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."
(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."
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.
(6th Edition, 2011) A quick guide to population dynamics for journalists, policymakers, teachers, students, and other people interested in demographics.
(2009) The percent of children in poverty (19 percent based on data released on Sept. 10 by the U.S. Census Bureau) is far higher than that of the working-age population or the elderly.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
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.
This Population Bulletin Update is a follow-up to 2006's Population Bulletin, "Immigration: Shaping and Reshaping America" by Phil Martin and Elizabeth Midgley, and provides new data and analysis on the economic impacts and policy debates around immigration.
Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
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.