Babies in the U.S.

Monday, October 17th, 2011 Posted in Marriage/Family

by Eric Zuehlke, web communications manager Just a quick plug for a couple of interviews with PRB's senior visiting scholar Carl Haub on the decline in the U.S. birth rate since ... Read more..

2010 Census Data Highlight Shifting Racial Makeup of the U.S.

Friday, March 25th, 2011 Posted in Immigration/Migration, Race Ethnicity

by Mark Mather, associate vice president, Domestic Programs Yesterday the Census Bureau released the first national data broken down by race and Hispanic origin from the 2010 Census.  Here are some ... Read more..

How the West Was Won

Thursday, March 10th, 2011 Posted in Immigration/Migration, Population Basics

by Carl Haub, senior visiting scholar “Go West, young man” was a famous statement accredited to newspaper publisher Horace Greeley, although he always denied saying it. Whoever said it, young ... Read more..