(2011) Egyptians know some dates by heart: July 26, 1952, marks the overthrow of Egypt's last monarch; Oct. 6, 1973, is the date of the country's attack to reclaim the Sinai Peninsula. Now another date can be added to that list: Jan. 25, 2011, the first day of antigovernment protests that led to President Hosni Mubarak's resignation 18 days later.
Project: Appalachia: Demographic and Socioeconomic Trends
(2018) The Appalachian Region’s aging population may pose challenges “down the road” for local governments and community service providers, say the authors of a new Population Reference Bureau (PRB) report for the Appalachian Regional Commission.
(2010) One-third of Egyptian women have been physically abused by their husbands, according to the 2005 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey; and 7 percent said they are beaten "often." These women mostly suffered silently and did not seek help.
(2011) Approximately 68 percent of people infected with HIV worldwide live in sub-Saharan Africa, where the virus disproportionately affects women.
Between 2014 and 2017, we created and disseminated country-specific analyses and materials in three countries: Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Senegal.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
In this research brief, we aim to better understand the relationship between use of voluntary family planning, fertility decline, human capital development, and labor productivity. To assess the relationship between family planning, fertility decline, and labor productivity, we applied the Canning-Karra-Wilde (CKW) macrosimulation model in five countries in SSA: Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zambia.
Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
A temporary expansion of the child tax credit helped fuel a dramatic drop in child poverty in 2021.
