Project: American Community Survey and Decennial Census Support Services
The addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census may put almost one in 10 U.S. households and nearly 45 million people at greater risk of not being counted―the question has been shown to reduce response rates. Undercount risk is particularly high among young children.
(2018) Many children may lose public health insurance and nutrition assistance benefits under proposed changes to U.S. immigration policy.
(2020) With the number of coronavirus infections surging, school districts across the United States are grappling with decisions about whether and how to re-open this fall.
(2010) The cities and towns of developing countries are projected to absorb at least 2.5 billion additional people by 2050. At the same time, these areas will experience global climate change likely to bring floods, droughts, food insecurity, and loss of livelihoods.
Individuals relate to society through their families and households. When these units add or lose members — or when the household members grow older, divorce, or marry — there can be profound social and economic consequences.
(2015) Summary: Maternal deaths can be prevented when women give birth in health facilities attended by skilled personnel. A study in seven West and Central African countries shows that poor women and women who live in impoverished rural or urban communities are less likely to deliver in a health facility than wealthy women and those who live in wealthy communities.