(2007) More than 35 million Americans identify as Hispanic, making them the country's largest ethnic minority. However, Latinos have been underrepresented in the all-volunteer armed forces, especially among officers.
This lesson provides students with the background to understand the importance of age structure on population growth.
Mortality remains one of the major outcomes related to natural disasters, and a recent study on which types of disasters are the deadliest has yielded interesting results.
Child marriage is a human rights violation.
(2001) La désertification est particulièrement grave en Afrique. Les terres arides occupent les deux tiers du continent africain et les trois quarts des terres sèches qui sont utilisées à des fins agricoles ont déjà commencé à devenir moins productives. D'après la 2e Evaluation démographique des régions sèches du Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement, au total 45 % de la population africaine vit dans des régions de terres sèches qui sont prédisposées à la désertification.
(2008)There were nearly 11.3 million children younger than 5 whose mothers were employed in 2005. Of those, nearly one-third counted on regular care by a grandparent during their mother's working hours (30 percent), according to tables recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Fathers cared for one-fourth of the children.
(2002) Why the focus on mountains? They provide fresh water for most of the urban population living in the lowlands, the Earth's greatest biodiversity, and recreation destinations.
