533 Search Results Found For : "climate change"



Not All Americans Are Smoking Less

(February 2011) The percentage of Americans who smoke tobacco has fallen dramatically over the past 50 years.

View Details

Tables. 2020 Census Self-Response Rates By Risk of Undercounting Young Children, June 18-25, 2020

Self-response rates are lowest in neighborhoods with high concentrations of racial and ethnic minorities in the young child population, which could mean fewer dollars for communities that need funds the most.

View Details Array ( [ID] => 1299 [id] => 1299 [title] => prb-response-rate-summary-jun25 [filename] => prb-response-rate-summary-jun25.pdf [filesize] => 218851 [url] => https://www.prb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/prb-response-rate-summary-jun25.pdf [link] => https://www.prb.org/resources/2020-census-self-response-rates-are-lagging-in-neighborhoods-at-risk-of-undercounting-young-children/prb-response-rate-summary-jun25/ [alt] => [author] => 15 [description] => [caption] => 2020 Census Self-Response Rates by Risk of Undercounting Young Children June 18, 2020 to June 25, 2020 analysis by PRB. [name] => prb-response-rate-summary-jun25 [status] => inherit [uploaded_to] => 1295 [date] => 2020-10-05 12:59:41 [modified] => 2020-10-05 13:00:58 [menu_order] => 0 [mime_type] => application/pdf [type] => application [subtype] => pdf [icon] => https://www.prb.org/wp-includes/images/media/document.png ) Download (0.2 MB)

The World’s Next ‘Population Problem’

(2005) Ask about "the population problem" to people of a certain age, and the first and perhaps only thing that comes to mind is the "population bomb" or "population explosion."

View Details

John D. Rockefeller 3rd, Statesman and Founder of the Population Council

This is the fifth in a series of profiles of the people who have most influenced thinking about population over the past century. The profiles bring you the insights of contemporary population specialists on the contributions of their predecessors.

View Details

Project: American Community Survey and Decennial Census Support Services

Persistent Racial/Ethnic Gaps in the U.S.

(2014) The U.S. population is undergoing significant racial/ethnic change, with rapidly growing Latino, Asian American, and multiracial populations.

View Details

Births Outside Marriage Now Common in Many Countries in Europe

(2010) The link between marriage and childbearing has greatly weakened worldwide, evidenced by a sharp rise in births outside marriage in most developed countries. 

View Details

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

Interactive. World Population Digital Visualization 2014

PRB's Digital Visualization highlights key global demographic trends. Explore current and projected population by region and country. And look at changes in total fertility, infant mortality, and life expectancy since 1970. A U.S. "What-If" scenario focuses on the effects of race and ethnicity on child poverty, child obesity, and college degrees.

View Details

Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)

High Obesity Rates Plus Severe Coronavirus Cases Could Strain Rural U.S. Hospitals

As coronavirus cases rise in less densely populated states in the Midwest and West, the disease, combined with high levels of obesity in rural America, could pose major challenges for health care systems, suggests Mark Lee at the University of Minnesota.

View Details