Greater Dependence on Cars Leads to More Pollution in World’s Cities • Support Growing for Eradicating Female Genital Cutting • Shrinking Societies Favor Procreation • U.S. Children Living With Their Grandparents • Population Today 1999 Annual Index.
Is There a Teacher Shortage? • Emerging Markets for Emergency Contraception • Uganda Beats Back HIV/AIDS • Enrollment in U.S. Primary and Secondary Schools, 1970-1998 • Cuba’s Low Birth Rate.
'New Sun Belt' Metros and Suburbs Are Magnets for Retirees • U.S. Citizenship Applications at All-Time High • Vietnam’s Campaign to Reduce Population Growth • Older People in the Labor Force, 1995.
Women in Media Make Health and Welfare the Issues • Moms: Mum’s Not the Word • Indonesians Coping With Crisis • The ‘90s Family—Nuclear Meltdown? • Crowding in the World’s Urban Areas • New PRB Publications: “America’s Racial and Ethnic Diversity” and “The Rural Rebound."
Missing Kids: The Undercount of Children in the Decennial Census • Population and Health Information on the Web • Iran’s Revolutionary Approach to Family Planning • Speaking Graphically: Population Growth in Africa’s Major River Basins • U.S. Diversity in More Than Black and White.
Immigration and Diversity Still Controversial at Century’s End • Worlds Apart: Contrasting Growth Rates in More and Less Developed Countries • Kosovo and the Demography of Forced Migration • Speaking Graphically: Total Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, 1964-1996 • Future in Jeopardy for 9.2 Million U.S. Children.
Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Is the Price Too High? • Building Pyramids • News from the 1999 Population Association of America Meeting • Speaking Graphically: Infant Mortality Rates, Selected Countries • Impasse at ICPD +5 PrepCom.
Hague Forum on ICPD Noted Gains, Outlined Obstacles • DHS Changes Focus on Men • Informing the World of Child 6 Billion • Module on Aging Aims at the Young • Soccer Plays to Growing Hispanic Market • Reproductive Health in Policy and Practice • Speaking Graphically: U.S. Public Schools With Access to the Internet, 1994, 1997, and 1998.
Deconstructing Population Momentum • Supreme Court Decision on Sampling • New Series from PRB: PRB Reports on America • World Population Beyond Six Billion • Despite Strong Economy, Many Still Go Hungry • Speaking Graphically: Homicide Rate, United States: 1950 to 1997.
The Coming Age of Older Women • Reapportionment Headed South, West • Abortion Restrictions May Undermine Welfare Reform • Census 2000: Reaching Out to You • Speaking Graphically: Intergroup Married Couples: 1998 • Spotlight: Azerbaijan.
Women Refugees Lack Access to Reproductive Health Services • Increases Seen in Education Spending • Population Standard for Age-Adjusting Death Rates Changes • UN Assesses the Success of ICPD • Speaking Graphically: Median Age by Major Area of the World: 1950, 1998, and 2050 • Spotlight: Guatemala.