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Diversity, Poverty Characterize Female-Headed Households

(2003) About 8 percent of American households can be categorized as female-headed households with children, but there is significant variation in the share of female-headed households by race and ethnicity.

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PRB Discuss Online: What Is Your ‘Race’? A Question Increasingly Difficult to Answer

(2010) The concept of "race" has always been controversial, given ugly associations with slavery, the eugenics movement, and racism.

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Population Bulletin, vol. 72, no. 1. Losing Ground: Young Women’s Well-Being Across Generations in the United States

(2017) Gains in American young women’s well-being rose rapidly for members of the Baby Boom generation, but stalled for subsequent generations.

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Reducing Youth Unemployment in Sub-Saharan Africa

(2013) The youth population in sub-Saharan Africa is increasing rapidly. Nearly one in three people living in the region, or about 297 million, is between the ages of 10 and 24.

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Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health

Building Resilience to Water Scarcity: The Role of Family Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa

This infographic shows how family planning can mitigate water scarcity by promoting fertility decline and reducing population pressures on water resources.

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Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health

Family Planning Can Enhance Development Prospects

The linkages between family planning, inclusive economic growth, and resilience in SSA are featured in a new suite of materials.

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Project: Supporting Population Evidence and Champions in Africa (SPEC)

Harnessing the Demographic Dividend in Ethiopia

Ethiopia, with a current population of about 100 million, has achieved gains in several major health indicators.

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Supporting Population Evidence and Champions in Africa (SPEC)

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.

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