Project: Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
Will More Baby Boomers Delay Retirement?
Part Three of Three articles related to Today's Research on Aging (Issue 37): Health and Working Past Traditional Retirement Ages
Project: Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
Part Three of Three articles related to Today's Research on Aging (Issue 37): Health and Working Past Traditional Retirement Ages
Project: Appalachia: Demographic and Socioeconomic Trends
(2013) Appalachia's residents remain older, less educated, and less racially diverse than the United States as a whole, but those demographic and socioeconomic patterns vary widely within the region, according to The Appalachian Region: A Data Overview From the 2007-2011 American Community Survey, prepared by the Population Reference Bureau for the Appalachian Regional Commission.
(2008) Even as African women use family planning more and bear fewer children, the continent's youthful population will fuel the continent's growth for many decades to come.
Project: Appalachia: Demographic and Socioeconomic Trends
Longstanding vulnerabilities suggest that some groups in Appalachia risk greater hardship related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(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.
(2010) This has been a tumultuous decade for the United States. During the first 10 years of the 21st Century, there was a major terrorist attack, a housing meltdown, a severe economic recession, and a significant downturn in the U.S. stock market.