Shifting Latino Ethnic and Racial Identity
(2010) Over the past several decades, the U.S. Census Bureau has used variations in its attempt to classify and enumerate Latinos.
(2010) Over the past several decades, the U.S. Census Bureau has used variations in its attempt to classify and enumerate Latinos.
(2009) While the main function of the U.S. decennial census is to provide counts of people for the purpose of Congressional apportionment, the primary purpose of the ACS is to measure the changing social and economic characteristics of the U.S. population.
The global population milestone of 8 billion represents nearly 7% of the total number of people who have ever lived on Earth.
(2004) As the 2000 election made clear, the presidential election actually is a series of 51 “winner take all” contests in each state and the District and Columbia. The candidate who wins a particular state is entitled to all of that state’s electoral votes—the equivalent of that state’s total number of senators and representatives.
(2010) A recent survey found that young Americans ages 18 to 29 have nearly universal acceptance of interracial dating and marriage within their own families.
(2002) Quality of care, a client-centered approach to providing high-quality health care as a basic human right, has emerged as a critical element of family planning and reproductive health programs.
At the fractious Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, America's founders conceived the idea of a national census to determine the number of representatives each state would send to Congress.
Investments in young people are crucial to achieving a demographic dividend. The demographic dividend provides a framework for promoting investments in youth as fertility declines and population age structure changes. Sustained investments in voluntary family planning, health, education, and job growth can help to guide a country towards a demographic dividend.